Anyone using SSD for folding

shadowscotland · 5 Jan 2010 at 10:27

Are any of you guys using SSD?
I had a major boost to ppd when I move to a raptor - but not sure on the volume of small writes F@H produces - is it one every step?
Reads are fine - it's write I have concers over - and the need for TRIM to solve the issue of re-write slowdown.

shadowscotland · 5 Jan 2010 at 11:17

It's not just the wear - as you say SB 3+ years is more than enough for me
It's the re-writes - and the need for TRIM or wiper.exe or Perfectdisk10 & Diskeeper combo.

The last looks the most intresting as it should work on all drives (but may reduce life span by a few weeks with is acceptable)

shadowscotland · 5 Jan 2010 at 13:35

I'd go fully Ubuntu (with XP duel boot for AutoCAD) - but I must say the retail Win7 upgrade is tempting - and more wife friendly

shadowscotland · 6 Jan 2010 at 10:58

Thanks JonJ

Looks like Intel have pulled all the kinston 40Gb drives off the shelves (last place sold out yesterday on my way home

so having a think on the whol ssd thing.
Under £2 a Gb was my turning point - should have pressed buy at work yesterday.

OT/ will try and get to a post office for you today - but I'm working at home today due to snow so will see how many more inches fall between now and late lunch.

shadowscotland · 7 Jan 2010 at 07:53

Looks like I've got two secondhand sammy SLC drives arriving next week

(£1.40 a GB)
So really pleased I didn't get the kingston's now. As SLC mean 10x more cycles than MLC

The intels at a 100 each are not such a good deal - they are 90 in Europe and 80 in the US.