Intel Cherryville SSD Giveaway - ended 20 March 2012 - Page 29  

1) Do you currently own an SSD? Are you planning on purchasing one or more in the near future?

 

Well if I don't win this one :D then yes I would like to get one due to being told that my HDD will be a "bottleneck" for the speck of my new notebook.

 

2) If you’re planning on purchasing an SSD, which brand(s) are you considering and why (price, performance, reliability, brand, etc.)?

 

Any brand that is VALUE for money, sorry can't be more specific as I'm a bit of a novice.

 

3) How often do you purchase a new PC (every 12 months or less, every 12-18 months, 18-24 months, 2-3 years, over 3 years)?

 

Over 3 years.

 

4) I live in the UK...... just as well cause i can't do maths very well lol.

1) Do you currently own an SSD? NO Are you planning on purchasing one or more in the near future? YES

2) If you’re planning on purchasing an SSD, which brand(s) are you considering and why (price, performance, reliability, brand, etc.)? Unknown at this time; probably Intel, but price, performance and reliability are more important than brand.

3) How often do you purchase a new PC (every 12 months or less, every 12-18 months, 18-24 months, 2-3 years, over 3 years)? 2-3 years

1) Do you currently own an SSD? Are you planning on purchasing one or more in the near future?

Don't currently own one, but am purchasing a new laptop soon and am looking at an SSD option.

2) If you’re planning on purchasing an SSD, which brand(s) are you considering and why (price, performance, reliability, brand, etc.)?

Intel, Crucial, Samsung, OCZ, based on price, performance and reliability

3) How often do you purchase a new PC (every 12 months or less, every 12-18 months, 18-24 months, 2-3 years, over 3 years)?

2 - 3 years

4) [Canadian residents] What is 125 plus 45 divided by 3 minus 13?

Not Canadian, but 125 + 45/3 - 13 = 127

1) Do you currently own an SSD? Are you planning on purchasing one or more in the near future?

Don't currently own any SSDs, but will be purchasing at least one very soon.

2) If you’re planning on purchasing an SSD, which brand(s) are you considering and why (price, performance, reliability, brand, etc.)?

I'm only considering Intel, because I value reliability and stability above all else. My data is irreplaceable, and I do not trust non-Intel controllers.

3) How often do you purchase a new PC (every 12 months or less, every 12-18 months, 18-24 months, 2-3 years, over 3 years)?

Every year or so. I build my own system and use notebooks.

I want one!

1) Do you currently own an SSD? Are you planning on purchasing one or more in the near future?

Currently own a 256gb Crucial running in my Alienware M17x 3D - sold my 256gb SATA I Samsung


2) If you’re planning on purchasing an SSD, which brand(s) are you considering and why (price, performance, reliability, brand, etc.)?

Looking into adding a 64gb or 128gb SSD from either Intel, Crucial, or Samsung with Reliability, Performance, and Price part of the equation - in that order


3) How often do you purchase a new PC (every 12 months or less, every 12-18 months, 18-24 months, 2-3 years, over 3 years)?

I tend to purchase a new PC every two to three years; unless my wants outweigh my needs in the decision-making process


4) [Canadian residents] What is 125 plus 45 divided by 3 minus 13?

U.S. Resident + Canadian mother = Switzerland:awdance:

As an addendum to my entry and comments, this here is demonstrative why I won't be buying any more SSD media until something more reliable comes along:

http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/2038221/ssd-latency-error-rates-may-spell-bleak-future

"A new study by the University of California and Microsoft shows that NAND flash memory experiences significant performance degradation as die sizes shrink in size. Over the next dozen years latency will double as the circuitry size shrinks from 25 nanometers today, to 6.5nm, the research showed. Speaking at the Usenix Conference on File and Storage Technologies in San Jose this week, Laura Grupp, a graduate student at the University of California, said tests of 45 different types of NAND flash chips from six vendors using 72nm to 25nm lithography techniques showed performance degraded across the board and error rates increased as die sizes shrunk. Triple-Level NAND performed the worst, followed by Multi-Level Cell NAND and Single-Level Cell. The researchers said MLC NAND-based SSDs won't be able to go beyond 4TB and TLC-based SSDs won't be able to scale past 16TB because of the performance degradation, so it appears the end of the road for SSDs will be 2024."

BTW, I forgot to mention that one of my two SSDs failed completely at the hardware level (controller failure). That's a 50% failure rate from my perspective. It failed within a year, and the other one is only a month old so who knows? Of all the dozens of platter drives I've owned in the last 25 years, only TWO failed due to hardware malfunction. You do the math!

A personal experience and input, wow

cheers ...

1) Don't own one. Yes I am thinking about buying one.
2) considering all major brands at the moment will make the final decision based on reliability, capacity, price, performance.
3) I buy computers at more than 3 year intervals.
4) Not a Canadian resident.

1) No. Yes I am planning on purchasing one but the price is not where I would like it to be yet.

2) OCZ, Intel - Performance, reliability

3) 3 years.

1) Do you currently own an SSD? Are you planning on purchasing one or more in the near future?
No, I do not own a SSD and yes I am planning on a purchase for my next desktop upgrade.

2) If you’re planning on purchasing an SSD, which brand(s) are you considering and why (price, performance, reliability, brand, etc.)?
I would favor the brands I trust as a result of my many years of experience, Intel, OCZ, Crucial for example.

3) How often do you purchase a new PC (every 12 months or less, every 12-18 months, 18-24 months, 2-3 years, over 3 years)?
I have 2 desktops that I upgrade on a regular basis, about once a year. I buy a new laptop every 3 years.

