Just got mwave's specials email.
Not sure if these kingmax drives are good or not but anything under $1 a gb is a deal i guess.
SandForce controller
Read up to 550 M/bs
Write up to 520 MB/s
edit: shipping seems to be $9 oz wide or free for Sydney pickup.
Speed is listed as
Max Read: up to 275MB/s
Max Write: up to 175MB/s
for the OCZ drive so this could\should be a faster drive.
Fair point, but it's worth remembering that it's also $29.95 cheaper ($118.95 -$89.00) shipped. ;)
The Kingmax is not particularly well regarded either it seems: http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/Review/293481,kingmaxs-smp35-cli…
Even the article says give it a miss until <$100 !!
I always hate seeing "up to"… like Wifi can get up to 300mpbs..
Tell em he's dreaming!
But the Octane is only SATA2 which in my mind is outdated. I don't think u can expect other SSD like ocz or kingmax to be as fast as the Intel 520 in the review. Intel is double the price and u can probably raid the others?
Actually mwave have the OCZ Agility 3 on special also at $118.
Probably be better of spending an extra $8 there.
http://www.mwave.com.au/sku-22140513-OCZ_Agility_3_2_5%22_120GB_SSD_SATA_III_MLC_(AGT3_25SAT3_120G)
That one looks good if you are into a decent 120GB SSD. There is also Sandisk 120GB around the same price (a bit more).
@Pontios
you mean these? it's normal prices
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&c…
http://www.centrecom.com.au/catalog/agility-series-120gb-sat…
$1 less :-P
Speed is very decent!!