Showcasing large capacity solid state drives (SSD)

[QuintonB]

Large capacity SSD showcase

Solid state drives may be very expensive, but this doesn’t stop manufacturers from producing high capacity offerings

 

[NomNom]

Just to think that when I bought my OCZ Vertex 2 60GB (just over a year ago) it was the fastest SSD at the time, now you get SSD's that are at least double the speed of mine and cost less.

 

[killadoob]

Just to think that when I bought my OCZ Vertex 2 60GB (just over a year ago) it was the fastest SSD at the time, now you get SSD's that are at least double the speed of mine and cost less.

Well it depends what you view as speed hey, r/w is not the reason they are so fast. Windows and most programs do not even make use of more than a normal spin drive. It's the access time or seek time that makes ssd's so fast.

Sure the high r/w are awesome for programs that make use of them but a ssd with a 100/mb r/w is no slower than a drive pushing 500/mb if nothing is making use of the transfer rates.

 

[ld13]

This article lacks ballpark pricing imo...

 

[DominionZA]

I went from a Vertex 2 to a Vertex 3 - both 120GB. I the increase in performance is very noticeable.

 

[antowan]

I recently upgraded my laptop to solid state and the improvement in application performance is dramatic! I also don't have to worry about jerk damage to the HDD anymore. Will upgrade my desktop soon. I am very impressed.

 

[Other Pineapple Smurf]

This article lacks ballpark pricing imo...

+1

Was dissapointed as I'm now in the market to get an SSD for my lappie and need to start comparing prices

 

[zeely]

why is everyone disappointed? the article title is "Showcasing large capacity solid state drives (SSD)", not "cheap end user SSD's"

 

[biometrics]

Been using my Samsung SSD for four years now. Not a single issue. Was very expensive back then. Will never use a hard disk again if I can help it, servers excluded.

 

[krono9]

This article lacks ballpark pricing imo...

Agree, first thing I looked for...

 

[froot]

@OP

Running an Indilinx controller, the drive is capable of 470Mb/s read speeds and 330Mb/s write speeds, as well as 25,000 and 35,000 random read/write IOPS respectively.

Mb/s or MB/s? If the above refers to Mbps then those drives (and the majority of the rest as mentioned) are slow.
If MBps, then it sounds better.

 

[ld13]

why is everyone disappointed?

Because the article goes on about how freaking expensive this one option is compared to the rest... without giving a ballpark south african price.

 

[cpu.]

This article lacks ballpark pricing imo...

Hopefully we don't have to choose between a cheap car and an SSD.

 

[Creag]

Just to think that when I bought my OCZ Vertex 2 60GB (just over a year ago) it was the fastest SSD at the time, now you get SSD's that are at least double the speed of mine and cost less.

Inevitable isn't it

This article lacks ballpark pricing imo...

Would have been nice to see this for the comparison of the different SSD's.

 

[Hummercellc]

I want the 16TB PCI-e card, drool....:erm:

 

[NomNom]

@OP


Mb/s or MB/s? If the above refers to Mbps then those drives (and the majority of the rest as mentioned) are slow.
If MBps, then it sounds better.

Obviously he's talking about MBps

 

[froot]

Obviously he's talking about MBps

But clearly he has a serious case of technological inaccuracy disease.... Mbps != MBps.

 

[kilobits]

Hopefully we don't have to choose between a cheap car and an SSD.

Here, from TakeAlot;








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[cpu.]

Here, from TakeAlot;

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Wow. I'll stick with cheap cars instead (at least until I can afford expensive ones).

 

[Valerion]

Here, from TakeAlot;








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There are some cheaper solutions, at least, if not the same speed.