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Phaelax
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Posted: 11th Nov 2011 22:34 Edited at: 11th Nov 2011 22:57
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What's your impression? Is the speed that noticeable of a difference? I was thinking of a 64GB sata3 for bootup in a new system, although I might wait until Ivy bridge is released.


There's this 60GB model on sale for $70 right now I might get. It mentions background garbage collector. Garbage collection on a harddrive? What's this about?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233223&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL111111&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL111111-_-EMC-111111-Index-_-SSD-_-20233223-L010D

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Benjamin
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Posted: 12th Nov 2011 04:06 Edited at: 12th Nov 2011 04:08
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I can't comment on the main question, but GC with an SSD is something to do with the way you can only erase whole blocks of memory at a time:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_collection_(SSD)#Garbage_collection

I too am curious to see what kind of difference in performance an SSD overs when used as the boot drive.



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Posted: 12th Nov 2011 08:16
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yeah same here. i am curious to hear it from an actual fellow user. Personally i am really afraid that SSDs will burnout, Being the system drive and all, and the system drive constantly does work, moves files from here to there and stuff, basically system disks get the most load thats why they usually burn out pretty fast. I heard system SSDs can burn out even faster than disk HDDs so i am still skeptical about getting one for that reason. The small size of the drive dosent make it worth the money to use as storage and as far as i can see, SSDs are only good for system drives now.


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The Wilderbeast
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Posted: 12th Nov 2011 18:42
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I have a hybrid drive. It's basically a 500GB HDD with a 4GB NAND chip soldered on. It dynamically tracks how often a file is accessed (via the firmware, there's no slowdown) and puts the most frequently accessed files on the NAND. This is all seamless and goes on behind scenes.

It's perfect for me because the only thing I use this machine for is gaming, so the fact it can only fit 4GB of stuff in NAND doesn't bother me.

Performance-wise it boots up in about 12-15 seconds and takes a further 3 seconds or so to load Steam. It's completely silent as well, despite the fact the platter spins at 7,200RPM. After this I wouldn't buy an SSD, but your mileage may vary.


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Posted: 12th Nov 2011 18:51
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I have one in my EEE PC 2G and two in the EEE PC 900 netbooks. Both are good, but they are part of the motherboard. The 900 does allow you to upgrade the second drive, which I did to 64GB. The onboard SSDs are very good for performance, but the 64GB SSD which I added is abit slower.

Overall they can make a bigger impact on performance, but it all depends which one you buy.

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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 14th Nov 2011 17:29
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Quote: "I too am curious to see what kind of difference in performance an SSD overs when used as the boot drive."


Interestingly Lenovo have developed their 'RapidDrive' for select model laptops, which is combined with their Lenovo Enhanced Experience 2.0 (modification of Windows 7 to make it perform better with their computers).

Here's an explanation of their RapidDrive:

http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/lenovo-rapiddrive-technology-demoed-explained-20100119/


It uses a SSD and manages to boast the ability to boot a laptop in slightly under 10 seconds.

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Posted: 14th Nov 2011 17:49 Edited at: 14th Nov 2011 17:52
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Been using an Intel SSD sata II drive for over a year now as my system drive, running pretty much 24/7, and supports TRIM natively in Windows 7.

I can't wait to get a sata 3 SSD. It'll be even faster. Hearing a constantly chirping hard drive is something I don't miss, and I'm spoiled by how fast heavy apps load. The tech has matured now, and Intel drives, especially, are famously reliable. Nothing mechanical to wear out.

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Posted: 14th Nov 2011 18:32
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Actually I wouldn't mind getting my hands on a cheap eSata drive, they're supposed to be really fast external drives and I've got an eSata port on my laptop, but alas I'm not willing to pay in the region of £100 for one. Not whilst I'm jobless at least.

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The Wilderbeast
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Posted: 14th Nov 2011 20:29
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Get a 3.5" hard drive caddy with an eSata port - mine cost about £10. Plug in any standard 3.5" SATA drive and off you go.


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