spec me an ssd

[marcobennetto]

using raid 0 at the moment and get about 230mbs read

would an ssd be worth it ?

is so i have about £130 to spend on one

 

[drescherjm]

using raid 0 at the moment and get about 230mbs read

That is not the main benifit of an SSD. Even with 5400 RPM hard drives one can get 1000 MB/s read.

The real benefit of an SSD is small or random reads and writes. For these an SSD will be 50 times (or even more) as fast as a hard drive (even raid arrays).

 

[marcobennetto]

so would i notice a difference ?

 

[drescherjm]

This depends on your usage pattern. In most desktop applications the read and write pattern are small so there will be a huge benefit with a SSD.

 

[marcobennetto]

was thinking of this one

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/236493

 

[drescherjm]

I would read a few of the OCZ and Sandforce threads from this forum to understand the technology.

 

[Brahmzy]

was thinking of this one

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/236493

I'd presonally stay away from the Vertex 2 series of SSDs - there are better, more reliable options out there. Vertex 3's, for example. Or intel, or Crucial's C300's.

 

[marcobennetto]

gonna go for the new crucial m4 ssd

 

[drescherjm]

Good choice.