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SSD Boot Drive speed difference
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Who Replied?CED/Esmeralda
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Check with Anandtech forums, they had a discussion on some of this recently I think... One notable test done 2 or 3 months ago showed SSDs got slower as it filled-up with data; but given your situation, this may not apply...
I only have a small amount knowledge on SSDs and the one thing I can see that could or could not be a hang-up is you can't really defrag them ==> so isn't data available basically in the order its added?? Guess I need to research and learn more before I open my yap...
I only have a small amount knowledge on SSDs and the one thing I can see that could or could not be a hang-up is you can't really defrag them ==> so isn't data available basically in the order its added?? Guess I need to research and learn more before I open my yap...
HypnosisFX
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My boot times are between 7-12 seconds....much faster than my raptor's. I also have Steam and L4D loaded on it so it makes them load in a flash.
Anand's review is 17 pages long and is somewhat technical. It's a very good explanation of the state of SSDs right now.
AnandTech: Intel X25-M SSD: Intel Delivers One of the World's Fastest Drives
Almost all of the SSDs on the market right now will be nearly as slow, and use almost as much power, as a HDD. A few will be much faster, but those still cost more than $500.
If you're looking to buy, look at the Intel X25-M
AnandTech: Intel X25-M SSD: Intel Delivers One of the World's Fastest Drives
Almost all of the SSDs on the market right now will be nearly as slow, and use almost as much power, as a HDD. A few will be much faster, but those still cost more than $500.
If you're looking to buy, look at the Intel X25-M
-=TTC=-Serpreme
Veteran XV
This review is nearly a year old, the technology has changed a lot. Find some more recent ones.
nVIDIA Geforce 285 260 9800 275 295 GT GTX AMD ATI Radeon HD 4850 4870 4890 X2 - Guru of 3D: PC Hardware Reviews
nVIDIA Geforce 285 260 9800 275 295 GT GTX AMD ATI Radeon HD 4850 4870 4890 X2 - Guru of 3D: PC Hardware Reviews
CED/Esmeralda
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CED/Esmeralda
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Anand's review is 17 pages long and is somewhat technical. It's a very good explanation of the state of SSDs right now.
If you're looking to buy, look at the Intel X25-M
Like Anandtech... Is there any real world benchmarks other than what Intel puts out themselves for their products??
Sorry, your link is generalized, you have something specific, thanks...This review is nearly a year old, the technology has changed a lot. Find some more recent ones.
nVIDIA Geforce 285 260 9800 275 295 GT GTX AMD ATI Radeon HD 4850 4870 4890 X2 - Guru of 3D: PC Hardware Reviews
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Veteran XV
there are a couple SSD drive reviews. you only rob yourself by not exploring!
This discussion is retarded.
SSD drives are between $40 and $1200; if you want size and speed, $1200 is what you pay; otherwise the drive implodes and the warrantor ships you someone elses defective disk.
If you want a place to load games to/from, entry level is 8-16GB and that isn't much. Those blow up inside of 6 months; look at netbook forums.
Newegg.com - SUPER TALENT MasterDrive RX FTM12GE25H 2.5" 512GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid state disk (SSD) - Solid State Disks
Newegg.com - Computer Hardware,Flash Memory & Readers,Solid State Disks,Intel,
COMPARIED To:
Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST380815AS 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives
@$35*8=280
+
Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3750330NS 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives
@$130
+
Newegg.com - SUPERMICRO AOC-USAS-L4i PCI Express SAS LSISAS 1068E 8-port controller Card RAID 0/1/10 - Controllers / RAID Cards
@$120
+
Norton Ghost/any ghosting utility (backup from the 8-drive raid array to your 750gb HDD).
= an 8-disk Raid 0 array with a backup disk that fits into any 16x pci slot for $530. You can do a 4-disk array just like this for sub $300.
Throughput-wise, this will beat the snot out of any SSD or dual-SSD config over the long-term. If a drive blows, you ghost from the backup disk or you can even do a NAS if you'd like. Or better, just have a backup disk for when it goes.
YouTube - Intel 80GB SSD X25-M vs. WD 1TB HDD Raid-0 250GB x 4 units
RAID 0 Benchmark Results: SSD vs. Conventional Drives - Review Tom's Hardware : Memoright SSDs: The End of Hard Drives?
(You get 2-6 times the storage space at half the performance for a quarter of the price)
In 2 years when the tech is perfected, quality flash memory is dirt cheap, and the motherboards/cards have been optimized for random access compaired to linear access via regular hard disk, I might buy one.
Otherwise, when I have some spending cash i'll be considering upgrading to a phenom, 800W PSU and a 4-disk Raid array with a household NAS off of gigabit ethernet to make ghosting a sinch.
.
SSD drives are between $40 and $1200; if you want size and speed, $1200 is what you pay; otherwise the drive implodes and the warrantor ships you someone elses defective disk.
If you want a place to load games to/from, entry level is 8-16GB and that isn't much. Those blow up inside of 6 months; look at netbook forums.
Newegg.com - SUPER TALENT MasterDrive RX FTM12GE25H 2.5" 512GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid state disk (SSD) - Solid State Disks
Newegg.com - Computer Hardware,Flash Memory & Readers,Solid State Disks,Intel,
COMPARIED To:
Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST380815AS 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives
@$35*8=280
+
Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3750330NS 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives
@$130
+
Newegg.com - SUPERMICRO AOC-USAS-L4i PCI Express SAS LSISAS 1068E 8-port controller Card RAID 0/1/10 - Controllers / RAID Cards
@$120
+
Norton Ghost/any ghosting utility (backup from the 8-drive raid array to your 750gb HDD).
= an 8-disk Raid 0 array with a backup disk that fits into any 16x pci slot for $530. You can do a 4-disk array just like this for sub $300.
Throughput-wise, this will beat the snot out of any SSD or dual-SSD config over the long-term. If a drive blows, you ghost from the backup disk or you can even do a NAS if you'd like. Or better, just have a backup disk for when it goes.
YouTube - Intel 80GB SSD X25-M vs. WD 1TB HDD Raid-0 250GB x 4 units
RAID 0 Benchmark Results: SSD vs. Conventional Drives - Review Tom's Hardware : Memoright SSDs: The End of Hard Drives?
(You get 2-6 times the storage space at half the performance for a quarter of the price)
In 2 years when the tech is perfected, quality flash memory is dirt cheap, and the motherboards/cards have been optimized for random access compaired to linear access via regular hard disk, I might buy one.
Otherwise, when I have some spending cash i'll be considering upgrading to a phenom, 800W PSU and a 4-disk Raid array with a household NAS off of gigabit ethernet to make ghosting a sinch.
.
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Veteran XV
cant argue much with this.