[O/C]HDD vs SSD

Overclockers.com · 03-17-10, 02:48 PM

SSDs, the newest kid on the block, is trying to dethrone the big old HDD that?s been around for decades.

I'm sure many people have seen or read an article on the new SSDs and have seen benchmarks of how fast they are. I've been thinking about them a lot over the past 3-4 months, asked many questions, did research and finally came to the conclusion to pull the trigger.

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I7 920 @ 3.66 GHz, no HT, with 6 Gigs of RAM2x WD 640 Gig Black HDD in Raid0 (300 Gigs) & Raid1 (~440 Gigs); tests used Raid0 partition2x Intel X-25M 80 Gig Gen2 Drives solo and Ra... Return to Article

rahb0sse · 03-17-10, 02:54 PM

They own them... and I don't even have one. It's the same thing in the iPhone... iPod, etc... they've been around for years.

Shiggity · 03-17-10, 03:28 PM

Need both imo.

deathman20 · 04-02-10, 07:54 PM

Yeah ment it mainly for OS/App related programs. Personally I really only use my SSD's in my main rig. Everything else is on a server and on Mech Drives.

Pvppuduker · 02-16-12, 10:08 AM

Im thinking of pulling the trigger myself =P

deathman20 · 02-16-12, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Pvppuduker

Im thinking of pulling the trigger myself =P

It acts like a whole new system with a good SSD.

Case in point recently P4 D640 (3.2Ghz /w HT) replaced a failed 160Gig HDD with a 80Gig SSD. Difference... night and day. Loaded Win7 on it, ran smooth... even for such an old CPU it ran quiet well doing basic things (web, e-mail, word, etc).

realmadrid12 · 02-16-12, 11:27 AM

Get a 120g SSD put your OS, Games, and a few apps on it. Than get a min of 2 drives and RAID them together (get 4 so you can use a RAID 5) and than use that for storage of your files.

On top of that I use a 200g laptop drive to make an image of my SSD every few weeks just incase it fails.

an SSD is def worth every penny

cw823 · 02-16-12, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by realmadrid12

Get a 120g SSD put your OS, Games, and a few apps on it. Than get a min of 2 drives and RAID them together (get 4 so you can use a RAID 5) and than use that for storage of your files.

On top of that I use a 200g laptop drive to make an image of my SSD every very weeks just incase it fails.

an SSD is def worth every penny

get 4 for RAID5? Just need 3. Maybe you're thinking RAID6

realmadrid12 · 02-16-12, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by cw823

get 4 for RAID5? Just need 3. Maybe you're thinking RAID6

yep sorry. I pretty much only use RAID10 so I forget the others. Thanks for the correction

03-17-10, 02:48 PM	Thread Starter #1
Overclockers.com Join Date: Nov 1998	[O/C]HDD vs SSD SSDs, the newest kid on the block, is trying to dethrone the big old HDD that?s been around for decades. I'm sure many people have seen or read an article on the new SSDs and have seen benchmarks of how fast they are. I've been thinking about them a lot over the past 3-4 months, asked many questions, did research and finally came to the conclusion to pull the trigger. Hardware Used I7 920 @ 3.66 GHz, no HT, with 6 Gigs of RAM2x WD 640 Gig Black HDD in Raid0 (300 Gigs) & Raid1 (~440 Gigs); tests used Raid0 partition2x Intel X-25M 80 Gig Gen2 Drives solo and Ra... Return to Article Last edited by I.M.O.G.; 03-18-10 at 12:43 PM.
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03-17-10, 02:54 PM	#2
rahb0sse Registered Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Garden Grove, CA	They own them... and I don't even have one. It's the same thing in the iPhone... iPod, etc... they've been around for years.
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deathman20 High Speed Senior Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Where the Cheese Heads Live	Yeah ment it mainly for OS/App related programs. Personally I really only use my SSD's in my main rig. Everything else is on a server and on Mech Drives. __________________ -=The Gamer=- MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) \| i5 2500k @ 4.5Ghz \| 1.3875V \| 28C Idle / 65C Load (LinX) 8Gig G.Skill Ripjaw PC3-12800 9-9-9-24 @ 1600Mhz w/ 1.5V \| TR Ultra eXtreme 120 w/ 2 Fans Sapphire 7950 VaporX 1150/1500 w/ 1.2V/1.5V \| 32C Idle / 64C Load \| 2x 128Gig Crucial M4 SSD's BitFenix Shinobi Window Case \| SilverStone DA750 \| Dell 2405FPW 24" Screen -=The Server=- Synology DS1511+ \| Dual Core 1.8Ghz CPU \| 30C Idle / 38C Load 3 Gig PC2-6400 \| 3x Samsung F4 2TB Raid5 \| 2x Samsung F4 2TB Heat
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realmadrid12 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Long Island, NY	Get a 120g SSD put your OS, Games, and a few apps on it. Than get a min of 2 drives and RAID them together (get 4 so you can use a RAID 5) and than use that for storage of your files. On top of that I use a 200g laptop drive to make an image of my SSD every few weeks just incase it fails. an SSD is def worth every penny __________________ AMD 1090T at 4.3ghz Asus Crosshair V GSkill 1600 8gb Corsair AX850 Asus 6950 XFX 6950 Custom WC loop Last edited by realmadrid12; 02-16-12 at 02:27 PM.
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