OCZ Agility VS Intel X25-M opinions?

conzy

Been looking into getting an SSD for my laptop. These two seem to get excellent reviews and are pretty similar in price (€200 vs €220)

The OCZ seems to have faster write speeds but the Intel is 20gigs bigger..

What to do!?

Chosen

Get the Intel. The Agility has faster sequential write speed, but the Intel is a lot faster in the random read and write speeds.
Which translates to: get the Agility if you are planning to copy around large single files where the seq speed can be achieved, otherwise the OS will love the Intel's fastest random and small writes, long time

Hosso

Chosen wrote: »

Get the Intel. The Agility has faster sequential write speed, but the Intel is a lot faster in the random read and write speeds.
Which translates to: get the Agility if you are planning to copy around large single files where the seq speed can be achieved, otherwise the OS will love the Intel's fastest random and small writes, long time

what about OCZ Vertex vs Intel? I've ordered OCZ Vertex already, but want to know which one is better

Chosen

In theory the Intel is by far superior of all the other SSDs in the market right now as an OS drive, mainly due to its controller.
In practice, the differences between the Intel drives and the rest of the quality drives (like the Vertex, the Corsair P and X series, the Samsung PB22-J etc.) can only be seen on benchmarks and not in everyday use.

If you don't have an SSD, get the Intel X25, practically for the better Gb/€ ratio.
If you already have an OCZ Vertex or a Corsair P128, stay where you are and you will be happy.

conzy

Thanks for the input. Went with the 34nm 2nd Generation X25-M Should be here shortly