Requesting OCZ Core SSD users to test possible fix

[Ashura]

Can anyone here who owns one of the OCZ drives test out this fix for the stuttering/speed issues?
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46804

Might go ahead and buy one of these at current prices if it actually works.

[ObiWong]

i would try this but there is no 64bit support for SteadyState :-/

[Ashura]

Decided to go ahead and try the solution out for myself. I've been using an OCZ Core V1 64gb w/ SteadyState for a week now and it works great. Stuttering is completely gone and the drive is very snappy/fast with regards to apps, extracting files, etc. (I'm comparing this to my previous experience with a 2x36gb Raptors in RAID0 as an OS drive, and a 300gb VelociRaptor as an OS drive, the OCZ Core with SteadyState feels faster than both). The two biggest negatives are 1. the long boot time 2. that you can't copy and move around files bigger than your cache (as explained in the OP's link) and 3. reduced disk space thanks to the cache. 1 and 3 are annoying but bearable as I don't shut down that much and I have an external drive where I keep most of my storage. 2 is fine as I set the cache to 10gb and I don't plan on moving anything bigger than that around.

I bought the drive for about $100 bucks after MIR so I'm pretty happy with it. For anyone who currently owns one of these drives and isn't put off by the negatives, I definitely recommend trying SteadyState out.

[Big Mike]

I was thinking about picking up a Solid Series 60GB when they become available and trying all the tweaks and a ramdisk for browser cache etc and just dump it overboard whenever i log out. The steadystate solution looks great except the lack of 64bit support, I plan on running 4gb in my laptop.