What is faster?

[TheBuzzer]

a raided raptor 74 gb drive or this:
http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/11/pqis-64gb-ssd-with-sata-connector-a-worlds-first-twice/

a single 64 gb ssd drive?

if ssd is faster i might hold off in getting raptors than.

 

[WarriorX]

So you want to spend 2 grand for this thing and only offers 32 MB of transfer speeds...

http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/08/pqi-has-64gb-sata-2-5-inch-flash-drive-ready-for-august/

Im leaning toward the raptors being the better option even if this thing is a little faster. I cant wait till these get cheaper and faster, im tired of HDs being the thing that slows a computer down.

EDIT: I think these drives are for laptops because they use less power, while they can be used for desktops, you really dont need to worry about power usage.

 

[underdone]

EDIT: I think these drives are for laptops because they use less power, while they can be used for desktops, you really dont need to worry about power usage.

if ssd is faster i might hold off in getting raptors than.

These drives are absolutely for laptops at this point. Due to thier lack of moving parts and they use much less power.

However, since you seem to be looking for the absolute in speed, even at this devices steep price. I would look into the 15k hard drives. I seriously doubt that a ssd is faster than a 15k, 74Gb Seagate cheetah

 

[TheBuzzer]

These drives are absolutely for laptops at this point. Due to thier lack of moving parts and they use much less power.

However, since you seem to be looking for the absolute in speed, even at this devices steep price. I would look into the 15k hard drives. I seriously doubt that a ssd is faster than a 15k, 74Gb Seagate cheetah

is that product new ?

oh wait those are the server type harddrives. scsi.

 

[IntelOwnz]

And people complain that Raptors cost too much...jeeze, only $388 for 74GB


*Drools*

 

[underdone]

wait those are the server type harddrives. scsi.

They absolutely are, but it would still cost less too by that hard drive and a scsi controller than the ssd drive. It wouldn't be that much faster than a raptor, according to the reviews I looked at it really shines with random data access.

 

[CrazyJ]

wait until SSD technology improves, right now we only have early generation SSD's to rely on but once all the big companies start jumping on we should see significant improvements.

Also SSD is going to be more mass produced than enthusiasts harddrives like Raptors since these are gonna be in alot of Laptops at first so prices should drop pretty fast.

 

[unhappy_mage]

However, since you seem to be looking for the absolute in speed, even at this devices steep price. I would look into the 15k hard drives. I seriously doubt that a ssd is faster than a 15k, 74Gb Seagate cheetah

Or you could buy a *fast* scsi disk The reason people know about Seagate is they do huge volume. But Fujitsu drives are a good bit faster. Check out benchmarks, you'll see what I mean.