Intel 310 vs Renice X3 mSata SSD. What should I get

[AzNPinkTuv]

Quick question for the guys here at memory and storage.

Whats the consensus on the mSata SSD market in terms of which is the go to drive.

I have a G2 intel for my desktop and I love their reliability and decent speeds so I was leaning towards the 310 80gb edition. I've seen a lot of talk on some of the other forums recommending the Renice X3 120g drive.

I'm putting this drive as the primary boot drive for a Lenovo Y470 fully specced laptop, primarily to cut down on the weight of having to carry a hard drive when I dont need it.

From what I've deduced, the 310 is practically a carbon copy of my desktop drive while the renice is a sandforce based drive much akin to the vertex 2. Should I be worried about the reliability of the Renice? I would like to consider it just because of a slightly higher read write speed but don't want to worry about reliability issues.

Any input would be appreciated.

 

[MobiusPizza]

There are only really two drives you can opt for which you have mentioned in the mSATA space.

I have just purchased a Renice X3 120GB to go into my Lenovo X220 Tablet PC.
The reason being Storagereview shows Renice X3 to perform better than the Intel 310, which is to be expected due to Sandforce controller.

So far I am happy with it. The only problem I see is the official site of Renice is quite awful. Support is near nonexistent. I could not sign up for the forum even since I did not receive activation e-mail in 2 separate e-mail accounts, not in spam folder either. There is an e-mail address and a 'guest book' which seems to be active. I never see the live chat online.
The warranty and support is a bit worring.

There is also a firmware update, which they say works only with Windows 7. I followed all the instructions, having administrator rights, having SATA mode in AHCI, and running in Windows 7 x64 I cannot get the firmware to detect the drive.

However, performance so far is good.

 

[MobiusPizza]

Update, I found out myself that one nees to change the ATA/ATAPI controller in device manager of Windows from Intel Chipset SATA AHCI controller to Standard AHCI 1.0 controller (Windows stock driver) to update Renice X3 firmware.

I got through to live chat just now so they are manned. But their English is not perfect.
Their warranty is 2 years.