intel 80gig ssd installed, views!!!

funkysnair · 10-31-2009, 03:46 PM

well i got my ssd in post today (pics)

my first thoughts where, £200 for that little thing but dam are they different to normal hd's

my pc booted to desktop in 39secs but was unusable for a further 5-10 secs while the drive organised itself (1tb 7,200 rpm samsung spinpoint f1-brandnew)

my solid state drive shuts down completely in 3 seconds flat and boots to desktop usable in 15 seconds!

granted that writing to the drive is not as fast as reading but its still faster than conventional hard drives, i installed windows7 64bit in 15mins aprox!!!

in a nutshell the drive is expensive but its dam rapid and i can only see things getting better in the ssd department

pros-
easy mounting
size
speed
silent

cons-
price
storage capacity

heres how i mounted mine using double sided sticky foam pads (no space to mount inside due to tripple raditaor)

susik89 · 10-31-2009, 04:33 PM

Damn thats a nice performance boost. But even though it's faster I don't think that having your windows/games load faster is worth that much :x

**bomberboysk** · 10-31-2009, 05:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by susik89

Damn thats a nice performance boost. But even though it's faster I don't think that having your windows/games load faster is worth that much :x

SSD's as your os drive make the entire PC more responsive.

Bodaggit23 · 10-31-2009, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by bomberboysk

SSD's as your os drive make the entire PC more responsive.

Depends on the drive. The X25's are exceptional.

Not all SSD's are created equal.

2048Megabytes · 10-31-2009, 05:16 PM

They are advertising up to 250 megtabyte per second read speeds with the Intel X25-M Solid State Disk. That is impressive but not worth $279 American Dollars. I wonder how many years it is going to take for the price to come down on solid state disk drives?

funkysnair · 10-31-2009, 05:59 PM

well basicly its up to the person who is looking at the price if it is worth it!

i was looking at the drive with a spare £350 in my pocket so i decided to get one and go out for a meal tonight

my pc is so rapid its unbelivable, and like bomberboysk says the whole system has improved.

i did purchase a crucial ssd a while back and the performance was terrible i had to rma it, not all ssd,s are good!

manufacturers have good and bad models, but i knew with intel it was a good one

diduknowthat · 10-31-2009, 06:05 PM

Prices are coming down slowly. There are really fast SSD's in the $150 area now, using new Jmicron controllers with 64megs of built in cache. I'm looking to get one around thanks giving!

2048Megabytes · 11-01-2009, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by diduknowthat

Prices are coming down slowly. There are really fast SSD's in the $150 area now, using new Jmicron controllers with 64 megabytes of built in cache. I'm looking to get one around Thanksgiving!

What are some good models of Solid State Drives to watch? I'm waiting for a decent 80 gigabyte Solid State Drive to drop to around $100 in price.

funkysnair · 11-01-2009, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2048Megabytes

What are some good models of Solid State Drives to watch? I'm waiting for a decent 80 gigabyte Solid State Drive to drop to around $100 in price.

for $100 i dont think there are any decent drives at the present moment in time, they are still very expensive

just stay away from the old ssd's with the jmicron controllers because they wer terrible for stuttering (belive me i have had experience)

here is a benchmark chart with most ssds in

http://www.harddrivebenchmark.net/high_end_drives.html

intel i drive i chose is 7th from the top being betten by the intel slc's

Ethan3.14159 · 11-01-2009, 11:22 AM

That's some serious speed! I want a SSD, but I want high capacity. I can't be bothered with multiple drives... because I'm lazy. Maybe I'll start saving for one of the Intel X-25 or the OCZ Vertex or a good Indilinx SSD, and just have Windows on it.

