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cditty

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I had to sell my Intel X25 to get some quick cash for a repair. I can not believe the difference in going back to my regular laptop drive. Not to mention the extra heat in my lap.

Can't wait to get the funds to buy another.
 
lol, once you get an ssd there is no going back, also i've seem to have developed this idea that everyone needs an ssd... might just be me but idk ;)
 
I converted all my systems to SSD already, there is no point once you feel how it's like to be on an SSD.


Too bad the high capacity drives aren't much cheaper, I would love to convert galaxy into an SSD storage king.
 
lilfiend said:
lol, once you get an ssd there is no going back, also i've seem to have developed this idea that everyone needs an ssd... might just be me but idk ;)
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Me too
I put an SSD in my HTPC's even tho there is almost zero disk access.....its just nice not to hear anything and never having to wait for anything.

I almost feel that we are to the point where the computer is no longer the bottleneck.
 
nitrobass24 said:
I almost feel that we are to the point where the computer is no longer the bottleneck.
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We got a LONG way till we can ever say that....

If I have to wait on my computer for ANYTHING, it's still too slow...

I should be at my desktop as soon as I hit the power button. Everything should happen as soon as I think it. THAT's what I'm talikin' about.
 
Brahmzy said:
We got a LONG way till we can ever say that....

If I have to wait on my computer for ANYTHING, it's still too slow...

I should be at my desktop as soon as I hit the power button. Everything should happen as soon as I think it. THAT's what I'm talikin' about.
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The computer is much faster than the human physical reaction. The reason why the computer is slow is because it's having to wait for your input and it's stuck on crummy code or software written for it.

I'd say we are there on general terms, but once they hook this up to a human brain, I will also say we're not quite there yet.
 
Most of the bootup, is hardware initialization.
The bios running its checks
Raid card spinning up array.
Once all that happens its just a few seconds until im at a ready desktop..
 
nitrobass24 said:
Me tooI almost feel that we are to the point where the computer is no longer the bottleneck.
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Brahmzy said:
We got a LONG way till we can ever say that....
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Depends on what you're doing. We're at the point where more speed is just wasted energy in 90% of daily use. We don't need instant video conversion/encoding, etc.

Next jump in needs will likely be when we get to holograms and other genuine 3D video.

Even in sci-fi/star trek we don't see instant processing.
 
That sucks that you had to sell yours.
I have been debating on wether or not I should go the ssd or get a raptor drive. Ive not heard very good things about the lower end SSD. Can anyone recommend a good bang for your buck SSD that is close to the price of a 300gb Raptor drive.
 
You guys are forcing me to realize I am in the dark ages and that I have to step up and get a SSD finally.

Along with NebulaD, what's the best midrange priced SSD that avoids the problems associated with the low end original SSD's.
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My X25-M recently arrived for my laptop. Now my laptop feels more responsive and faster than my desktop and I feel the need to upgrade my desktop. What have I gotten myself into?!
 
I installed and ran Windows 7 RC build 7100 for a bit on my Intel X25-M RAID-0 array. Man what a difference. However my applications and software are currently on my Velociraptor, so I had to plug it back and and work from it until probably this weekend when I'll be able to take the time to reinstall my applications and test them out on Windows 7. I plugged the Velociraptor in and it felt so damn slow I could barely stand it.

I keep yelling at the machine telling it to move its slow ass. :D Now every non-SSD equipped computer just feels slow as frozen dogshit on a glacier to me. :mad:
 
No joke, it's amazing how much of a difference it is. I made the mistake of upgrading my laptop that I use for travel first :( As a side note, I've stopped using hibernate not because of the extra writes to the hard drive, but the time to power down and time to full bootup is roughly the same for either hibernating or shutdown and full power on. I'm officially a believer now :)
 
Crosshair said:
I want to sell my RAID 0 Raptors and jump to SSD!
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I got rid of my 3 Velociraptors in RAID0 for some 120GB RAID0 Vertex action and am happy as a clam. Finally my quest for storage speed has been (for the most part) met. I just need like a cheap 500GB SSD for my static files/backups n I'll be set.

My second box has 2 Velociraptors in R0 and I can tell a pretty huge diff. using it. I'll probably pick up a single 120 for it...

You'll never go back to mech. disks once you've had SSD.
 
just wait until we can saturate a SATA3 connection with one 256GB+ SSD...it'll be even worse.
 
