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It’s fast. Solid return for money spent.

Pros: It’s power consumption is lower. It fit into my laptop case just fine. I would say boot speed is faster than a Raptor. I have not experienced any of the stutters or delays associated with these sorts of drives at this price point.

Cons: It’s a little pricey for 30GB.

Other Thoughts: I took an extra 5 minutes and formatted it according to the OCZ recommendations prior to installing XP Pro. I have experienced the random-write stutter issues on other SSD’s I have, so I know what to look for. I am not experiencing these issues with this drive. It did not seem to like installation from a SATA-based CD-ROM, so I used an IDE-based one with no problem. Could be the SSD, could be the Optical drive. I don’t know. I suspect it’s my make and model of SATA CD/DVD drive.

I don’t subscribe to synthetic benchmarks because they are, well, synthetic. What I can tell you is that it does not stutter or lock up for brief periods of time. XP Pro installed quickly-much faster than a 7200RPM drive. SP3 installed quickly.

However, I doubt this drive could keep up with a sustained write if pitted against a decent 7.2K or 10K drive.

Finally, I suggest you follow the additional SSD tips such as disabling indexing, system restore, using appropriate cache settings, and such. If you have a second mechanical drive you should use that drive for your page file. Don’t defragment SSD’s, regardless of how much your defragmenter nags you to. A few extra minutes of work upfront will be repaid with a much quicker SSD down the road.

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