Ha ha, I did the same thing. HDD and RAM in the OWC cart for a couple of days while they work on my mini with upgraded CPU. Thursday morning I put the OWC order in, knowing that the the mini is getting here on Monday from China, but OWC's order will still get her faster, on Saturday from IL.
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Ha ha, I did the same thing. HDD and RAM in the OWC cart for a couple of days while they work on my mini with upgraded CPU. Thursday morning I put the OWC order in, knowing that the the mini is getting here on Monday from China, but OWC's order will still get her faster, on Saturday from IL.
I have had good luck with a 2 Intel SSD's (X25 80GB), both in a MacPro and in a MacMini.
I bought a 200GB OWC Mercury Extreme SSD in late Feb 2010. Worked great until one week ago, when it died, a victim apparently of the sleep bug problem.
OWC is unwilling to guarantee destruction of the data on your device if you return it for replacement. This is problematic for business users.
OCZ seems to have better after sale support, with an excellent web forum. We'll give them a try for the replacement of the OWC drive. Hopefully it will be more reliable than the OWC drive.
I have the C300 (250GB) in my MP, and have not seen any speed issues. I filled it up completely moving some IMG files around (to convert them to ISO files), and at one point I had less then 5GB left. I deleted the files, and I still get the same results in GeekBench.
I guess the Garbage Collection is working...
I guess the Garbage Collection is working...
Other vendors using the SF-1200: Corsair, G.Skill, Mushkin, OCZ, Patriot, Super Talent...
Doesn't OWC use the new Sandforce 1222? I'm not sure what other SSDs have made the upgrade.
Hm, not so easy to tell... On many price-comparison sites it just says "SF-1200" when "SF-1200 series" (i. e. SF-1222) is meant.
I just ordered an OCZ Vertex 2 Extended yesterday and I think I'll be very satisfied with it.
EDIT: Just did a quick search: The OCZ Vertex 2 series uses the SF-1222.
Living in DK the choice is "almost" made for you;
Crucial RealSSD, 256GB, Dkr. 4'800.00 (from Danish vendor)
OWC Mercury, 250GB, Dkr. 5'500.00 (from US vendor, incl. shipping, taxes and import fees)
Unfortunately there is no easy way to get OWC products in DK, except to import yourself, and that means lots cost.
KB
Crucial RealSSD, 256GB, Dkr. 4'800.00 (from Danish vendor)
OWC Mercury, 250GB, Dkr. 5'500.00 (from US vendor, incl. shipping, taxes and import fees)
Unfortunately there is no easy way to get OWC products in DK, except to import yourself, and that means lots cost.
KB
What benchmarking SW are you guys using to test your systems? I'm getting ready to add an SSD drive and would like to test before and after results. Is XBench the "standard"?
Thanks,
Mark
Thanks,
Mark
Did you consider 2x256 in a RAID. Would likely be less expensive and faster than a single 480.
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JohnG
Thanks for posting this! I just canceled my intel x25-m 80GB order and picked up the 120GB version of this drive.
Good choice, the SF controller on the OCZ Vertex 2 makes it much faster than an Intel x25-m.
The Vertex 2 is a good drive (and probably the best bang for the buck today), but the Intel is no slouch in random read performance where it matters most in an OS/Apps drive...
The Vertex 2 is a good drive (and probably the best bang for the buck today), but the Intel is no slouch in random read performance where it matters most in an OS/Apps drive...
The x25-m is better at that, but the Vertex 2 beats it in pretty much every other test.
Many more tests here.
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They shipped me the 60 GB SSD and icy dock, it runs great in my Quad Mac Pro. I live in Japan the shipping was only about 30 bucks or so. However, the dollars a little weak now as compared to the yen, so it was like free shipping.
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