4) [Canadian residents] What is 125 plus 45 divided by 3 minus 13?
US resident but I love a good math puzzle...

Yes (three) and Yes. Two most current desktops each have a 60GB and I have another GSkill 60 GB ready to install in the netbook when I get around to tearing it apart.

Samsung appears new to the game, but has great reviews.
Intels are usually a bit more $ compared to others, but they are come across as being more stable. Their speed numbers aren't always as good, but I'm sure some companies overstate those.
Crucial has put up good numbers and reviews at reasonable prices. They did have that 5100 hour bug in SATA III, but supposedly that is fixed now.
I have a couple of SATA II OCZ drives and they were fine. OCZ's SATA III drives seemed to have a lot of issues.

Overall, it seems most manufacturers had issues with SATA III, some (OCZ) more than others. I was looking forward to the 2nd and 3rd gen releases of SATA III drives which should be stable due to lessons learned. At that point the price entry should make it more reasonable to get 128-256 GB drives and not have to worry about space so much.

Relability is the first consideration. Eliminate those with issues -- like I did with OCZ & SATA III.
Price is probably the second issue.
The performance is like a tie breaker. The speeds are so insanely fast there is usually negligible difference.
Brand name helps, but isn't everything.

Every ~3 years on average. But I will do reasonable upgrades along the way. Putting a SSD in the old P4 made a huge difference.

N/A - US resident

1) Do you currently own an SSD? Are you planning on purchasing one or more in the near future?
No i don't own one. I want to own one very soon.

2) If you’re planning on purchasing an SSD, which brand(s) are you considering and why (price, performance, reliability, brand, etc.)?
I was looking at Intel and Crucial. Intel for the performance. I've seen reviews and systems using G2 ssd's, and they never BSODed or anything. Crucial for the price.

3) How often do you purchase a new PC (every 12 months or less, every 12-18 months, 18-24 months, 2-3 years, over 3 years)?
Over 3 years. I usually piece-mail my systems together.

4) [Canadian residents] What is 125 plus 45 divided by 3 minus 13?
I'm from the USA

1) Do you currently own an SSD? Are you planning on purchasing one or more in the near future?
     The new G74 that should be here in a couple days comes with a 160GB SSD.  Never had one so am looking forward to it.

2) If you’re planning on purchasing an SSD, which brand(s) are you considering and why (price, performance, reliability, brand, etc.)?
     I have been considering this depending on my upcoming experience with the new laptop, but haven't researched them at all yet.

3) How often do you purchase a new PC (every 12 months or less, every 12-18 months, 18-24 months, 2-3 years, over 3 years)?
     Every 2-3 years.

4) [Canadian residents] What is 125 plus 45 divided by 3 minus 13?

    N/A 

I do not own one. I am considering purchasing one today. A small one for system and cache files.

I have only given serious thought to purchasing a patriot pyro.

For myself, I normally purchase less than every 4 years. for others, a purchase is made every 2 years.

not canadian, don't need math!

1) Do you currently own an SSD?
No

Are you planning on purchasing one or more in the near future?
Maybe

2) If you’re planning on purchasing an SSD, which brand(s) are you considering and why (price, performance, reliability, brand, etc.)?
No brand considered yet. Price and performance.

3) How often do you purchase a new PC (every 12 months or less, every 12-18 months, 18-24 months, 2-3 years, over 3 years)?
2-3 years

UK

1) Do you currently own an SSD? Are you planning on purchasing one or more in the near future?

No, I do not currently own a SSD, but I would like to install one in my next desktop PC that I build.

2) If you’re planning on purchasing an SSD, which brand(s) are you considering and why (price, performance, reliability, brand, etc.)?

Intel, Crucial, Toshiba, Samsung, and Corsair. Brand reliability and user reviews on sites like Newegg will be important deciding factors.

3) How often do you purchase a new PC (every 12 months or less, every 12-18 months, 18-24 months, 2-3 years, over 3 years)?

Over 3 years (though I wish it was more often!)

4) [Canadian residents] What is 125 plus 45 divided by 3 minus 13?

I'm not in Canada, but the answer is 43 and 2/3.

1) Do you currently own an SSD? Are you planning on purchasing one or more in the near future?

No I don't own an SSD. I was planning on buying one soon.

2) If you’re planning on purchasing an SSD, which brand(s) are you considering and why (price, performance, reliability, brand, etc.)?

I had no particular brand in mind, just a price.

3) How often do you purchase a new PC (every 12 months or less, every 12-18 months, 18-24 months, 2-3 years, over 3 years)?

About every 3 years.

1) No, I don't own an SSD. I want one, but because I need a lot of space and SSDs are generally more expensive, I've been putting it off. I think I might still wait a bit longer to buy one.

2) I don't know yet; like I said in Q1, I'm not getting one for a while yet, so I haven't done my research yet. But, when I do, the most important factors would be price and reliability.

3) I buy one new computer a year (there are several desktops/laptops in my household that I replace one at a time, so it became a yearly cycle.)

4) N/A; in the US here.

1) Do you currently own an SSD? Are you planning on purchasing one or more in the near future?

No I do not currently own one but I might get one soon

2) If you’re planning on purchasing an SSD, which brand(s) are you considering and why (price, performance, reliability, brand, etc.)?

Intel is the major one I've been considering because I don't know much about other brands.The Intel products that I currently own have been reliable so I don't see any reason for the SSDs to be different.

3) How often do you purchase a new PC (every 12 months or less, every 12-18 months, 18-24 months, 2-3 years, over 3 years)?

12-18 months usually