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Post subject: Most important part of SSD, the controller
 Posted: Jun 27, 2009 - 10:46 PST
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According to an extended trail on Anandtech, controllers are THE most important part of SSD. Because of the way they handle the pages/block problem. As sites and manufacurers only show speed of read and write on large chuncks of data and not random write of small files, we get a distorted image of SSD's.
Everybody should publish their controller too.
I'm a big fan. Have a number of SSD's in my pc's. Going for the OCZ vertex next. |
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Post subject: RE: Most important part of SSD, the controller
Posted: Jun 29, 2009 - 03:05 PST
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| Yeah I agree- say no to those J-Micron controllers! SSD controllers from Intel and Samsung seem to be the best choices right now. |
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Post subject: Vertex
Posted: Jul 25, 2009 - 07:22 PST
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Well, i put together my new rig. Centerpiece is the OCZ Vertex.
And it is fast. Very noticeable in normal use. Very happy with it.
I will never go back to a HD as bootdisk  |
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Post subject: SSD for PC
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 07:16 PST
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I would like to add a SSD to my PC but am unsure if they would be compatible with a normal SATA controller and cable. I would appreciate any help on this along with any suggestions on a SSD 128GB+ and if needed or suggested, a controller with part number if available.
I appreciate your help.
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Post subject: RE: SSD for PC
Posted: Oct 22, 2009 - 01:29 PST
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| Yes it should definitely be compatible with your SATA controller and cable- it's like a regular hard drive in terms of how you plug it in. You definitely have a lot of choices when it comes to 128 gig SSDs- however they all are quite expensive. So it depends on how much you are willing to spend. There are ones that come without any SDRAM cache, and those would be the least expensive. But if you want the fastest ones you'll want one with the cache. |
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Post subject: RE: SSD for PC
Posted: Oct 22, 2009 - 09:37 PST
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They are indeed fully compatible, and can be plugged in without any trouble. Windows 7 even has it's software adapted for SSD's and has incorperated "Trim". With the other OS'es best use wiper.exe now and again to clean it again.
But why 128Gb? I use a 30Gb Vertex as bootdisk and COD4. All the rest that's not that important speedwise, i put on my normal spinning HD ... lol. |
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