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hey all, i been thinking about trying just a cheap ssd drive, there are some on ebay dirt cheap, but witht he read write speeds i dont think they are a legitimate ssd, more than likely one of those sd card raid setupsor just a plain cf card reader, my main seagate drive in my specs gets around 150-180 read and around the 80 for writing, this ssd inparticular is around the same speeds if not slower?

all i want is to try something new, but not spend more than $200 as i just got myself a mortgage for a house. lol. check it out and lety me know what you guys think.

Slim 2.5 inch SSD SATA 32GB Solid State Hard Disk Drive - eBay Hard Drives, Drives, Components, Computers. (end time 22-Apr-09 19:47:08 AEST)

cheers for any ad vice.
Rick.

bloke said:

hey all, i been thinking about trying just a cheap ssd drive, there are some on ebay dirt cheap, but witht he read write speeds i dont think they are a legitimate ssd, more than likely one of those sd card raid setupsor just a plain cf card reader, my main seagate drive in my specs gets around 150-180 read and around the 80 for writing, this ssd inparticular is around the same speeds if not slower?

all i want is to try something new, but not spend more than $200 as i just got myself a mortgage for a house. lol. check it out and lety me know what you guys think.

Slim 2.5 inch SSD SATA 32GB Solid State Hard Disk Drive - eBay Hard Drives, Drives, Components, Computers. (end time 22-Apr-09 19:47:08 AEST)

cheers for any ad vice.
Rick.

i believe you are looking at a low end MLC SSD which offers almost no performance gains and are slower
but if you look at the specs he is signifing the Avg score for this SSD which most only show the Max amount...
so that might be another reason why his is lower...
also since this is a power seller and are usually reputable and if for some reason you have any problems according to their return policy you can ask their Customer Support
also according to that policy you will be having to pay a restocking fee worth 20%...
(meaning you only get 80% of your money back if its non defective or the wrong item...)

darkassain said:

i believe you are looking at a low end MLC SSD which offers almost no performance gains and are slower
but if you look at the specs he is signifing the Avg score for this SSD which most only show the Max amount...
so that might be another reason why his is lower...
also since this is a power seller and are usually reputable and if for some reason you have any problems according to their return policy you can ask their Customer Support
also according to that policy you will be having to pay a restocking fee worth 20%...
(meaning you only get 80% of your money back if its non defective or the wrong item...)

yeh i noticed they were average, but what would make it so slower compared to other lower end ssd's? what is the cheapest you have seen around, or so to say best bang for ya buck?

thnx for ya help to, i just wanna try some solid state storage, what about ram drive storage, the only problem with them is i dont have any free pci slots

If you read the article you'll have all the knowledge you need to make an informed decision yourself - it is *explicit* and *extremely detailed*.

once OCZ Vertex/Intel's SSD's drop under a dollar a gig... Imma replace every OS/laptop hd... It will be a good day...

I just moved this thread from News over to the Hardware section, and it is now Stickified.