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I have picked out 5 ssd's that I think fit my budget the best. I would like to spend under $100, I already increased my budget from 60 to 100 so there is no room left to go up.

I don't think OCZ are good quality so did not consider them. If you have any other suggestions, feel free to recommend them. This ssd will live in a sata 2 environment(netbook) at first and then I might move it to my desktop(sata3) if i ever need it.



Intel 330 Series Maple Crest SSDSC2CT060A3K5 2.5" MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Price - $90
Price/gb - $1.50
Pros - Intel
Cons - High Cost

Mushkin Enhanced Chronos MKNSSDCR60GB 2.5" Asynchronous MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Price - $65
Price/gb - $1.08
Pros - Good price
Cons - Complaints on newegg

Mushkin Enhanced Chronos MKNSSDCR90GB 2.5" MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Price - 90
Price/gb - $1.00
Pros - Good price
Cons - Low number of reviews

Kingston SSDNow V+200 KW-S2390-4B 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive (Upgrade Bundle Kit)

Price - 110/100 (after rebate)
Price/gb - 1.22/1.11
Pros - 90gb
Cons - Kingston

SanDisk Ultra SDSSDH-120G-G25 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Price - 100
Price/gb - 0.83
Pros - Awesome Price
Cons - Sata 2 - SanDisk





 


i believe your hunch of the lower CAS would be better

as far as a marvell controller:
Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III $82.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148441
 
Does it matter that the 64 m4 write speed at sata 3 are at 95mbps? Because the netbook is sata 2.

And i have read about some people trying 4 gb in this netbook and it worked, whats the worst that can happen if i just try ddr3 4gb?
 
Well, the M4's kinda low write speeds shouldn't be a problem, but maybe a faster drive is something that you would prefer if you don't like that. A Samsung 830 should ave higher write speeds.

I read Crucial's memory specs and it states that this machine only officially supports 2GB. I can't recommend going over that because I don't have personal experience with this laptop to really know how well it would work with more than the maximum rated RAM capacity.