Which will be faster

[easyrider]

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD running on a Sata 6GB port

Or

32GB Crucial V4 SSD running on a Sata 300 port?

Thanks

 

[CorrectHorseBattery]

SSD - every time.

 

[easyrider]

SSD - every time.

Anyone fancy a test?

 

[CorrectHorseBattery]

I have (pretty much): SSD on 3GB/s compared to 5400RPM drive on 3GB/s. 5400RPM boot time: 30 secs+, SSD: 8 seconds.

 

[On Holiday]

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD running on a Sata 6GB port

Or

32GB Crucial V4 SSD running on a Sata 300 port?

Thanks

What do you mean by SATA 300 ? I assume SATA 2 3Gbps?

But yeah, SSD will win.

EDIT: Just saw how slow the Crucial V4 is rated at..

I change my answer to HDD - for writing that is.

 

[CorrectHorseBattery]

I think he does, yes .

 

[easyrider]

What do you mean by SATA 300 ? I assume SATA 2 3Gbps?

But yeah, SSD will win.

EDIT: Just saw how slow the Crucial V4 is rated at..

I change my answer to HDD - for writing that is.

Yeah sata 2 3Gbps

The V4 SSD is rated at 200MB read and 60MB write.

 

[easyrider]

Can some one do a 7200 HD test on a 6gb bus please with a 6GB HDD please and run

AS SSD Benchmark v 1.7.4 please

 

[wazza300]

the v4 is a very poor ssd tbh,go for the m4 atleast

 

[easyrider]

the v4 is a very poor ssd tbh,go for the m4 atleast

I'm trying to work out speed V cost...Its for a HTPC so noise heat and quick boot is all that is needed. Don't need fast writes.

 

[CorrectHorseBattery]

SSD looks like the best option then. SSD = fast boots.

 

[wazza300]

any ssd will slaughter a mechanical hdd for speed,even in raid mode,it has much much faster access times

sata 6gb hdd's barely saturate sata 3gb ports

 

[easyrider]

something weird is happening with this V4

 

[wazza300]

It's not the best ssd by a long stretch tbh,what read/write figures in atto benchmark?

Set SATA ports to ahci mode in the BIOS? Using Intel rapid storage drivers ?

 

[easyrider]

I know that but I wanted something faster than a mechanical HDD with decent reads low noise power and heat for a HTPC

Getting Read 176mb and writes at 45mb

running AHCI in bios not installed the intel driver though?

 

[easyrider]

I have RMA'd them.