How about some SSD reviews and comparisons to spindles. - Page 2

N.V.M. · 09-20-2009, 05:17 PM

what are the speed/read differences between the SSD's and the newer betterer SATA drives that are coming out? i'm guessing the new SATAs will kick ass?

dallas2727 · 10-22-2009, 06:09 AM

found a vendor selling it for ~230 again. Checking stock now and ready to pull the trigger. SSDSA2MH080G2C1

Davis: if you look into this more, you'll the G2 Intels mostly wipe the floor with the OCZ models that are even close in price. Yes you'll get more GB/dollar with OCZ, but slower performance. Both are leaps and bounds better than HDs of course.

NVM: I'm not sure your question makes any sense. SSD's are SATA (II/300 usually). The point of an SSD is that it's seek time is NULL.

Davis · 10-22-2009, 06:38 PM

The new OCZ disks apparently have a new controller by some company that offers more comparable performance to the intel x-25's (i'll have to double check the article, it was in CPU on Aland's article). It still probably won't catch up but you may be getting better price/performace.

I haven't seen anything on the G2's yet but yes either way you'll be killing any Standard HDD.

N.V.M.: I doubt any sata technology will be able to catch up to SSD's. Like Dallas says, there is no seek time on SSD's. Established read/write speeds are also considerably faster.

Flunk · 10-22-2009, 06:43 PM

It's Indilix, they make the barefoot controller. It allows flash drive makers to use cheaper flash than Intel uses and make a drive that is nearly as fast for a much lower price.

Just for the love of god don't buy a drive with a jmicron controller, they still haven't made a decent controller despite claims to the contrary.

dallas2727 · 12-09-2009, 08:43 AM

Finally bit the bullet, ordered the Intel SSD I wanted. 300 smackers. Grrrr.

Brucey · 12-15-2009, 12:28 PM

So how is it dallas?

firemachine69 · 12-15-2009, 03:56 PM

Crack indeed!

I still fail to see how an SSD can wipe the floor to an "old school" platter driver.

JMHO, of course.

dallas2727 · 12-15-2009, 06:01 PM

I have 2 sitting on my desk. I stuck one in and did just a Vista install, and then removed it as I'm waiting for microsoft to ship my windows 7 upgrade media.

The vista install went extremely fast with the exception of the pure mass data load portion, which is what I would expect.

Startup/Shutdown/login was near lightning speed, but I will reserve judgement until I have more than just the OS alone installed. But there was definatley none of that login, get a task bar, wait for systray and sidebar stuff to slowly load. It was all instant.

Flunk · 12-15-2009, 07:19 PM

Awesome, I think I might pick one up in the new year.

Brucey · 12-16-2009, 01:54 AM

FM:
As a boot drive for windows, this seems like a great idea.
As the drive to put your game (or two) on, this seems like a great idea.
For netbooks this seems like a good idea. 10 hour battery life isn't out of the question.
Other than $ per GB I don't see a lot of downsides.

Hurry up and bring costs down, dammit!

Dallas more people like you need to buy them so my cheap ass can afford them.

09-20-2009, 05:17 PM	#11
N.V.M. now...a cartoon Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: North Vancouver,B.C.. Posts: 5,843	Re: How about some SSD reviews and comparisons to spindles. what are the speed/read differences between the SSD's and the newer betterer SATA drives that are coming out? i'm guessing the new SATAs will kick ass?

10-22-2009, 06:38 PM	#13
Davis Possibly Guru? Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Calgary, AB Posts: 3,889	Re: How about some SSD reviews and comparisons to spindles. The new OCZ disks apparently have a new controller by some company that offers more comparable performance to the intel x-25's (i'll have to double check the article, it was in CPU on Aland's article). It still probably won't catch up but you may be getting better price/performace. I haven't seen anything on the G2's yet but yes either way you'll be killing any Standard HDD. N.V.M.: I doubt any sata technology will be able to catch up to SSD's. Like Dallas says, there is no seek time on SSD's. Established read/write speeds are also considerably faster. __________________ Gigabyte P35-DS4 Intel Q6600 2.4GHz 8GB Mushkin XP2-8500 LG 20x18x18 sata burner 3x Segate 500gb 32M cache SATA 3.0 Evga GTX260 216core 896MB Audigy X-FI XtremeMusic Antec P130

10-22-2009, 06:43 PM	#14
Flunk Henshin a go go baby! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Posts: 4,775	Re: How about some SSD reviews and comparisons to spindles. It's Indilix, they make the barefoot controller. It allows flash drive makers to use cheaper flash than Intel uses and make a drive that is nearly as fast for a much lower price. Just for the love of god don't buy a drive with a jmicron controller, they still haven't made a decent controller despite claims to the contrary. __________________ Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'Value must be 1 or below' in \www\hardcoreware.net\forum\index.php:623 Stack trace: #0 \www\hardcoreware.net\forum\index.php(12): checkNum(28) #1 {main} thrown in \www\hardcoreware.net\forum\index.php on line 623

12-15-2009, 12:28 PM	#16
Brucey Mostly Retarded. Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 7,441	Re: How about some SSD reviews and comparisons to spindles. So how is it dallas?

12-15-2009, 03:56 PM	#17
firemachine69 hCw~junkie Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 13,832	Re: How about some SSD reviews and comparisons to spindles. Crack indeed! I still fail to see how an SSD can wipe the floor to an "old school" platter driver. JMHO, of course. __________________

12-15-2009, 07:19 PM	#19
Flunk Henshin a go go baby! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Posts: 4,775	Re: How about some SSD reviews and comparisons to spindles. Awesome, I think I might pick one up in the new year. __________________ Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'Value must be 1 or below' in \www\hardcoreware.net\forum\index.php:623 Stack trace: #0 \www\hardcoreware.net\forum\index.php(12): checkNum(28) #1 {main} thrown in \www\hardcoreware.net\forum\index.php on line 623

12-16-2009, 01:54 AM	#20
Brucey Mostly Retarded. Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 7,441	Re: How about some SSD reviews and comparisons to spindles. FM: As a boot drive for windows, this seems like a great idea. As the drive to put your game (or two) on, this seems like a great idea. For netbooks this seems like a good idea. 10 hour battery life isn't out of the question. Other than $ per GB I don't see a lot of downsides. Hurry up and bring costs down, dammit! Dallas more people like you need to buy them so my cheap ass can afford them.