SSD Recommendation Please

I need to buy an SSD. My requirements are that it's fast and has about 64gb (60 works).

What's the best value? Yes, I know the Intel drives are the best and highest prices, but what's the best value on the market now for me?

Thanks

Because they usually are the highest or the closest to the highest price?

It's only $20 cheaper than the X25-M, but much more than $20 worse IMHO.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod [...] _SATA.html

(Ignore the 6-10 weeks statement - that's where both I and a friend got ours, and both shipped in under 5 days)

I am considering to get new Kingston 40GB drive which launches 09/11/2009 and will be $115 with $30 rebate($85 after rebate) on newegg, it is based on intel controller and 34nm memory. I wonder how much will they cost here in UK.

Don't see NAND prices falling that rapidly in 6 months as NAND flash memory is in shortage right now: more demand than production capacity so prices won't drastically fall in 6 months.

Intel is still having a good margin though: they went from 50nm to 34nm memory while the pricing stayed the same. But as there is no controller that can compete with the Intel controller they have no single reason to drop prices.

Intel is marginally more expensive but alot faster in important benchmarks like random write and write latency. So its a no-brainer: if you are going to spend quite some money on an SSD, you would be a thief of your own money not investing it in a product that really gets you the benefits of solid state technology. Currently that's Intel.