HotHardware posted an updated SSD round up. They take a further look at four drives = the OCZ Vertex Series SSD, the Corsair P256, Super Talent's UltraDrive ME, and finally a Kingston SSD Now drive, that's based on Intel's Technology.

We have the current prices for the four solid state drives we've featured here outlined in the chart above. As you can see, while the Corsair P256 is the most expensive overall, its cost per gigabyte is the best, and it has the largest capacity. The Super Talent UltraDrive ME is the least expensive overall and comes in second in the price per gigabyte category. OCZ's Vertex Series SSD is the second most expensive drive both in overall price and cost per gigabyte, and at almost four bucks per gigabyte the Intel-based Kingston drive is clearly the most expensive according to that metric.

So, according to current pricing, the Corsair and Super Talent drives are the most economical per gigabyte followed by the OCZ drive and then Kingston. If we factor performance into the equation, however, the trend is somewhat different. Although the performance trend varies from test to test, overall, the Intel-based Kingston drive offers the best performance, followed by the OCZ Vertex Series, the Corsair P256 and Super Talent UltraDrive ME. With the exception of the Super Talent drive, that means the highest performing drives are also the priciest, which is to be expected.

Ultimately, all of the SSDs featured here will be a significant step-up in performance over a traditional hard drive and potential consumers should weigh their capacity needs against their budget carefully. Choosing between these four products is very tough. In the end, overall performance weighs heavily in our opinion and hence we're giving the Kingston / Intel drive an Editor's Choice award. But we strongly recommend and approve of the others as well, and think that it's getting increasingly tougher to justify Intel's inceased cost per gigabyte considering the performance of the other drives.