Brahmzy said:
I got rid of my 3 Velociraptors in RAID0 for some 120GB RAID0 Vertex action and am happy as a clam. Finally my quest for storage speed has been (for the most part) met. I just need like a cheap 500GB SSD for my static files/backups n I'll be set.

My second box has 2 Velociraptors in R0 and I can tell a pretty huge diff. using it. I'll probably pick up a single 120 for it...

You'll never go back to mech. disks once you've had SSD.
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tell me about it
Going to work and using my computer there is such a drag.
It takes 5 minutes from the time I hit the power button to the time I can use it.
On my personal laptop, its like 12 seconds
 
Anyone using a SSD as the OS drive for WHS? :eek:

Obviously the performance isn't so much needed, but the energy savings would be a plus.
 
[LYL]Homer;1034249261 said:
Anyone using a SSD as the OS drive for WHS? :eek:

Obviously the performance isn't so much needed, but the energy savings would be a plus.
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Not yet....but im looking to buy some cheap SSD's for some htpc's and my WHS.
 
I really hate how great you are all making SSD sound, seeing as I just built a new pc and don't plan on upgrading. Hopefully the price of these goes down by the next time I build haha.
 
i am using win7 and it runs my old ssd (no cache) faster. i plan to buy that intel 80gb ssd. ssds are the future, and present.
 
I've just ordered a Corsair P128 SDD, and from what I'm reading here, I'm in for a treat! :D It's not an Intel, but they are so expensive...
 
I'm probably going to throw a OCZ Vertex into my HTPC where I'm not quite as concerned with performance. My server will remain on mechanical drives for the moment.
 
The numbers on the vertex are great, but I almost want to wait one more generation before jumping (be it intel or OCZ or other). Speed, capacity, price, something. It's been out long enough to have a successor pretty far down the pipe. Damn the upgrade timeline.
 
Supposedly there will be a new Indilinx controller that has an internal 4way stripe, and should be ruthless fast, but in all reality even a single Vertex/Falcon/etc right now is stupid fast. There is NOTHING I can do on my box to lag it down!!
 
GLSauron said:
The numbers on the vertex are great, but I almost want to wait one more generation before jumping (be it intel or OCZ or other). Speed, capacity, price, something. It's been out long enough to have a successor pretty far down the pipe. Damn the upgrade timeline.
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There have already been multiple OCZ SSDs passed the Vertex... however cost is still up there.
 
OCZ just has the Summit and the Vertex as far as I know. I haven't seen too much on the Summit other than its firmware needs time to mature. The Vertex offers probably the best bang for the buck out there. The Intel X25-M retains the performance crown for the affordable drives. The Intel X25-E would be the fastest, but not always is it faster than the X25-M (depending on the application) and of course, it costs MUCH more.
 
ssds are awesome, ever since i put in ssds into my gaming box and my personal laptop I can't stand machines with mechanical drives, my workstation at work feels like such a dog.
 
SSD's are awesome, Since I installed mine I can check so many more emails, I can Twitter 200% faster, and all the hot chicks on my Facebook all want to date me now. ( They dunt know Im a holdin out for the cute checkout girl down at the local 7-11, shes got almost all her teeth) And my E-peen has grown 3 sizes in just one day. ..............................


While I realize they are pretty awesome, for all I do, it would be a waste of cash for me, and this thread, this is ridiculous. Oh well, I guess theres a storage e-peen thread.....why not have one for SSD too...
 
i really do want an SSD but just not yet, maybe in a year from now when they are cheaper and faster.
those stories about write speeds make me not want to jump right away.
 
I'm waiting for Intel to release their new 320GB SSD and then I'm jumping all over that. I'm just hoping it's not TOO crazy expensive. If it ends up being more than $800 or so I'm going to get one of the new rebadged Samsungs (Corsair).
 
ripken204 said:
i really do want an SSD but just not yet, maybe in a year from now when they are cheaper and faster.
those stories about write speeds make me not want to jump right away.
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What stories? A mechanical HDD typically go from 80-100MB/s sequentially. The Indilinix, Samsung, and Intel controllers are all capable of at least 80MB/s sequential writes.

angelicvoices said:
I'm waiting for Intel to release their new 320GB SSD and then I'm jumping all over that. I'm just hoping it's not TOO crazy expensive. If it ends up being more than $800 or so I'm going to get one of the new rebadged Samsungs (Corsair).
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With negative NAND margins since Q1 2008 you may find yourself waiting for quite a while for an affordable 320GB SSD.
 
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