SSD Vs HDD

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Corsair GT -Vs- WD Caviar Black
the only change between runs was the hard drive(I suppose there may be a few programs difference too)
using--
Benchtown.com (something to do with Auslogics I believe)

SSD=1917
HDD=1413

so, whats that, around 25%?


and its on its way back to Taiwan--[bawl]

[mikehzz]

You can lose your data without notice on an SSD. I had it happen tonight, not mine thank goodness.

[Aussie]

Go get an Intel 520 120g ssd

[incisor]

much prefer striped raid to get reliable speed increases

2x 3g sata drives in a raid on my board return 5g+ writes

[Judo]

A few years back I replaced the HDD in my Macbook Pro with an OWC SSD and never looked back. I'm never owning a laptop without one again! I haven't done an official benchmark test, but the speed improvement - particularly with larger apps like MS Office, Audio processing, etc - it was fantastic and worth every penny.

I bought mine from here and would definitely recommend them.

Performance Upgrades; FireWire USB SATA Storage; Memory, more at OWC (http://macsales.com/)

[Pedro_The_Swift]

You can lose your data without notice on an SSD. I had it happen tonight, not mine thank goodness.

and a HDD;)


Go get an Intel 520 120g ssd

Why? :confused:


much prefer striped raid to get reliable speed increases

2x 3g sata drives in a raid on my board return 5g+ writes

As U know I tried that with two WD Blacks,,
until one died suddenly
see ^^^

I am more than happy to continue with the SDD,, The odds are against me having another failure,, and NO important data was lost anyway,,


its amazing just how noisy HDD's are,,:eek:

[Aussie]

much prefer striped raid to get reliable speed increases

2x 3g sata drives in a raid on my board return 5g+ writes

Waste of time on a desktop, he's not building a server..lol and the speeds on a good quality SSD are more than adequate. Price wise also not viable

As for the Intel SSD...simple, they are the best but are also a tad dear :)

[Pedro_The_Swift]

so best equals fastest'most reliable?easist to plug in?

???

[Aussie]

Their all the same to "plug in", as for most reliable from my experience yes they are great. When it comes to fastest, that opens up a whole new can of worms, many factors to consider. An SSD will still kick the butt of any HDD plus the speed difference from fastest SSD to slowest SSD is a poofteenth so its not really an issue.

[incisor]

Waste of time on a desktop, he's not building a server..lol and the speeds on a good quality SSD are more than adequate. Price wise also not viable

As for the Intel SSD...simple, they are the best but are also a tad dear :)

2 @ 500g sata drives $200

sata raid card $60

1tb @ 5g+ per second for $260

how much ssd you get for that?

SFA

not viable my foot...

[Aussie]

sata raid card $60

1tb @ 5g+ per second for $260

how much ssd you get for that?

SFA

not viable my foot...

Once again I reiterate, not really needed in a home environment also not everybody has the skillsets to create an Array or the desire.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

How about you pair use your talents for good?;):p

No differences in hardware at all between these pair--
but the CPU had a good day on the first run--- 8p