On the brighter side of things...I found the Crucial RealSSD C300 this morning for $99 and jumped on it immediately. I did the comparison with the OCZ Agility 2 and decided the Crucial RealSSD C300 was a better option. I hope I made the correct decision.
Have you any pointers for me on this new Crucial RealSSD C300 ?
I saw the lowered price this morning on newegg and am jealous that you were able to snag the same drive I have for $30 less. It is indeed a great drive and as far as drivers go, you'll have to wait and see how Windows 7 performs on it. If the default driver (msahci) doesnt work smoothly then go for the Intel ones as DM pointed out.
For me I used the Intel ones and the performance improved significantly. There are a bunch of programs that benchmark the actual speeds of the drive. One you set up your system you can test it out.
Faizoff,
Thanks for the reply! Well, I just read a post that made me wish I had waited until February for Crucial's C400 to be released!
Here is the post I just read:
"looks like newegg is trying to get rid as much of the c300 as they can. the c400 was announced at ces 2011 and set to release sometime in February. price of c400 is going to be about $1.611 a GB. so a 64gb is going to be about $100 and 128GB for $210. read speed is over 400mb/sec. i think i will hold off..."
OUCH! I wish he would have posted that sooner, then I would have waited a couple of weeks and picked up the C400. Well, I suppose it is ok, they say the slow write on the C300 doesn't make that much of a difference if you use the SSD for mostly the OS...and that is exactly what I will be doing.
$99 for a good SSD is a great deal for now, so no complaints!
For other readers, if you are looking for a SSD from Crucial right now, it may be best to wait a couple of more weeks and make good on the new C400's!
Hope this helps someone!
Soar