The new SSD Thread (Benchmarks, Brands, News and Advice)

Mr. Wonderful · 07-22-2009, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by ViciousXUSMC

160gb still too much cost but 80b not enough space, lol gah, need 120gb like the Vertex, its just right IMO.

It's funny to be that picky, but 120GB would be the perfect size and price for me as well. 80GB means no/few movies on my HDD. 160GB is way to expensive, though I could wait, but if you've seen my posts, I obviously don't want too.

120GB would be more than enough capacity and closer to the perfect price.

Althernai · 07-22-2009, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by IntelUser

But I think they know what to do to bridge the gap between HDDs and still-too-expensive SSDs.

If so, then they have to release it sometime in the next 6 months. SSD prices are falling by more than a factor of 2 in less than a year. With this latest price drop, I believe it is now worth it to have an 80 GB SSD as the system drive for a desktop (with a separate drive for data). In a year, it will probably be quite reasonable to have a 250 GB one as the only drive in a laptop and alternatives will look progressively inferior from that point on.

Kallogan · 07-22-2009, 08:19 AM

Wow what a thread !

So Guys, if you have to choose a ssd right now that is really efficient in real world applications and not only during linear write/read benchies, which one would you choose ?

davepermen · 07-22-2009, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by sleey0

Saying SSD's are not expensive isn't quite accurate (at least for me it isn't). Unless your talking a 32GB which is worthless IMO ( are we back in 1996?)

I don't have mounds of cash to blow and you can get 1TB RAID 0 for a fraction of what a 256GB SSD would cost.

The SSD's are much faster and are worth the performance gains, but to say they aren't expensive is reaching...

no, it isn't. how much have you payed for your laptop? how much do you plan on paying for your next one? don't buy your next laptop, buy an ssd instead. it's CHEAP and gains you MUCH MORE. and for the rest of the price, you can get a windows home server + 2tb or more of storage to host all your data storage needs you'll ever have (and gain backups, and usability gains of having a shared storage pool, etc).

it's NOT CHEAP if you just want to replace a hdd. but for that, no one buys an ssd. everyone in here knows that ssd are for much other things. they enhance the performance and thus usability of your system, they make it more shock resistant, and allow for 100% silent systems.

all that is worth very much, and to get there, ssd are the most cheap way (if not, the only existing way).

but yeah, putting ssds in my windows home server as storage disks, now that would be hell expensive.

just don't think of buying an ssd to replace a hdd for storage. think of it of getting a new gpu while having lived so far with an integrated chip, when gaming. it's like removing your atomprocessor and putting in a quadcore. etc.

it's a performance upgrade, and it's the best performance upgrade, with most gain for the buck, that exists.

so, no, sir, an ssd is cheap. but you have to know what you get for it.

and not everyone has the money to buy a whole new gpu or cpu just for enhancing the system. such people don't have that money for an ssd, just as well.

davepermen · 07-22-2009, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Kallogan

Wow what a thread !

So Guys, if you have to choose a ssd right now that is really efficient in real world applications and not only during linear write/read benchies, which one would you choose ?

intel. 10char.

Althernai · 07-22-2009, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by sleey0

The SSD's are much faster and are worth the performance gains, but to say they aren't expensive is reaching...

They are expensive relative to hard drives, but hard drives are the single greatest bottleneck of any modern system in every day usage so this really isn't saying much. Instead, try to compare it to the total cost of the system. For example, here is what I will be building around Christmas:

Processor: Intel Core i7 860: most likely $284
Motherboard: something between $100-150
Monitor: on the order of $200
RAM: on the order of $100

Given the total cost of the system, $200-250 for an SSD is not unreasonable.

davepermen · 07-22-2009, 09:19 AM

btw, subtract to the cost of the ssd the cost of your hdd, as you "gain" that hdd, too.

i replaced my laptop hdd with an intel 160GB. have i lost that storage? internally, yes, but externally, no. so now i have (it's 1.8" sorry) 160GB + 120GB. external cases for hdds are cheap (not for 1.8", though).

and althernai. how about a gpu? and/or another hdd? those add to the cost as well, reducing/changing the costfactor of the ssd, too.