Solid State HDDs at OCUK

looks like it has low power consumption too. would be perfect in my laptop. also its solid state so should be far more reliable than regular drives.
 
dont know about that. maybe in theory but isn't it far too new to really say that?

maybe when they are more widespread we can know.
 
matja said:
Why use one of these instead of an (comparatively) inexpensive CF card and adaptor? It's not like you're gonna be storing media on it.
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I will be. I am hoping to test: Solid State HDD, CF Card (the fastest i can find) and USB stick (the fastest i can find)
 
Conrad11 said:
I will be. I am hoping to test: Solid State HDD, CF Card (the fastest i can find) and USB stick (the fastest i can find)
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do inform me if you've done it.

I want to know the performance differences.. not to interested abt USB flash drive though..
 
I was always of the assumption that Flash Memory has a finite number of read/write cycles before its demise.:confused:
 
WoZZeR said:
I was always of the assumption that Flash Memory has a finite number of read/write cycles before its demise.:confused:
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Yup but I read that they are using some fancy way of using all the available bits on the flash media, and that doing so will offer a lifespan greater than ordinary hdd's :)
 
Ah, ta for that.:)

Edit: So they will still have a finite life in terms of read/write cycles as opposed to say an average mean time before failure?
 
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They have a mean time before a certain percentage of the volume is unreadable, a 'half-life' or 'time constant'.
 
naro said:
solid state have.. but those used for SSDs are of higher write cycles...
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Wonder what the reliability are like of these compared to existing drives? With no moving parts logic dictates they've got to be better.

Current drives still amaze me! A lump of magnetic material roating at X thousand RPM with a little head floating a fraction of a milimeter off the surface, and generally NOTHING ever gets lost, or goes wrong! Stunning really!
 
firewallblocked said:
Can you see the posts by noobs on overclockers when one of these dies?



URGENT HELP! :(

It doesn't spin up at all! :confused:

no clicking when boot fails. :eek:

Will putting it in a freezer help? :confused:
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Certainly made me laugh. :o
 
touch said:
300px-IBM_old_hdd_corrected.jpg

:p
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I remember those,
except they were single platter and 2 foot across ;)

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I-ram is cheaper and much faster then flash and hdds in both seek times and throughput, plus it lasts forever. It's also more secure if you take the battery out, a kind of dead mans switch, as soon as someone trys to move the pc or remove the module, all data is wiped and completley unrecoverable, great if you'er running some sort of illegal operation and the police seize the pc. :p
 
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i-ram is cheaper?

isnt it over a 100£ just for the i-ram? then add 8gigs (4x2GB) of ram and how is that cheaper?
 
tomos said:
i-ram is cheaper?

isnt it over a 100£ just for the i-ram? then add 8gigs (4x2GB) of ram and how is that cheaper?
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Well it's £40 for 1gb of ram, no idea on the i-ram module itself, but I'm pretty sure its less than £100. It's cheaper for a smaller capacity. ;) :p

I suppose those drives could be useful in laptops when the price drops by about 90%, but in pcs, if you want really fast speeds, i-ram is faster in all ways, and hard drives have a much bigger capacity and still better throughput. Sounds like readyboost would be better than flash drives tbh.
 
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hope i-Ram 2 will be out soon..

not too sure if i-Ram 2 will be make use of the SATA2 interface..
 
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