I believe the larger the SSD, the more channels to write to nand. fer example the 256 meg c300 gives you a sequential write of 255 mb/s compared to the 128 meg c300's sequential write of 140 mb/s <-- ouch
As long as what you're doing doesn't need 'bleeding edge' that's fine, go with whatever you think makes the most sense for you. But for some things like Rendering you can never have too much cpu power. edit: Just to compare price vs. performance, here's benchmarks of the 2500k ($225) vs the Phenom II X6 1090T ($230):…