Hello all,
I've been hunting around for a good 2.5" PATA SSD 128GB drive for my Fujitsu laptop. I seem to have narrowed down my options to drives from Transcend, Kingspec and Super Talent. Pricing is generally about the same across all these drives, the only issue is that Kingspec drives seem nearly impossible to come by in a non-eBay setting. Transcend drives are available from Newegg however, which is where I would feel most comfortable buying.
My question is really between the Kingspec and Super Talent drives. The Super Talent EX2 drive is newer (2009) and "prettier" (not that it matters) but the official specs state max read/write speeds of 80MB/sec and 40MB/sec respectively. The Kingspec offering however states max read/write speeds of 76MB/sec and 67MB/sec respectively. The read speed differences are negligible, however the write speed is a difference of 27MB. The Kingspec's 67MB write speed seems to be backed up by this benchmark: http://www.ocia.net/reviews/kingspecssd/page6.shtml. I haven't found any benchmarks for the Super Talent, but my concern is that the Super Talent's max write speed is true to it's specifications. Or is Super Talent simply being conservative, and I'll likely get similar speeds to the Kingspec. Orrr... maybe I'm just worrying too much and they'll both perform just fine .
Your thoughts on this? Or any other recommendations on drives, or upcoming drives that I should hold out for.
Thanks!
Super Talent EX2 data sheet: http://www.supertalent.com/products/ssd_category_detail.php?type=MasterDrive
Kingspec 2.5" PATA 128GB MLC data sheet: http://www.kingspec.com/solid-state-disk-products/ssd-25pata-mlcj.htm
I've been hunting around for a good 2.5" PATA SSD 128GB drive for my Fujitsu laptop. I seem to have narrowed down my options to drives from Transcend, Kingspec and Super Talent. Pricing is generally about the same across all these drives, the only issue is that Kingspec drives seem nearly impossible to come by in a non-eBay setting. Transcend drives are available from Newegg however, which is where I would feel most comfortable buying.
My question is really between the Kingspec and Super Talent drives. The Super Talent EX2 drive is newer (2009) and "prettier" (not that it matters) but the official specs state max read/write speeds of 80MB/sec and 40MB/sec respectively. The Kingspec offering however states max read/write speeds of 76MB/sec and 67MB/sec respectively. The read speed differences are negligible, however the write speed is a difference of 27MB. The Kingspec's 67MB write speed seems to be backed up by this benchmark: http://www.ocia.net/reviews/kingspecssd/page6.shtml. I haven't found any benchmarks for the Super Talent, but my concern is that the Super Talent's max write speed is true to it's specifications. Or is Super Talent simply being conservative, and I'll likely get similar speeds to the Kingspec. Orrr... maybe I'm just worrying too much and they'll both perform just fine .
Your thoughts on this? Or any other recommendations on drives, or upcoming drives that I should hold out for.
Thanks!
Super Talent EX2 data sheet: http://www.supertalent.com/products/ssd_category_detail.php?type=MasterDrive
Kingspec 2.5" PATA 128GB MLC data sheet: http://www.kingspec.com/solid-state-disk-products/ssd-25pata-mlcj.htm