SSD prices in freefall .. article

CataclysmZA said:
Depends on the drive and your workload. With a SSD your system drops back into idle mode faster when doing disk operations, so you may see anything from a minor to a major improvement. I saw an extra half hour when putting my drive into my netbook. Using low power drives like the Corsair LX or the Crucial BX100, that would extend the savings further. I reckon 40 minutes is the most I'd be able to squeeze out of it.
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Thank you, this sounds more promising. :)
 
I saw this article yesterday but I didn't get a chance to read.

It's good that the prices are being pushed down a bit, but I fear this means bad news for conventional HDD manufacturers. If the prices fall enough, they will most likely go the way of the dodo.

That said, an SSD is a major performance and productivity boost and probably the best part I installed into my rig value-wise; I paid R600 for my OCZ Agility 3 60GB in 2011 and haven't looked back. I do realise there are faster and more efficient SSD's out now not based on the older Sandforce controller but I have no reason to upgrade, at least until October 2021 :D

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wabbit16 said:
It's good that the prices are being pushed down a bit, but I fear this means bad news for conventional HDD manufacturers. If the prices fall enough, they will most likely go the way of the dodo.
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That is not a bad thing. They have had decades to improve their product, and we basically just have bigger hard drives. Nothing is stopping them from making SSD as well. No company can just keep on producing the same product and ignore what is happening in the rest of the market.
 
wizardofid said:
Performance in what sense, in that apps load faster sure, but if you're saying that as a result of an SSD I am getting more FPS in games, then no, I have yet to see an SSD that provide that type of performance. ;)
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Maybe that's because an SSD plays no part is rendering frames...
 
wizardofid said:
Performance in what sense, in that apps load faster sure, but if you're saying that as a result of an SSD I am getting more FPS in games, then no, I have yet to see an SSD that provide that type of performance. ;)
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Yes its a massive performance boost. ( I don't play games so couldn't care less ), but from a productivity point of view its the single most valuable upgrade our company has made.

Everything just works, Photoshop feels like text file so quickly does it open and save etc, outlook is a dream, chrome is a dream, actually every single program on that ssd is a dream to use now, booting the pc up that 15seconds from power switch to reading the first mail just pure joy.

The difference when switching to SSD is night and day, once you do it you will never be able to go back. I passionately hate using machines without them, now having used SSD's as system drives just for the past few days.

To attach some rough numbers to it, your average high speed 7200rpm disk (WD Caviar Black) achieves about 150 IOPS of throughput on a good day, a 256GB Samsung Evo can run up to about 90,000 IOPS under good conditions and even under average workloads something like 60,000. There isn't a single better upgrade for a non gaming PC.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2048120/benchmarks-dont-lie-ssd-upgrades-deliver-huge-performance-gains.html

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davealtavilla/2014/03/28/why-solid-state-drives-are-your-best-performance-upgrade-and-why-theyre-getting-cheaper-too/

edit: The games that I have, Dota, Skyrim and simulation games, saw massive improvements, maps loads instantly, games boots in instantly etc etc. Wont get frame rates as its not the SSD's job, but I do get performance increases non the less.
 
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Thor187 said:
Yes its a massive performance boost. ( I don't play games so couldn't care less ), but from a productivity point of view its the single most valuable upgrade our company has made.

Everything just works, Photoshop feels like text file so quickly does it open and save etc, outlook is a dream, chrome is a dream, actually every single program on that ssd is a dream to use now, booting the pc up that 15seconds from power switch to reading the first mail just pure joy.

The difference when switching to SSD is night and day, once you do it you will never be able to go back. I passionately hate using machines without them, now having used SSD's as system drives just for the past few days.

To attach some rough numbers to it, your average high speed 7200rpm disk (WD Caviar Black) achieves about 150 IOPS of throughput on a good day, a 256GB Samsung Evo can run up to about 90,000 IOPS under good conditions and even under average workloads something like 60,000. There isn't a single better upgrade for a non gaming PC.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2048120/benchmarks-dont-lie-ssd-upgrades-deliver-huge-performance-gains.html

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davealtavilla/2014/03/28/why-solid-state-drives-are-your-best-performance-upgrade-and-why-theyre-getting-cheaper-too/

edit: The games that I have, Dota, Skyrim and simulation games, saw massive improvements, maps loads instantly, games boots in instantly etc etc. Wont get frame rates as its not the SSD's job, but I do get performance increases non the less.
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No problem :D Was curious as there are a few people who would swear by it improving frames, which is why I ask what you meant by performance ;)

Looking at getting a SSD my self, in the next couple of days.
 
wizardofid said:
No problem :D Was curious as there are a few people who would swear by it improving frames, which is why I ask what you meant by performance ;)

Looking at getting a SSD my self, in the next couple of days.
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Oh hahaha no, doubt it will improve fps, but everything else.

It's really really really worth the monies.
 
wizardofid said:
Think you miss understood :D I am asking the guy what he is talking about performance wise. ;) But thanks for that captain obvious :p
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Sorry, I should have elaborated there - pre-coffee Wabbit16 does not function well :p

I meant performance in terms of loading speeds of apps, file access, system bootup time. I have Diablo 3 running off mine alongside Windows, and the only difference it seems to make is when I move between maps and the initial startup time to get to the main menu.

But still, it was the best R600 I have ever spent on my PC
 
Mother!!

What does one need for those M ssd things. I assume SATA won't work.
 
Thor187 said:
Mother!!

What does one need for those M ssd things. I assume SATA won't work.
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Not so straight forward though.

Getting the most out of Samsung's SM951 SSD is a little complicated. First, you'll need a motherboard with enough PCIe Gen3 lanes running to its M.2 slot—or a full-sized adapter and equivalent expansion slot.
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Many of the higher end ASUS boards have M.2 slots.
 
There's certainly some game performance improvements for id Tech-based titles like Rage and Wolfenstein. Those engines constantly stream textures, as does Watch_Dogs (it actually has two copies of the same texture, one high-res and one low-res), and moving to a SSD really helps avoid pop-in of objects and missing textures.
 
Anyone know where I can get a mounting bracket for a 2.5inch SSD? The drive didn't ship with one (only a 2.5mm spacer, whatever the hell that is) and my tower doesn't seem to have the brackets built in. Went to a pc store at the local mall but they didn't have either.
 
Agent_Smith said:
Anyone know where I can get a mounting bracket for a 2.5inch SSD? The drive didn't ship with one (only a 2.5mm spacer, whatever the hell that is) and my tower doesn't seem to have the brackets built in. Went to a pc store at the local mall but they didn't have either.
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PM @PostmanPot (you are CT based aren't you?)

or ComputerMania usually carry those kinds of things as well (not IC)
 
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