Quick SSD query

Have a Samsung 830 series in at the moment and wan to get another SSD for a back up device / putting in my backup desktop 2.
Have just seen the benchmark for the Patriot Torqx 2 128GB and then ran a benchmark on my Samsung and they look very different but I don't fully understand the readouts.

Now I am only considering the Patriot on price - $70 less than Sammy so I am guessing ahead that one gets what one pays for??

But I would appreciate the opinion of the folks who really know what hese benchmarks are telling me.

Sorry I meant to put in re the Sandisk Extreme too which is also the same price as the Patriot.

Ok I just might go with the Sandisk for a change and save some money:)

Why in the world would you want to put an SSD drive into a second desktop for backups? Unless you are connected with a 10 gigabit network, you aren't going to even be able to come close to the speed of an SSD.

A 1 gigabit connection after overhead is going to provide about 85-100 megabytes/sec max throughput. Most green mechanical spinning hard drives run faster than this.

pparks1 said:

Why in the world would you want to put an SSD drive into a second desktop for backups? Unless you are connected with a 10 gigabit network, you aren't going to even be able to come close to the speed of an SSD.

A 1 gigabit connection after overhead is going to provide about 85-100 megabytes/sec max throughput. Most green mechanical spinning hard drives run faster than this.

No PP you have unfortunately misread / misinterpreted what I typed my friend I meant keep it as a back up in (in the drawer - unused) in case the Samsung 830 in Desktop 2 or the M4 Crucial in Desktop 3 poos itself.

The other alternative I had in mind was put it in Desktop 1 which is my failsafe machine as the boot device to make it quicker to boot for when D2 and D3 both croak it simultaneously. I do have three XP machines that I use only in absolute emergencies - DEFCON X - yes call me mad but you see I am - quite bonkers in fact


Sorry my wording could have been a little more explicit but hypomania is a wonderful thing when the pedal is to the metal

So what do you think of the Sandisk?? :)