Questions about SSD's and Hard Drives

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  1. Posts : 11,424
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64
       #11

    masplin,
    This would be my suggestion two items which will future proof your system and greatly increase your performance.
    Asus Serial ATA Controllers at TigerDirect
    and then:
    Crucial CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1 RealSSD C300 2.5 Solid State Drive - 64GB, 2.5, SATA III, 6.0GBs at TigerDirect
    64gb should handle you needs very well as it has mine. Cheers and which ever advice you select good luck with it's installation and keep us in the loop which ever way you go.
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  2. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #12

    linnemeyerhere said:
    masplin,
    This would be my suggestion two items which will future proof your system and greatly increase your performance.
    Asus Serial ATA Controllers at TigerDirect
    and then:
    Crucial CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1 RealSSD C300 2.5 Solid State Drive - 64GB, 2.5, SATA III, 6.0GBs at TigerDirect
    64gb should handle you needs very well as it has mine. Cheers and which ever advice you select good luck with it's installation and keep us in the loop which ever way you go.
    The Crucial is a nice option (fast reads) but the write speed is very slow.
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  3. Posts : 11,424
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64
       #13

    Maybe I'm missing something wouldn't the read speeds be more important for a OS and app. drive? If it took me 30 minutes more to load everything to enjoy much faster read speeds I'd gladly give that up. But all in all there are lots of great drives out there and more coming down the pike everyday.
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  4. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #14

    linnemeyerhere said:
    Maybe I'm missing something wouldn't the read speeds be more important for a OS and app. drive? If it took me 30 minutes more to load everything to enjoy much faster read speeds I'd gladly give that up. But all in all there are lots of great drives out there and more coming down the pike everyday.
    In principle you are right. But there are options that have fast read and write speeds. And if you check in Resource Monitor > Disc tab, you will find that the system does quite a few writes.
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  5. Posts : 11,424
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64
       #15

    whs,
    You may be right. But man I'm so happy with this drive and it has actually learned it's way to a 7.7 WEI score. I've heard great things about Intel's and many other quality drives but I can't wait for what's coming soon. In a perfect world I'd have bought a Sata III, SLC, 256gb drive but that isn't going to happen anytime soon.
    Cheers !
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  6. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #16

    Ngrungebb91 said:
    Could I put my OS on a higher performance SSD and then all of my data on a 1TB hard drive that I'm using right now for both as a main hard drive. YES

    Will i see a faster boot..faster loading of programs..etc???? YES
    You will notice the improvement.
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  7. Posts : 246
    Windows 7 64 bit
       #17

    Hi whs. On the spec the only difference I can see on the OCZ drives is the Vertex has 50,000 IOPS vs 10,000 for Agility. Since I assume more is good why is the Aglity more expensive or that just a coincidence? Tks Mike
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  8. Posts : 140
    7 Pro 64 Bit
       #18

    I just did exactly what you're talking about.
    The week before I got an Imation 60GB M series drive and it had decent specs, but it was terrible.
    I either had a bad drive or the specs were just that poor.

    I got a Vertex 2 from OCZ Thursday night, couldn't be happier.

    It's only a 60GB drive...encoding video to it is very fast, but...you can start running out of room real quick.

    I use mine for only OS, Apps, and to write video to (I later move it to a 1TB NAS for storage...)

    If you need it now, either the Agility, Vertex or Crucial are fine drives. Intel is a nice drive too.

    I was told end of this year to beginning of next the Generation 2 drives are coming out, more space, less $ and better performance. All depends on your hurry..:)

    120.00 after a rebate..
    Newegg.com - OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
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  9. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #19

    masplin said:
    Hi whs. On the spec the only difference I can see on the OCZ drives is the Vertex has 50,000 IOPS vs 10,000 for Agility. Since I assume more is good why is the Aglity more expensive or that just a coincidence? Tks Mike
    Mike, I am afraid I cannot answer your question on how they arrive at those prices. I suspect that it has to do with production cost and forecast.
    I have worked for many years with product pricers. They have their own ways. E.g. if they are not convinced that your product forecast will hold, they throw in a hefty financial contingency which can be more than the actual product cost. Then you get a high number for cost+profit margin+contingency - and that divided by the forecast number determines the price. It really has nothing to do with the technical capabilities of the product.
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  10. Posts : 246
    Windows 7 64 bit
       #20

    So is the Vertex 2 "better" with 50,000 IOPS?
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