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Affordable b1tchin fast SSDs! :D
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dude it doesn't matter how fast they are, it's all about the response time
As true and all as I know that is.....I still find myself wanting the higher transfer rate just cos I know its out there.
Anyway, yeah I gotta stop trying to outdo myself on my PC.
Already upgraded the CPU, memory, GPU and watercooling in the last couple of weeks.
Once the SSD arrives the PC had better run like a monster or I'll cry :P0 -
Yes, and if you wait for another few months, the Micron SSDs will be out.
But then in November, the Intel ones will show up, so it's gotta worth waiting for another few months.
But then, something else will come out and it will be worth waiting for another few months.
In the meantime, and while you wait, I will be enjoying my SSD and my snappy OS
If I was thinking like this^^ I would still be using an Athlon XP 2500+, waiting for the 80-core Intel CPU...
There will always be something better in the horizon, that's how technology works in computers. So it's not about waiting until it's the cheapest possible product in the range, it's about start enjoying it when it becomes affordable to you.
In another forum, the same people that were b1tching about the SSD prices last year, when a 16Gb drive cost like €600, complain now for the 64Gb SSD's €200.
In other words "pathetic excuses". You spent €350 on a freakin graphics card that you only see the investment in Crysis, and €250 on a processor which feels hardly faster than your '05 Athlon64, I bet you will enjoy the €148 that you will spend on a solid state drive more than other upgrades :eek:
And Cuddlesworth: at that level, you can't tell the difference.
Going from 10ms to 8ms, you can kinda feel it.
Going from 8ms to 0.3ms, oh yes you can feel it.
Going from 0.3ms to 0.1ms, it's like when you overclock your RAM and the latency drops from 0.90ns to 0.75ns: only SuperPi and another couple of apps will notice it. Your eyes won't see much
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Yes, and if you wait for another few months, the Micron SSDs will be out.
But then in November, the Intel ones will show up, so it's gotta worth waiting for another few months.
But then, something else will come out and it will be worth waiting for another few months.
In the meantime, and while you wait, I will be enjoying my SSD and my snappy OS
Yeah I'm totally with you on that.
I guess I'm just venting my frustration while I wait for OZC to HURRY UP and ship out all the drives
Still says the 7th on MemoryC. I'm hoping they're getting them this time.0 -
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And Cuddlesworth: at that level, you can't tell the difference.
Going from 10ms to 8ms, you can kinda feel it.
Going from 8ms to 0.3ms, oh yes you can feel it.
Going from 0.3ms to 0.1ms, it's like when you overclock your RAM and the latency drops from 0.90ns to 0.75ns: only SuperPi and another couple of apps will notice it. Your eyes won't see much
Random access writes on SSD currently range from 240ms for SLC chips and 285ms+ for MLC chips. Compare that to 13-20 for normal 7200rpm drives. Its the one current failing of Flash drives and should really be the thing they are looking to improve.
That being said, I'm still waiting on my 64gig to arrive. Read latency more then makes up for it.0 -
Cuddlesworth wrote: »Random access writes on SSD currently range from 240ms for SLC chips and 285ms+ for MLC chips. Compare that to 13-20 for normal 7200rpm drives. Its the one current failing of Flash drives and should really be the thing they are looking to improve.
That being said, I'm still waiting on my 64gig to arrive. Read latency more then makes up for it.
I missed the word "write" in your previous post 0 -
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I ordered 2x 64Gb from Scan.co.uk for €212 each on Thursday, when they were in stock.
I've confirmed over the phone that they dispatched them and I should have them on Monday. Will let everyone know how it goes, needless to say 0 -
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Yeah, its gonna be a late one tonight.
I ghosted my raptor before I sold it to a mate.
Golden rule...always test your backups before you go further but I was in a rush dammit.
Anyway, the ghosted image is acting the git and I can't get into it.
Back to fresh installs now.
I'll try the fresh install on the SSD one more time and if that doesn't work I'll do a fresh install to a standard SATA drive and apply all the updates and setting changes before ghosting it.
First time I've ever had so much trouble from just getting a new HDD :mad:0 -
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flc or mlc drive btw ? or what ever the abbreviations you kids use these days.....
Still i see no point for these SSD's at all tbh. Its just ++epeen if you ask me. I mean sheeeet. look at the specs of my pc, nowt speshul at all. but it does more then what i ask of it.
SLC.
No ++epeen here.
You'll not find my system specs in my sig
I just love spending time on my PC and consoles etc, and the uber low seek times of these new drives were just too good to pass.
When the OS went on at first the system was responding brilliantly, click anything and it just appeared on screen.
No, clunk clunk clunk here you go kinda thing we are often used to.
If I can get it to work I'll be thinking that its money well spent, if not then I guess I'll have to put it on adverts and take a hit.
I notice you have 2 x raptors so I'm sure you appreciate the lure of quick access times.0 -
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