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Top 5 SSDs

These days, solid-state drives--better known as SSDs--have higher capacities, faster performance, and lower prices.

Edited by Melissa J. Perenson   

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Products
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PCWorld Rating
Prices from $500

Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB

Drive offers top-flight overall performance, and the best write performance we've seen.

| Specs - Rated: March 08, 2010
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Toshiba 256GB Solid State Drive THNS256GG8BBAA

Great performance, but this drive is not available via standard retail channels.

| Specs - Rated: March 08, 2010
3
PCWorld Rating
Prices from $300

Samsung 2.5 256GB MLC SSD

Neck-and-neck with its rivals for top performance honors, this high-capacity SSD also carries a high cost-per-gigabyte.

| Specs - Rated: March 08, 2010
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PCWorld Rating
Prices from $574

Corsair 256GB Internal Solid State Drive CMFSSD-256GBG2D

If its specs and high price feel familiar, that's because this model packs Samsung's high-performing drive inside.

| Specs - Rated: March 08, 2010
5
PCWorld Rating
Prices from $490

Intel X25-M Solid-State Drive 160GB

Intel's solid-state drive has excellent performance, and a price that's no longer stratospheric.

| Specs - Rated: March 08, 2010
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