cl191
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Anyone using SSDs on their computer? If so, which one?
Disclaimer: Will not add fps to your fps. Will not make pron download faster.
Will it increase the size of my e-penis?
Intel X25-M 80/160GB Gen2 > * in terms of value for money.
I got my 80 gigger just a few days ago and all I can say is:
SSD F-T-W
Intel X25-M 80/160GB Gen2 > * in terms of value for money.
quick question : I only play older games, have mostly videos and music on my computer...
what would be the point for getting one of these for me? Faster boot up?
Because I can honestly not think of a situation where the extra speed actually helps (aside from being cool and bigger e-penis)
Well, depends on your definition of value (and money? :lol.
If you want the last few percent of performance, then yes, they do very well.
If you just want to get rid of the annoying positioning of the arm on the platter, then cheaper SSDs will do very well.
The crucial bit for most people is not the MB/s figure, doesn't really matter if you pull 175, 200 or 225.
What's more important is how long does it take to fulfill a small request, like there are thousands in program/OS startup. Most SSDs do similarly well there, and all magnetic/mechanic HDDs fail catastrophically.
Randomly accessing a 512b block on my magnetic disks takes 12ms (1.5TB drive) or 13ms (250GB drive) on average. Doing the same thing on the SSD gives me 0.09ms average, or a 144fold increase. Maybe your uber-Inteldrive can do a bit better, but the difference will be tiny.
Intel claims 70MB/s write speed for the X25-M, dunno if first or second gen... that's slooooooooooow :lol: OCZ claims 135MB/s for mine, did work when I got it and tested that as well.
My point is, each may have advantages and disadvantages, but when comparing to magnetic HDDs both Intel and non-Intel will do equally well.
quick question : I only play older games, have mostly videos and music on my computer...
what would be the point for getting one of these for me? Faster boot up?
Because I can honestly not think of a situation where the extra speed actually helps (aside from being cool and bigger e-penis)
yes.
OCZ Agility.
Buy it if you can afford it. Best performance upgrade ever.
/me hifives MadCow
Disclaimer: Will not add fps to your fps. Will not make pron download faster.
Also, how often do you write large amounts of data to your system drive?
WPerformance and price wise is it best to have a small capacity SSD for just the OS or a larger one for both OS and apps?
I was thinking along the lines of one small SSD for my operating system then a few large magnetic drives for applications, game and storage but maybe it would be better to have multiple small SSDs or one larger one. I really have no idea .
I've also heard that running a defragmenter can entirely ruin these drives, is there anything built in to Windows 7 to stop you committing drive murder? I know it's common sense but mistakes can and do happen.
Just can't justify the costs yet.
an SSD isn't THAT much more than a Raptor...