2 drive ssd choice

Layback Bear said:

I was also told that all manufactures of ssd are not able to keep up with demand at the present time.

I find that hard to believe. I know a ton of people who own computers, but only a small handful who have SSD drives.

DalekOverSeer said:

pparks1 said:

Layback Bear said:

I was also told that all manufactures of ssd are not able to keep up with demand at the present time.

I find that hard to believe. I know a ton of people who own computers, but only a small handful who have SSD drives.

pparks1,

you would be right. the problem is manufactures do not have a large enough suppy of the memory used to manufacture the ssd's.

I think a distinction should be made about the type of nand we are talking about. Several months ago there was a big blowup on the OCZ forum about them switching to 22nm nand from 34nm nand without telling anyone. One of the senior people from OCZ explained that 34nm nand was getting harder to get and was much more expensive. He claimed that 22nm nand was plentiful and cheaper. I am not sure whether I believe that because it was a 'cop out' answer. The question was never about what kind of nand they were using. The question was their business practices of switching and not telling the public that the ssds they were buying were not what they thought they were buying. But, by looking at the supplies and prices I can't see that the supply of 22nm nand is becoming scarce.

If budget isnt a issue, a second SSD for something like Games (espscially the really high disk use ones) would be a good idea IMHO.

But I do agree with everyone else. For Music, Videos, and even Pictures, theres really nothing much to be gained.
A good 7200RPM mechanical drive will do just as well, and offer much more room for storage.

I got my information from a source I trust. Whether it is correct we will see. As I and I believe many others would like to see the quality and quantity stay so their is a chance the price will go down.
It really doesn't matter how many people have a ssd. If 200 people want to buy them and their is only 150 ssd the demand out reaches the supply.

Here is another option if my figures are correct. Some people are stating that with a ssd they are getting better speeds from the Intel sataII ports than from the Marvell sata III ports. I haven't test this yet.
Sata III - 6.0 gb
Sate II - 2.0 gb
Usb3.0 - 5.0 gb
What do you all think about a second hard drive USB 3.0 at 5.0 gb.
I can't test any of this until I get my damnm fans.
I have been investigating the Hybred and about 20 # are not satisfied for various reasons. Most state defrag is possible but you should do it seldom. It also takes a long time before the memory comes back so you have your speed. (relearning after defrag). I'm not in a hurry for this second drive so I will be thankful for more input. I have a 120 gb series 510 and only using about 30 gb. Thanks to all.

Personal opinion. If you are going to put an SSD in an external enclosure I would recommend esata. You should get better speed.

Layback Bear said:

Here is another option if my figures are correct. Some people are stating that with a ssd they are getting better speeds from the Intel sataII ports than from the Marvell sata III ports. I haven't test this yet.
Sata III - 6.0 gb
Sate II - 2.0 gb
Usb3.0 - 5.0 gb
What do you all think about a second hard drive USB 3.0 at 5.0 gb.
I can't test any of this until I get my damnm fans.
I have been investigating the Hybred and about 20 # are not satisfied for various reasons. Most state defrag is possible but you should do it seldom. It also takes a long time before the memory comes back so you have your speed. (relearning after defrag). I'm not in a hurry for this second drive so I will be thankful for more input. I have a 120 gb series 510 and only using about 30 gb. Thanks to all.

Sata III is up to 6.0Gbps
Sata II is up to 3.0Gbps
eSata also runs at Sata II speeds of up to 3.0Gbps
USB 3.0 is up to 5.0Gbps.

From what I have read and what I have seen, external enclosures are fastest on eSATA. That is what I use, and with my 2TB Samsung SpinPoint 5400RPM green drive, I get right about 90MB/sec throughput on eSATA.

I ran a Macrium image to my 7200RMP Samsung and my 7200 RPM USB 3.0 drive-exact same image.

essenbe said:

I ran a Macrium image to my 7200RMP Samsung and my 7200 RPM USB 3.0 drive-exact same image.

Nearly a minute difference?

First one ESATA?