OCZ Vertex 2 vs WD Caviar Black

[Rooster35236]

I need a boot drive, for the same price I can get either a 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 or a pair of 500GB SATA 6Gb WD Caviar Black drives. I have older storage drives so the extra capacity would be nice but it's not necessary.

 

[JonSimonzi]

No contest. Get the Vertex 2.

 

[tuskenraider]

Did you really need to ask? You're looking for speed, not space with an OS drive. If you haven't tried an SSD, prepare to be impressed.

 

[Rooster35236]

Thats what I was thinking but I just wanted to hear it from someone else. Thanks guys

 

[bigben6]

OCZ V2

 

[kayson]

get a pair of vertex 2's.... >.>

 

[bigben6]

Who needs V2's in RAID 0 hahaha, that would be hella fast though...

 

[hank123]

Hey now my WD blacks in raid 0 put out some numbers close to a SSD. Not on seek but close to everything else.

And only a fraction of the price with a lot more storage.

 

[bigben6]

Hey now my WD blacks in raid 0 put out some numbers close to a SSD. Not on seek but close to everything else.

And only a fraction of the price with a lot more storage.

Well that makes sense to me, my point was a single SSD is hella fast, but 2 ssd in RAID 0 would just be stupid fast.... like unreasonably so....

 

[EarthDog]

Hey now my WD blacks in raid 0 put out some numbers close to a SSD. Not on seek but close to everything else.

And only a fraction of the price with a lot more storage.

In R/W yes its close (buty still loses by some 30%). But the access time is on the verge of 50x better, same with IOPS... Hands down SSD's win if you can fit your stuff in the space.

get a pair of vertex 2's.... >.>

No thanks. No need. Had a set of regular Vertex in R0. Took longer to boot b/c of the RAID ROM/BIOS. All the games I play I would sit waiting for players in game.. couldnt get to a spot or get any kills b/c it restarts anyway. No point for me. But for those manipulating large files a lot. Its bangin fast.

 

[kayson]

No thanks. No need. Had a set of regular Vertex in R0. Took longer to boot b/c of the RAID ROM/BIOS. All the games I play I would sit waiting for players in game.. couldnt get to a spot or get any kills b/c it restarts anyway. No point for me. But for those manipulating large files a lot. Its bangin fast.

Who cares about boot times if your benchmarks would be off the charts!!! But in all seriousness, yeah 2 SSDs is probably not the best practical option

 

[Rooster35236]

I did decide to go with the Vertex 2 for 120.00 and a 15 MIR, but I still went 150.00 over my budget, rather deal with 2 SATA 150 HDD's and 2 IDE HDD I also picked up 2 640GB Caviar Green's w 64MB cache for 30.00 a piece!

 

[bigben6]

Where did u get the caviar greens for that price?

 

[Rooster35236]

refurbed from newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136790

 

[ziggo0]

That's scary. For $69.99 at Microcenter you can pickup Spinpoint F4 2tbs