best 60-80gb ssd for $100-$200

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#1 10MP
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there are oczs which look good vertex3 for $160 but cant decide.

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The Corsair Performance 3 Series CSSD-P364GB2-BRKT 64GB SATA III MLC Internal SSD seems to have great reviews. Newegg has it for $164.99 USD currently.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233153

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there are oczs which look good vertex3 for $160 but cant decide.

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Vertex 3 is the highest performance you can get currently, they have had trouble with them, make sure they're fix'ed it before you buy.
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there are oczs which look good vertex3 for $160 but cant decide.

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Vertex 3 is the highest performance you can get currently, they have had trouble with them, make sure they're fix'ed it before you buy.

This. Vertex 3 is currently the best. For the most part they work fine minus a few issues here and there. Intel's 310 series is far more problematic. I'd go with a vertex if it were me.

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what about the intel m series

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#6 swehunt
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what about the intel m series

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The Intel 320 seems to have a weird issu with the Drive unusable with only 8Megabyte left. O.o Get a Vertex 3 but check if they're fix'ed the problem with it, no other SSD is even close to it in it's pricerange.
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what problems? i looked and all i see is positive reviews and no user feedback on newegg.

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what problems? i looked and all i see is positive reviews and no user feedback on newegg.

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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-320-Series-SSDs-Affected-by-Firmware-Bug-that-Causes-Data-Loss-210809.shtml

http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=476626

http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/12/intel-to-owners-of-failed-ssd-320s-were-aware-of-the-customer/

http://communities.intel.com/thread/22227

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1185832

These is what I found in a quick google search, if you google it you'll see. ;)

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gotta admit i was really just looking for someone to explain the problems of the intel m and vertex3 besides the standard crashing and failing drives after 1 week.

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gotta admit i was really just looking for someone to explain the problems of the intel m and vertex3 besides the standard crashing and failing drives after 1 week.

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The most seem to have problem with the v2.06 driver for the Vertex 3 resulting in a Bsod or a can't find the HDD error. But from what I see you should be fine if your using another driver. The Intel problems results in a powerloss to the SSD witch end up in a 8MB left to use with the rest gone forever, a new driver release should resolve that too. None of them seems to really aknowlage the problems, Intel admitted the problem but state it as a unusual problem, OCZ slightly blame sandforce but sandforce clam they cant see the problem and replicate it. Intel have the least problems with their SSD's according to RMA statistic but the 320 serie seems affected and may not be calculated in the older stats. I would take the Vertex 3 and get a really fast drive, if it fail it's up to OCZ to fix it. :)
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#11 10MP
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vertex 3 sounds good its only $160 ill risk it.