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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1913094" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p>I should point out that purchasing an SSD is somewhat similar to purchasing a car. There are a bunch of valuable features that it would be advantageous to have, but unless you are well monied and you are willing to pay to have them ALL, you are ultimately going to have to choose one that has only a few of those features and settle for that. It's possible to find an SSD that is quite a good value. You're looking for a Camero, not a Ferrari.</p><p></p><p>For instance, a user on another Macintosh discussion list was considering a particular OWC SSD, and he e-mailed OWC for clarification on the specifications of the SSD. They sent him a list of specifications that read like a list of top-tier specs...until you realized that the SSD had absolutely no DRAM. Usually the only SSD's that include no DRAM are those that sound too good to be true when you see their low price. And then when you get an SSD with no DRAM, it is molasses slow compared to any other SSD.</p><p></p><p>However, this user wrote to OWC about this, and OWC claimed that their SSD didn't need DRAM, because all of its other features added up to adequate performance. (Most real world tests that I've seen for the SSD in question have it on the slow side compared to competing SSD's from other companies, but users have barely noticed and all seem to be happy with this OWC SSD. (It does have over-provisioning, so it is reliable and long-lived.)</p><p></p><p>So, like most products, what you need to do is do some shopping and read a lot of reviews, and then make an informed decision. It's not overwhelming, but like any other product you are looking for an example that is in the sweet spot of performance/longevity vs. price.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1913094, member: 190607"] I should point out that purchasing an SSD is somewhat similar to purchasing a car. There are a bunch of valuable features that it would be advantageous to have, but unless you are well monied and you are willing to pay to have them ALL, you are ultimately going to have to choose one that has only a few of those features and settle for that. It's possible to find an SSD that is quite a good value. You're looking for a Camero, not a Ferrari. For instance, a user on another Macintosh discussion list was considering a particular OWC SSD, and he e-mailed OWC for clarification on the specifications of the SSD. They sent him a list of specifications that read like a list of top-tier specs...until you realized that the SSD had absolutely no DRAM. Usually the only SSD's that include no DRAM are those that sound too good to be true when you see their low price. And then when you get an SSD with no DRAM, it is molasses slow compared to any other SSD. However, this user wrote to OWC about this, and OWC claimed that their SSD didn't need DRAM, because all of its other features added up to adequate performance. (Most real world tests that I've seen for the SSD in question have it on the slow side compared to competing SSD's from other companies, but users have barely noticed and all seem to be happy with this OWC SSD. (It does have over-provisioning, so it is reliable and long-lived.) So, like most products, what you need to do is do some shopping and read a lot of reviews, and then make an informed decision. It's not overwhelming, but like any other product you are looking for an example that is in the sweet spot of performance/longevity vs. price. [/QUOTE]
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