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

[Jeezo]

pro audio here .....realtime streaming IS an obssession here ....my WD is performing just half of what i got in read ....and the burst is better on my WD and the writes is about the same except on the 4K where the ssd smokes it ...

I expected much ...maybe i should listen to my heart and go vertex 2 but my reason told me stick with Intel and its experiences in high quality stuff ...

Anyway tanks to all for those greats infos !

[Jeezo]

oh yeah so should i do secure earse ?

[chimpanzee]

Not much can be gained from SE for x25m G2 as it supports TRIM.

[davepermen]

no don't. just use it.

[Jeezo]

crsytal clear .....will try to enjoy and jump to G3 asap

i tooked the HP 8540w cheap cause i know its already obsolete ...so will jump on a big baby later ...

[vinuneuro]

I'm torn between the 32gb and 64gb Corsair Nova SSD's. Having never used as SSD for more than 10min, I'm unclear whether I need the performance of the 64gb. The drive will be be used in a relatively light usage machine and 32gb is more than enough space for my boot drive having looked at the WinDirStat breakdown of my current 320gb hdd.

Looking at these benchmarks, I'd appreciate if anyone could give an opinion on whether the 64gb's seemingly much greater performance is worth it. I don't think the sequential speed is too important for my usage, but am wondering about the rest, esp 512k, 4k and 4kQD32. There are also a lot of other tests done from this site, but real world tests are somewhat limited:

32gb ($60):
http://www.ssdreview.com/ssd-review/...-v32-32gb.html

64gb ($120):
http://www.ssdreview.com/ssd-review/...-v64-64gb.html

Thanks in advance.

[HTWingNut]

One thing to first consider is you say that your useage would fit in a 32GB SSD? What is your total file size because you don't want to fill it to capacity. I'm not sure if windirstat also shows things like hiberanate or page file sizes as well.

[vinuneuro]

I already have hibernate and page file turned off so those aren't of concern.

Here's the the windirstat screenshot. That 93.7% is almost all movies and music which will be on the storage drive.

[Jeezo]

keep in mind that the fuller a drive is ...the les performance you gonna get ...so go 64 imho

[HTWingNut]

Well, in this case, if it stays at less than 25GB it should be fine. I don't know that you'll notice much difference in performance between the 32GB and 64GB considering what little storage is on the drive.

In this case, of most importance would be 4k reads since you wouldn't be doing many writes to the SSD at all once the OS is installed. And both 4k reads are nearly identical.