SSD purchase question

[imaheadcase]

I want some input if a SSD purchase is right for my system. Known problems or the like that would prevent me from getting best speeds.

I was going to buy OCZ Technology 120 GB Vertex 2 Series SATA II 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive (SSD) OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G drive.

I know its SATA 2 mobo i have..
I play games (FPS, MMO), watch movies/music/websurf, etc from this computer. All my media is on Windows Home Server i stream to this system.

Mostly I'm wondering is the purchase worthwhile for me?
Would i see close to advertised speeds?
Would it be worth it to wait for next gen SSD drives, or do they just offer bigger space for the most part? I don't want to be in a situation if i upgrade mobo/cpu down the line (sometimes next year) that my SSD drive speeds would be half the speed because SATA 3 comes out)

System:
Mobo: Asus P5Q-E (P45 chipset) (Rev 1.xx)
CPU: Core2quad Q9550 2,833 MHz
ram: 8gigs DDR2 800mhz
video: GTX 460 1gig (850 O/C)

 

[Soulkeeper]

I've got roughly the same system/needs as you.
Personally i'm waiting for the next gen SSDs to come out, but I keep eyeing the crucial C300 and samsung 470 for some reason :/
don't worry about sata 2 holding you back, it's the access times and iops that really make the difference.

 

[imaheadcase]

I've got roughly the same system/needs as you.
Personally i'm waiting for the next gen SSDs to come out, but I keep eyeing the crucial C300 and samsung 470 for some reason :/
don't worry about sata 2 holding you back, it's the access times and iops that really make the difference.

yes but what they are now, a improvement is not really that grand down the line from my limited reading.

Intel new SSD drives offer just more "features" (error correction, etc) and increased storage space. They don't seem to show much in terms of actual performance advantages.

 

[Diogenes2]

The main advantage of waiting for the next generation of SSD's, is that the price of the current drives should go down.
The day to day performance will probably be of little use to you .. If it is really important to you, for an application to load in 1 second instead of 2, then sure, hold out for the next batch..

 

[imaheadcase]

Price is not the issue for me

 

[razel]

Price is not the issue for me

From my experience, enthusiast desktop overclockers and hobbyists with bangin' HDD setups are usually not as impressed. Professionals (who understand HDD tech) and laptop owners are usually the happyist SSD customers. If you're somewhere in between, you're in that gray area. Since you have money, then just buy it, you can answer all your questions by yourself.

 

[OCNewbie]

Price is not the issue for me

Get one of those PCIe based SSD's then? I believe they're the fastest (and most expensive by a good margin)

 

[Chaoticlusts]

Get one of those PCIe based SSD's then? I believe they're the fastest (and most expensive by a good margin)

yeah agreed...the speeds you can get off the OCZ Revodrive x2...$650 for a 240GB drive maybe a lot but it's not insanely high (hell the people who buy topline cpu's are paying way more for way less performance increase)..so if money really isn't an option...go for that...on all the reviews i've seen you won't regret it (or a larger one if you have ridiculous amounts of cash)..wish I had the cash for one but I think the best my budget will allow when I upgrade will be one of the better next gen SSD's mebbe around the 120-200gb mark...mebbe we'll see what the pricing is like...regardless it'll be a huge step up from my velociraptor ^_^

 

[Emulex]

sata2 doesn't hold you back. two $49 x25-v will read over 500mb/s in raid-0 for less than benjamin.