I am going to prepare for the VCAP-DCA exam, the first step for the exam coming is to build a computer for lab. I decided to use my old Thinkpad T410 with some upgrades.
My laptop already have an Intel Core i5 Sandy Bridge, 16GB of RAM. The most weak point is the Thinkpad was come with a traditional HDD. I went to amazon and search for a suitable SSD to replace my ole HDD. Yes, i am a fan of Amazon. My expectation is a new SDD with high performance, capacity and low cost. After days of searching, I picked PNY XLR8 SDD up with 240GB of capacity. This SSD offers high speed data transfer of up to 500MB/s read, 475MB/s write; random IOPS up to 60,000. Another really cool thing is PNY offers a five-years warranty. In overall, I am really happy with it, high performance, enough capacity and low cost also.
Specifications
- Made in USA or Imported
- Best Value: Premium grade flash to handle a wide variety of workloads
- XLR8: Sequential Read/Write speeds: 400 MB/s Random IOPS : Up to 70,000
- Capacities: 240GB
- Controller: SandForce 2281
- 3 year warranty plus an additional 2 years when registered with PNY
Customer reviews on Amazon
I purchased a Crucial SSD about 18 months ago for a fast boot drive. After about 2 months it failed to boot and I tried fixing the boot record, but finally had to reinstall Win 7. Six months later, same problem, same solution. Finally, at 13 months it just stopped. I could read but not write. After reading reviews on Crucial and Kingston SSD's, I decided to try PNY and, so far, the PNY seems as fast but has no problems.
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I recently settled for a lenovo x200s because my dell laptop mobo fried. The laptop is about six years old and packs a core2duo processor. The laptop couldn't handle what I needed to do and I decided to upgrade to this. This drive is extremely cheap and runs well. You will notice a significant difference between having this and the standard HDD that we've all been accustomed to in the past. The only thing I'll say is that since my motherboard only supports up to SATA II, clearly you won't get SATA III performances on an older desktop/laptop. So I'll probably get around 200 instead of the expected 500 with the SATA III. But it was a significant improvement over the Western Digital 320gb 5400RPM drive. Now that drive will be a backup that I have setup in an external case. If you are on the fence with this, do not hesitate. If you can wait longer, you will notice that SSD's have become more affordable. You can catch deals on 240GB's for right under $100 now. Besides if you're upgrading an older computer, you can still use this in the future in your replacement computer. Look up tips on maximizing your performance with the new SSD in windows.
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