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bhavy, is that 1TB, or indeed 1GB you mean to type?
Interesting, i'll look into these F3 drives, i guess OC stocks these...time to go search
Do they generally have the best read/write speeds?
I also agree that SSD prices are pretty steep at this time, however what can we expect from new hardware technology... i think i'd consider a 128GB SSD, i reckon that would probably do the trick.
Interesting, i'll look into these F3 drives, i guess OC stocks these...time to go search
Do they generally have the best read/write speeds?I also agree that SSD prices are pretty steep at this time, however what can we expect from new hardware technology... i think i'd consider a 128GB SSD, i reckon that would probably do the trick.
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Just bought an OCZ Vertex 2e 120GB 
. I hope it's worth it. I'm gonna be installing it along with a 1TB F3.
. I hope it's worth it. I'm gonna be installing it along with a 1TB F3.
Indeed changes disappear when you reboot, which is inconvenient. On the other hand, it makes malware unlikely to stick. If "my documents" etc are on non-volatile storage it works well overall.
As far as i know windows cant do this. It is well documented under linux, i've done so with a 2gb netbook and a 12gb workstation. It does increase boot time, but ssd's cant compete for performance.
Ive only tried system ram for this, not the ddr-in-pci things.
bhavy, is that 1TB, or indeed 1GB you mean to type?
Interesting, i'll look into these F3 drives, i guess OC stocks these...time to go search
1 Tb ofc
. They are one of, if not the most popular hard drives for performance, just look up some reviews. The only thing is that the F4 drives are coming out now, but I've not seen any 7200 RPM ones yet, just the 2 Tb eco drive.The idea is to use the Raid 0 F3s for games, a 2 Tb drive for storage and backup, and a 64 Gb SSD for windows, Crucial C300 highly recommended for the Sata III speeds (even if you dont have a sata III motherboard, you have the SSD ready should you upgrade to one in the future):
You can also go for a pair of 500 Gbs for the Raid 0 drives to lower the cost a bit, but the 1 Tb F3s are really cheap now for what you get (can find them for <£45 if you shop around). Im using a Seagate 2 Tb LP drive that I found for £81, though I'd go for the F4 if buying a new one now.
I couldnt believe how much faster my load times got after raiding my F3s, its almost as good as running games on an SSD, but at a much lower price with plenty more storage.
My 1 Tb F3's were £58 back when I got them, they are currently unbelievable value if you can pick up a pair for around £90 and stick them in Raid 0. I picked them up after one of my F1s failed, and only recently raided them after adding the 2 Tb drive + Crucial C300. Its a brilliant storage + performance setup.
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My media is out of the way on a 1.5TB drive (which is almost full). Still using 196GB on C:\ though. I have been very 'lax' about installing games etc., so as above, I could probably get by with a 128GB.
I really wouldn't like to be so limited to what I install, so 128GB is absolute minimum.
All these threads are tempting me though, only ~£100! Meh!
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these drives arnt held back too much buy 3gig SATA II right? im pricing up a new system, but prefer the 3gig motherboard range, and thinking i can stretch to a SSD for boot, maybe the Vertex 2E 60gig for Win7 and my 2-3 favourite games.
I think that maximum SSD read speeds on Sata II are around 275 - 285 Mb/s, wheras the Sata III speeds on the crucial drives are around 355 - 365 Mb/s.
Sata III really helps with SSDs, though they are still very good on Sata II.
Personally, I wouldnt want to spend so much on an SSD only to get a Sata II one when the 64 Gb Crucial C300 is priced at around £115, but they are backwards compatible so you can still get a Sata III drive on a Sata II motherboard, and then it will run faster if you ever get a Sata III board in the future.
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Absolutely thrilled with my Revo120. Keep waiting for something to go wrong but as long as the overclock is stable I am still getting 500+MB/s read from it. I was even toying with the idea of breaking the RAID and running two 55GB drives with one OS for just games and the other for everything else.
Just slightly OT; I do believe that I am legally allowed to use my Windows license to multiboot on two drives as the copy is only installed on one computer as per the EULA.. does anyone know if this is the case?
Just slightly OT; I do believe that I am legally allowed to use my Windows license to multiboot on two drives as the copy is only installed on one computer as per the EULA.. does anyone know if this is the case?
This is the result of my stock 160GB 5400rpm SATA hard drive.
I'm quite uneducated about SSDs but what I have been told was the most important statistic is the 4K, basically the speed at which the hard drive can access lots of different small files, and on day to day use this is the biggest factor, opening an email account, laucing firefox, opening photoshop all take up time because the OS needs to load lots of different small files.
The 4K from my stock hardd drive is faster than a lot of the SSD reports.
I have a feeling that for day to day use the SSD provides barely noticeable differences
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This is the result of my stock 160GB 5400rpm SATA hard drive.
I'm quite uneducated about SSDs but what I have been told was the most important statistic is the 4K, basically the speed at which the hard drive can access lots of different small files, and on day to day use this is the biggest factor, opening an email account, laucing firefox, opening photoshop all take up time because the OS needs to load lots of different small files.
The 4K from my stock hardd drive is faster than a lot of the SSD reports.
I have a feeling that for day to day use the SSD provides barely noticeable differences
Not sure which reports your'e looking at but SSD 4k reads are much much much faster! I think you need to go have another look at the pic's!
This is the result of my stock 160GB 5400rpm SATA hard drive.
I'm quite uneducated about SSDs but what I have been told was the most important statistic is the 4K, basically the speed at which the hard drive can access lots of different small files, and on day to day use this is the biggest factor, opening an email account, laucing firefox, opening photoshop all take up time because the OS needs to load lots of different small files.
The 4K from my stock hardd drive is faster than a lot of the SSD reports.
I have a feeling that for day to day use the SSD provides barely noticeable differences
The top benchmark is from an ssd drive - wayyyy faster than a mechanical hdd mate.
The 4K from my stock hardd drive is faster than a lot of the SSD reports.
I have a feeling that for day to day use the SSD provides barely noticeable differences
Oh really?
so why is yours 0.300, and the SSD in the 200s-300s?
Oh really?
so why is yours 0.300, and the SSD in the 200s-300s?
Because Mechanical hard disks are really really bad at seek times.
haha thanks for point that out, must read the decimal point wrong.. Gald I put a screenie up to get some 2nd pair of eyes on it.
I'm so tempted to get a c300 now.. £200+ quid though
the 64GB won't be workable, I did a recent clean install on windows 7, and already 43gb of windows +apps + docs, and 32gb of downloads
im t5hink of just going ahead and forking some money on the c300, only im not sure if ican get these speeds
I beleive my netbook is a sata2, however it has a atom 330 dual core cpu, and I've read on here that atoms are cpu limited in how fast data can be transfered. Although the atom 330 isn't designed as a notebook chip, it's designed to be a energy effcient destop data server chip, does anyone know anything about the atom 330 and hard drive issues with ssd?
I beleive my netbook is a sata2, however it has a atom 330 dual core cpu, and I've read on here that atoms are cpu limited in how fast data can be transfered. Although the atom 330 isn't designed as a notebook chip, it's designed to be a energy effcient destop data server chip, does anyone know anything about the atom 330 and hard drive issues with ssd?
Buy a cheap pen/flash drive and put your downloads on it. Turn off system restore and put the swap file/ page file on another hard drive. My plans are to buy one ssd for windows and another ssd for games only and keep my sata for page file and downloads and any other junk data storage.