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| difm wrote: | | Intel_NVIDIA wrote: | | they are either mid range or older models. for me SSD is about one thing only, performance. |
Just how much performance will I actually miss with these midrange SSD's? |
quite a lot actually, for example, here's Intel 330 review with graphs (in these graphs of course there are many other popular SSDs). http://www.anandtech.com/show/5817/the-intel-ssd-330-review-60gb-120gb-180gb/5
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| Posted: Mon, 3rd Sep 2012 10:35 Post subject: |
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Like I said, difference is large on paper but not noticeable in real use. You won't notice the difference. Sequential read/write speeds just don't matter much for a normal user.
And I know because I have an old Corsair with 120MB/s speeds, and new Samsung 830 with 550MB/s. Sammy might be slightly faster when copying large files, but it's unlikely you will use an SSD for data storage. You'll use it for OS and apps, and in that aspect I can't tell the difference between the two.
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| Posted: Mon, 3rd Sep 2012 12:57 Post subject: |
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You can get a last gen vertex 3 and you wouldn't notice the difference between it and the vertex 4. Most users aren't using their SSD's for large file storage. Not to mention last-gen drives are allready fast as fuck as it is.
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| Posted: Mon, 3rd Sep 2012 14:29 Post subject: |
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sausje
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| Posted: Mon, 3rd Sep 2012 14:40 Post subject: |
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Just to come back on the OCZ is bad:
Look my usage on it.
I use it as a normal HDD, move games to it when i feel like playing one and move them away to another hdd if i finished it.
If OCZ was THAT bad, my ssd would had died even before i bought it...
And i'm not even running latest firmware (what i should do, but too lazy  )
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sausje
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| Posted: Mon, 3rd Sep 2012 14:45 Post subject: |
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Heh, i have learned not to mess with firmware unless shit starts to go bad
About that V2, i had a customer with one. That one crashed WITH the lastest firmware after 3 months usage.
She only plays hyves (kinda like FB) flash games and talks on skype now and then. Nothing more, nothing less.
Still it died on us after 3 months...
So going for V2... meh... I personally wouldn't do it.
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| Posted: Mon, 3rd Sep 2012 14:54 Post subject: |
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I've been running a Vertex 3 120GB for over a year as well and i've had zero issues since the 2.15 firmware came out last october.
For real world usage and the price I think the OCZ drives are a great choice. In the future I won't be getting one again as I have more money to blow on Intel drives these days, but for people trying to save money I think they are an excellent choice.
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sausje
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| Posted: Mon, 3rd Sep 2012 14:55 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Mon, 3rd Sep 2012 14:59 Post subject: |
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Not my fault you guys get butt fucked on technology prices in Europe.
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sausje
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| Posted: Wed, 19th Sep 2012 21:23 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Wed, 19th Sep 2012 21:28 Post subject: |
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They still make SATA II drives?
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| Posted: Wed, 19th Sep 2012 21:33 Post subject: |
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Decided to give this baby a try:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233342
It should arrive sometime next week 
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Frant
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| Posted: Thu, 20th Sep 2012 12:18 Post subject: |
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I've had my Vertex2E 90GB as system drive (+ install games to it regularly) and it hasn't funked up a single time. It's as fast and fresh as it was 1.5+ years ago when I got it.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
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| Posted: Wed, 26th Sep 2012 20:45 Post subject: |
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| difm wrote: | I finally had time to actually order a Vertex4.
Gonna install it during the weekend.
Is there some special tweaking I have to do to Win7 for it to function nice and easy?
I've heard some things but I want a sort of guide or something. That is, IF there is something to tweak. |
Latest gen SSDs dont require too much OS tweaking. Just install the OS in AHCI mode. I would also decrease the space reserved for system restore. I personally do change 1 thing though because I use my desktop a lot. I have the desktop and download location changed to a directory on the mechanical drive
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| Posted: Wed, 26th Sep 2012 20:54 Post subject: |
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I usually decrease the System restore size anyway.
Guess I'll have to check if Windows identifies my SSD properly and disables the defragmentation.
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Frant
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| Posted: Wed, 26th Sep 2012 21:21 Post subject: |
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I just ordered the OCZ Vertex 4 Series SATA III 2.5" SSD 128GB. I checked out Anandtechs review of the drive with the new 1.5 (and 1.4) firmwares and they make all the difference in the world.
And the price... Dammit, sooooo cheap, £77/$125/€97
Anandtech Review of the Vertex4 with the new 1.4/1.5 firmware.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6074/ocz-vertex-4-review-128gb
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| Posted: Thu, 27th Sep 2012 22:43 Post subject: |
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| Oddmaker wrote: | I bought a Agility 3 Sata 3, now I don't have Sata 3 at the moment since I have a 1156 board and I need to upgrade my board soon or maybe get a good epci card but anyways it seems the SSD isn't bottle necking my sata 2 ports for some reason, its hitting r/w 170mb/168mb  |
Thats SandForce for ya! I hated Sandforce controller I used to get the lowest speeds imaginable
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| Posted: Thu, 27th Sep 2012 22:52 Post subject: |
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In a month I will have been using my Vertex 3 for a year. Still runs as good as it did on day 1, and I move steam games back and forth on it on a very frequent basis.
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