said by rusdi:Not 256GB, but 240GB.
I've had this one for ten months, running 24/7.
No problems at all, and it's incredibly fast
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I also have a 1TB mechanical HD I keep all my Winamp tunes @ a movie or three. I have a short-cut on the desktop, (Mushkin SSD) C: drive pointing to anything big data size wise on the mechanical drive. Saves space on the SSD, and still performs blazing fast!
Don't be afraid of the SSD. They are getting better, and cheaper!
Might be better to spend the extra $20 and go for »
www.newegg.com/Product/P ··· 20226226You get Toshiba NAND, and faster than the non-deluxe version.
The Intel 520 - 240GB and the Mushkin Enhanced Chronos Deluxe 240GB, is some what the same. Both use LSI SandForce 2281. Only diff is Mushkin use Toshiba NAND, and Intel use Intel NAND.
Mushkin does have more IOPS over the Intel one.
Mushkin Enhanced Chronos Deluxe 240GB
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www.mushkin.com/Digital- ··· -DX.aspxIntel 520 - 240GB
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Also, about the OCZ drive. What can I say, things does break. All the problems OCZ has was mostly a SandForce controller. That's why later on OCZ bought over Indilinx and use it for their Vertex 4, and Agility 4. There are many other company that use Indilinx also. It use to be one side is faster than the other side. Later on OCZ make it better the read/write speed is more like LSI Sandforce read/write speed.
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Mushkin Enhanced Chronos is Asynchronous
Mushkin Enhanced Chronos Deluxe and Intel 520 is Synchronous
Synchronous > Asynchronous