10-31-2009, 03:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
funkysnair VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newcastle-England-uk Age: 27 Posts: 2,728	intel 80gig ssd installed, views!!! well i got my ssd in post today (pics) my first thoughts where, £200 for that little thing but dam are they different to normal hd's my pc booted to desktop in 39secs but was unusable for a further 5-10 secs while the drive organised itself (1tb 7,200 rpm samsung spinpoint f1-brandnew) my solid state drive shuts down completely in 3 seconds flat and boots to desktop usable in 15 seconds! granted that writing to the drive is not as fast as reading but its still faster than conventional hard drives, i installed windows7 64bit in 15mins aprox!!! in a nutshell the drive is expensive but its dam rapid and i can only see things getting better in the ssd department pros- easy mounting size speed silent cons- price storage capacity heres how i mounted mine using double sided sticky foam pads (no space to mount inside due to tripple raditaor) __________________ intel i7 920@3.6ghz-foxconn flamingblade-6gig gskill ddr3 1600mhz-ati 4890-coolermaster 700watt psu-intel mx25-m ssd 80gig-samsung spinpoint f1 1tb-custom liquid cooling-windows7 64bit Last edited by funkysnair; 10-31-2009 at 04:08 PM.

10-31-2009, 04:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
susik89 Silver Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chicago, IL Age: 20 Posts: 152	Damn thats a nice performance boost. But even though it's faster I don't think that having your windows/games load faster is worth that much :x __________________ CPU: Intel Core i7 920 @ 4.0 ( 1.22 vcore ) MOBO: ASUS P6T Deluxe v2 RAM: OCZ Gold 6GB DDR3 1600 GPU: EVGA GTX 275 HDD: WD Caviar Black 1TB PSU: Corsair HX620 Heatsink: XIGMATEK Dark Knight S1283V Case: Cooler Master CM 690 w/ side window OS: Windows 7 RC 64bit

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2048Megabytes Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Mainland United States Posts: 2,287	They are advertising up to 250 megtabyte per second read speeds with the Intel X25-M Solid State Disk. That is impressive but not worth $279 American Dollars. I wonder how many years it is going to take for the price to come down on solid state disk drives? __________________ "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." -- Benjamin Franklin Operating Systems: Linux Ubuntu 9.04 and Windows Vista Power Supply: OCZ StealthXStream OCZ600SXS Video Card: MSI R3650-T2D512 OC Radeon HD 3650 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-M78SM-S2H Memory: Super Talent PC2-6400 2 gigabytes Processor: Phenom 9550 Quad-Core (2.2 gigahertz)

10-31-2009, 05:59 PM	#6 (permalink)
funkysnair VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newcastle-England-uk Age: 27 Posts: 2,728	well basicly its up to the person who is looking at the price if it is worth it! i was looking at the drive with a spare £350 in my pocket so i decided to get one and go out for a meal tonight my pc is so rapid its unbelivable, and like bomberboysk says the whole system has improved. i did purchase a crucial ssd a while back and the performance was terrible i had to rma it, not all ssd,s are good! manufacturers have good and bad models, but i knew with intel it was a good one __________________ intel i7 920@3.6ghz-foxconn flamingblade-6gig gskill ddr3 1600mhz-ati 4890-coolermaster 700watt psu-intel mx25-m ssd 80gig-samsung spinpoint f1 1tb-custom liquid cooling-windows7 64bit

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Ethan3.14159 Diamond Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Age: 19 Posts: 1,692	That's some serious speed! I want a SSD, but I want high capacity. I can't be bothered with multiple drives... because I'm lazy. Maybe I'll start saving for one of the Intel X-25 or the OCZ Vertex or a good Indilinx SSD, and just have Windows on it. __________________ CPU: AMD Phenom X4 9950 BE MB: Asus M3N-HT 780a RAM: 4GB OCZ Platinum DDR2 800 GPU: XFX GTX 260 55nm PSU: Silverstone DA650 650 watt HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1 TB 7200.12 Case: Cooler Master CM 690 Pure Black Edition (1 of only 300) OS: Windows 7 Ultimate Other: Logitech G15, Microsoft Sidewinder, Logitech X-230 PM me for a Lockerz.com invite Folding for the good of mankind: Team 44358

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