SSD comparison help/purchase

[scottiemedic]

I'm looking at getting an SSD and I've narrowed it down to these choices:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100008120%20600038500%20600052674%20600038463%20600038519&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&CompareItemList=636%7C20%2D167%2D088%5E20%2D167%2D088%2DTS%2C20%2D227%2D707%5E20%2D227%2D707%2DTS%2C20%2D226%2D237%5E20%2D226%2D237%2DTS%2C20%2D233%2D208%5E20%2D233%2D208%2DTS

They all use Sandforce, MLC, SATA 3 but there is a huge price difference. Any opinions would be appreciated, I was originally going to sport for the Intel but the more I compare, the more I doubt it. The only thing they have over the others is a 5 year warranty, I'm not seeing great performance differences.

If there is one I left out, please let me know, I really *want* a 240GB, but would consider down to 180GB. Thanks!!

EDIT:
I think I changed the possibilities to these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100011689&IsNodeId=1&Description=hyperx%20240gb&bop=And&CompareItemList=%2D1%7C20%2D167%2D088%5E20%2D167%2D088%2DTS%2C20%2D227%2D707%5E20%2D227%2D707%2DTS%2C20%2D239%2D050%5E20%2D239%2D050%2DTS

EDIT:
I did find this researching the Marvel 9124 controller. Looks like Intel tops, with OCZ a close second.

 

[rolli59]

Intel has topped the charts in reliability as well closely followed by the Samsung 830!

 

[bavman]

Should get an crucial m4 256gb. Theyre on sale for $200 on buy.com @ ebay, and $210 on amazon. They tend to have better reliability compared to OCZ and perform better than the v3. Unless you wanna dish out extra $$$ for the vertex 4 (probably fastest ssd on the market now).

 

[scottiemedic]

The Crucial M4 is 3rd to last in PCMark, what source did you get that shows it outperforming the V3 (totally open to mind changing).

@rolli, I know those 2 are tops, but cash wise I'm sorta strapped. I've got a 2500k in my cart with like 8 different SSDs that I'm trying to wade through. The 2500k is only on sale thru today ($205 shipped). I was going to go for the 2600k and the 520 240GB but $600 is my cap, so I'm trying second best and use the extra money to replace my Crossfired 5770s. Any thoughts?

 

[scottiemedic]

This can be closed, I decided to go ahead with the 2500k and pop for a Samsung 256 and wait on upgrading the GPU for a bit. Thanks for the suggestions...