There are plenty of great SSDs out there for you to consider buying for your laptop, ranging from as low as 50GB, to up to 512GB. Rough starting prices can be considered to be roughly around the Rs. 7,000 mark, stretching well into the stratosphere for larger capacities.

The biggest questions you need to ask yourself before you go ahead and buying yourself an SSD for a laptop upgrade are the following: does my laptop support SATA II or SATA III, what is my budget, and, what exactly will I be using the SSD for.

We’ve listed three of the most popular SSDs in India below, in 120GB variants, which currently are the most popular capacity, giving consumers the perfect blend between price, capacity and performance.

OCZ Vertex II 2.5-inch 120GB
Vertex 2 Solid State Drives deliver unprecedented performance for the complete gamut of gaming and professional multimedia applications. Based on a leading architecture, OCZ designed the Vertex 2 to surpass the competition where it counts most, pushing the limits in both sequential and random read/write rates on the SATA II interface. With 4k file writes up to 50,000 IOPS, these drives take productivity to the next level with over ten times the performance of the previous generation. Using high-performance controller technology, Vertex 2 not only provides a faster, more responsive notebook experience, but promotes cooler, quieter, and more energy efficient conditions compared to traditional mechanical hard drives.

The OCZ Vertex II 2.5-inch 120GB costs roughly Rs. 11,400 in India, and comes with a 3-year warranty.

Specifications:
Read Speeds: up to 285MB/s
Write Speeds: up to 275MB/s
Seek Time: .1ms
Weight: 77 grams
Power Consumption: 2W in active, .5W in idle
Connection: SATA II
RAID Support


OCZ Vertex-III 2.5-inch 120GB
Vertex 3 unleashes the true performance potential of SATA III 6Gb/s interface. Such SSD features the latest SandForce controller design. It was designed specifically to increase the speeds of both sequential and random read/write cycles. With the incredible 4K life writes, and up to 85,000 IOPS, the Vertex 3 drives take productivity, gaming, and multimedia applications to a whole new level. Vertex 3 series easily integrates with all the latest series of laptops and desktops and performs perfectly with Windows 7.

OCZ Vertex-III 2.5-inch 120GB is available in India for Rs. 15,500 approximately, with a 3-year warranty.


Specifications:
Read Speed: 550 MB/s
Write Speed: 500 MB/s
Seek Time: .1ms
Weight: 77g
Connection: SATA III
Power Consumption: 3W Active, 1.65W idle
RAID Support

ADATA s510 SATA III SSD
ADATA solid-state drives are multi level cell, which is an asynchronous flash, drives which supports SATA III 6Gbps connecting interface. Along with the drive you get free data migration software utility software that allows the data transfer to the newer SSD and makes the process less time consuming.

ADATA s510 128GB is available in India and is priced at Rs. 16,000 approximately.

Specification:
Read Speed: 550MB/s
Write Speed: 510 MB/s
Seeks Time: .1ms
Weight: 76g
Connection: SATA III
Power Consumption: 4.7W active, 0.6W idle
RAID support