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A quick search on popular polish auction site (allegro) gives: OCZ Vertex 3: 120GB: 1100PLN, 240GB: 2100PLN Cheetah 15k 147GB: 400PLN (second hand).

by dexen 16y ago

reitzensteinm 16y ago
Newegg prices, both new: Vertex 3 120gb: $299.99 Cheetah 15k 147gb: $219.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148282&cm_re=cheetah_15k-_-22-148-282-_-Product http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227706&cm_re=vertex_3-_-20-227-706-_-Product http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227...
- masklinn 16y ago
  His prices are probably correct for an auction site though: since 15ks are pointless, I'd expect their resell price to be much lower than on SSDs.
  - dexen 16y ago
    I've failed to make myself clear: at the pricepoint of 1100PLN, the Vertex 3 offers only 0 IOPS, transfers measly 0MB/s and stores appaling 0B for me. Because it's way over my budget. Your arguments were that a modern SSD is faster. That's pretty clear. But will such an SSD (of 64GB+) be available at the pricepoint of my budget? If not, your argument is moot. A fast harddrvive can be had for reasonable price, as I'm willing to buy a second-hand ones. No such option exists for the Vertex 3 yet. reitzensteinm found a more expensive offer for the harddrive -- that hardly invalidates my original point. Btw., newegg doesn't ship to europe, Amazon adds some heft fee ($77 S&H last time I considered ordering headphones, itself $134) and I don't feel like using no-brand, mail-order hardware from Hong-Kong for my home folder. If I had spare $300, I'd first buy a pair of noise-cancelling (or at least well sound-proofed) headhones -- would be a better boost of productivity than faster storage. I hope that's enough of excuse-making for not buying an SSD yet.
slashclee 16y ago
If you're willing to go up to 469PLN you could get a previous-generation (still basically pushing the limits of SATA2) Sandforce-powered 60GB SSD. http://allegro.pl/ocz-vertex-2-e-ssd-2-5-60gb-285-mb-s-275-mb-s-i1568990170.html http://allegro.pl/ocz-vertex-2-e-ssd-2-5-60gb-285-mb-s-275-m...

A quick search on popular polish auction site (allegro) gives: OCZ Vertex 3: 120GB: 1100PLN, 240GB: 2100PLN Cheetah 15k 147GB: 400PLN (second hand).

by dexen 16y ago

A quick search on popular polish auction site (allegro) gives: OCZ Vertex 3: 120GB: 1100PLN, 240GB: 2100PLN Cheetah 15k 147GB: 400PLN (second hand).

reitzensteinm 16y ago

Newegg prices, both new: Vertex 3 120gb: $299.99 Cheetah 15k 147gb: $219.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148282&cm_re=cheetah_15k-_-22-148-282-_-Product http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227706&cm_re=vertex_3-_-20-227-706-_-Product http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227...

masklinn 16y ago
His prices are probably correct for an auction site though: since 15ks are pointless, I'd expect their resell price to be much lower than on SSDs.
- dexen 16y ago
  I've failed to make myself clear: at the pricepoint of 1100PLN, the Vertex 3 offers only 0 IOPS, transfers measly 0MB/s and stores appaling 0B for me. Because it's way over my budget. Your arguments were that a modern SSD is faster. That's pretty clear. But will such an SSD (of 64GB+) be available at the pricepoint of my budget? If not, your argument is moot. A fast harddrvive can be had for reasonable price, as I'm willing to buy a second-hand ones. No such option exists for the Vertex 3 yet. reitzensteinm found a more expensive offer for the harddrive -- that hardly invalidates my original point. Btw., newegg doesn't ship to europe, Amazon adds some heft fee ($77 S&H last time I considered ordering headphones, itself $134) and I don't feel like using no-brand, mail-order hardware from Hong-Kong for my home folder. If I had spare $300, I'd first buy a pair of noise-cancelling (or at least well sound-proofed) headhones -- would be a better boost of productivity than faster storage. I hope that's enough of excuse-making for not buying an SSD yet.

slashclee 16y ago

If you're willing to go up to 469PLN you could get a previous-generation (still basically pushing the limits of SATA2) Sandforce-powered 60GB SSD. http://allegro.pl/ocz-vertex-2-e-ssd-2-5-60gb-285-mb-s-275-mb-s-i1568990170.html http://allegro.pl/ocz-vertex-2-e-ssd-2-5-60gb-285-mb-s-275-m...