PCIe SSD

[HammerHead]

I haven't come across any threads of PCIe SSD. Is any one using them. Can you boot from one?

 

[alphanumeric]

Even compared to regular SSD drives they are mega expensive so I don't think too many people would run one in there personal PC. A company may run one in a high use server just for the performance advantage. I do believe you can install your primary OS to one, so yes they can be bootable. It's a controller and drive on the one board.

 

[dajogejr]

Been looking myself as well.
Those version 2s are absolutely unreal...but right now so is their price.
When they come down...quite a bit...I'll pick one up for fun.

But as expensive $ per GB as a normal SSD is...those PCIe cards are up there fo sho!!

 

[thehappyman]

The OCZ Revodrive looks pretty nice. They are bootable too. Just expensive. Wish I had one.

 

[Airbot]

Yeah, most of them are really expensive but some of the Revo's are just about the same price as regular SSD's. At least that I can see.

A 120GB one for $299, one 180GB fr $399, one 240 GB one for $499, etc.
Newegg.com - Computer Hardware,Hard Drives,SSD,OCZ Technology,PCI Express

And yes, your mobo has to work with it to be bootable. Here's one list of compatible mobos that can be used with them.

Guide revo compatible motherboard list

 

[sygnus21]

Glad to see my board listed - Gigabyte GA-x58A-UD5. I had the same question as the OP and see it's been answered... can you boot from them.

The other question is what would be better - the hard disk or PCIe version?

 

[thehappyman]

Glad to see my board listed - Gigabyte GA-x58A-UD5. I had the same question as the OP and see it's been answered... can you boot from them.

The other question is what would be better - the hard disk or PCIe version?

PCIe SSD faster than SATA 3.0 SSD

 

[spyknee]

Its actually a PCI x4 bus for REVO.
PCI x4 is suppose to be faster than SATA.
Technical Discussion REVO SSD????????=

 

[Airbot]

Well, the PCI-e ones people run into all sorts of problems with them form what I've seen, at least with the Revo's. Don't know about any other ones but most of it could just be down to user error, or the hardware and or system compatibilities suck, or both. From what I've seen the regulars are more reliable, but a lot slower.

 

[sygnus21]

Care to give examples of problems or where to look. I'd like to see if this is something i'd be interested in.

Thanks

 

[Airbot]

Just look in the OCZ forum under Sandforce drives for one, and go back however long from there. Same place I gave the link up above.

 

[sygnus21]

Alright cool.

Thanks

 

[whs]

I think for us "normal users" these drives are pretty useless. The large drives (e.g. 1TB) where read/write speed would matter are unaffordable (up to $10.000) and for the little drives dedicated to run the OS, read/write speed is pretty irrelevant - it is access time that counts in that case. And normal SSDs are pretty good at that.