It is the cheaper and faster SSD's on the market and it is the best option for professional use. Try Intel 530 series 240GB 2.5 Inch Internal with Sandforce 2281 controller has higher performance.
That warranty period comment got me worried, but after reading around on some other sandforce controller SSDs it seems that setting is not universal and most of the SSDs with that controller don't do that.
And some sandforce drives had lifetime throttling which reduced throughput according to the warranty (from previous article on SSD endurance test) So you would write to the SSD for 3 months straight and it would then punish you for the next 21 months at 1K/sec write speeds to protect its wear...
Laptop gets hibernated fairly often, so I feel I should exclude SandForce, even the Intel SandForce drives.
I came accross this article recently. Thought might be of help to you. It seems that Sandforce has resolved its issues with Laptop's sleep/hibernation mode...
Please go through this article. I am sure that you will get all your questions answered regarding how TRIM and Garbage collection function in SSDs.
http://www.thessdreview.com/daily-news/latest-buzz/garbage-collection-and-trim-in-ssds-explained-an-ssd-primer/
Cerb pretty much summed up what i had in mind. I mean there have been instances where Ive read the Samsung failing too. There have been mixed reviews about the sandforce all over the place but why would a company like intel choose to go with the sf controllers. In the end, the best ssd is the...
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