Which SATA III SSD Drive?

[Ken429]

I have been watching for a good SATA III SSD to "go on sale" for the last several months. It seems like $200+ is as good as it gets these days for a 120GB drive. I have considered the Mushkin Enhanced Chronos, Mushkin Enhanced Chronos Deluxe, Corsair GT and now the Kingston HyperX (on sale at NewEgg for the Labor Day weekend). They all use the SF 2281 controller(?) and all have very similar specs. Anybody had experience with Kingston support on SSD? I have a GSkill SATA II 120GB SSD (it works just fine after a few firmware updates and scarry moments) but I have not seen a GSkill SATA III offering?! I guess I better stick to a mainstream SSD supplier? Comments appreciated.

[dJabba]

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Have the Corsair GT 120gb running for a couple weeks or so now. Very happy with it and its performance.

[U.S.M.C.-FURY-X]

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STAY AWAY FROM CORSAIR AND OCZ its a nightmare with all their issues! I just RMA'd my Force 3 120gb, now Isee on forums the GT is having issues, they have knowlingly sent out the same Force 3's back to customers knowing they have the same issues, I saw one post that a guy has gone through 3 straight! Try Mushkin they have a spotless reputation!

P.S. New EGG is refusing to carry the Force 3 120gb SDD until Nov 30th I.E. telling corsair to fix their crappy line before they will carry it again!

[scajjr29]

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I've had a 120Gb Kingston HyperX for about 3 weeks now. 2 weeks ago I came back to my system after eating supper to find an almost frozen system (mouse cursor moved on desktop, icons would highlight but double clicking just resulted in the Win7 rotating circle). Hit reset button, HyperX not seen by system. Powered system off/on and HyperX back again.
Kingston tech support thinks this was just a fluke, they claim not to be getting any reports of problems. It hasn't happened again. Kingston did offer me an RMA if I wanted it.

Sam

[Ken429]

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I broke down and bought the Mushkin Enhanced Chronos Deluxe 120GB SATA III SSD. Came up and running W7 via Acronis with no issues. Stats look very very good (as advertised) but... as with the GSkill Phoenix Pro 120GB SATA II SSD I really do not feel the dramatic real world improvement compared to the "old" Raptors tuned by Perfect Disk. We'll see if any issues develop - hopefully Mushkin got it right.

[pistolp]

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I have an OCZ agility 3 120gb ssd and it is pretty good. Looks nice in the case, performs well, is about $260. If you do wish to buy it you should update the firmware first because the firmware that comes with it is a bit buggy. Have updated it 3 months ago and no problem. :)