How about some SSD reviews and comparisons to spindles. - Page 3

dallas2727 · 12-16-2009, 06:38 AM

we're buying them (the intels) as fast as they can make them. Just try to find stock of them, pretty hard for the last few months.

N.V.M. · 12-20-2009, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by dallas2727

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

question, is that for the 80 gig?

dallas2727 · 12-20-2009, 06:20 PM

yup. I listed the part number up above.

N.V.M. · 12-20-2009, 09:26 PM

hmmm, $253 plus tax/shipping, up here. probably end up @ $300 too.

dallas2727 · 12-26-2009, 11:59 AM

So I've been beating on the SSD for a few days. Pretty impressive so far. Also running win7Ult which I am far happier with thus far also.

boot up times and login (using camera face recognition) is just blazing. Before the camera app would take 10-20 seconds at least just to "boot up". Now it momentarily blinks on the screen and recognizes my face before I even get to see myself. I'm talking instant. When it logs in, sidebar, all that crap is finished immediately, maybe takes a .25 second I would guess, if that.

I haven't timed it, but I'm guessing about 5-7 seconds between post and arriving at my desktop. From the time you see the login screen to my desktop loaded is about .5 seconds using face recognition, if that.

If I shutdown, I'd say about 3-5 seconds for power to shut off completely.

Best 300 bucks I've spent in a long time.

cannary m. burns · 12-26-2009, 01:07 PM

I'll wait three seconds instead of .5 for my desktop to appear, until I can get an ssd that is at least 300gb for under 500.

N.V.M. · 12-26-2009, 01:32 PM

getting very similar results. everything is so much faster( except the internet.) i've rarely seen such a performance boost from a single piece of hardware. lastly, not a friggin peep out of it. silence!

dallas2727 · 12-26-2009, 02:06 PM

last drive wasn't loud, so not really a noise difference for me, but definatley less heat from that part of the laptop now. Presumably way less energy usage too.

dallas2727 · 12-26-2009, 05:26 PM

OMG, just did the fastest virus scan in my life.

N.V.M. · 12-26-2009, 05:36 PM

Mr. i7/Asus Rampage II Extreme/Sapphire 4870x2 cf12gb G.Skill ddr3 1600 (AKA cannary m burns) will not be impressed.

12-20-2009, 09:26 PM	#24
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12-26-2009, 01:07 PM	#26
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12-26-2009, 01:32 PM	#27
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. getting very similar results. everything is so much faster( except the internet.) i've rarely seen such a performance boost from a single piece of hardware. lastly, not a friggin peep out of it. silence! Last edited by N.V.M.; 12-26-2009 at 01:55 PM.

12-26-2009, 05:36 PM	#30
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. Mr. i7/Asus Rampage II Extreme/Sapphire 4870x2 cf12gb G.Skill ddr3 1600 (AKA cannary m burns) will not be impressed.