Which SSD to get

For a home PC how important can the write speed be? Surly read is far more important than the write speed. Whats the write speed of a magnetic drive? Guess i could search for it but i'm sure someone knows the answer off hand.
 
It depends on the ssd's most of the new g.skill, ocz etc the R/W speeds are around 200mb/s

No read/write is not important for a home pc at all, it is the seek time that makes a ssd awesome.
 
Well, I guess the one thing holding my PC back right from a good old speed increase are the drives.
Hence I want to get an SSD.
 
Windows writer thousands of small files every minute to your hard drive. Random write makes a big difference.
 
Not that i have seen, i have a samsung 128gb and the g.skill and unless i bench them i cannot spot a difference in speed. Now like i said before only a benchmark will show the perf difference.
 
Dude honestly, you just want a ssd the other stuff does not matter. It will pomp a normal drive silly. There really are no bad ssd drives anymore. The technology is solid and blazing fast.
 
killadoob said:
Dude honestly, you just want a ssd the other stuff does not matter. It will pomp a normal drive silly. There really are no bad ssd drives anymore. The technology is solid and blazing fast.
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Haha. Look just because you bought cr@ppy 1st gen jmicron based drives does not mean others have to follow your lead.

Intel SSDs are consistently rated the best by everyone. The verdict is poor to good for the other drives. The 70MB/sec write speed is fast enough, the 200MB/sec read is plenty and random read is excellent on Intel. Also they don't degrade because of better wear leveling and internal algorithms. Intel also supports TRIM but even without it, you'll get better performance than these OCZ/Patriot/Samsung junk - which BTW now costs more than Intel in some cases.

Oh and if you want really fast writes (200MB/sec and more), get the Intel E series. These drives are faster than anything else.

Oh and again, save the cash, wait a bit longer. Just because killadoob has bought some poor performance drives (1st gen, early adopter, jmicron junk) does not mean you have to squander your money. And if you do have to have an SSD, the Intel are the best ones right now.
 
Killadoob I think you need to upgrade, sell your old one to me :D
 
Qwikslver said:
Windows writer thousands of small files every minute to your hard drive. Random write makes a big difference.
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And Intel delivers that. The others are only starting to catch up. I've got an Intel 160GB and I'll be getting another Intel 160 when the prices come down (after 320GB release). Don't touch this OCZ/Patriot/G.Skill garbage.
 
Mypro-D said:
I know nothing about SSD's that's why Im asking hehe
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It's up to you - wait longer. They're still expensive. However if you really must have get an Intel. If you don't want Intel, find a Toshiba. Ebay has some nice 256GB Toshibas for $600. 200MB/sec read/write and they worked on the controller too.
I have an early release 64GB Toshiba SSD as well and it's pretty good, but Intel is still No 1.
 
PeterCH said:
Haha. Look just because you bought cr@ppy 1st gen jmicron based drives does not mean others have to follow your lead.

Intel SSDs are consistently rated the best by everyone. The verdict is poor to good for the other drives. The 70MB/sec write speed is fast enough, the 200MB/sec read is plenty and random read is excellent on Intel. Also they don't degrade because of better wear leveling and internal algorithms. Intel also supports TRIM but even without it, you'll get better performance than these OCZ/Patriot/Samsung junk - which BTW now costs more than Intel in some cases.

Oh and if you want really fast writes (200MB/sec and more), get the Intel E series. These drives are faster than anything else.

Oh and again, save the cash, wait a bit longer. Just because killadoob has bought some poor performance drives (1st gen, early adopter, jmicron junk) does not mean you have to squander your money. And if you do have to have an SSD, the Intel are the best ones right now.
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LOL

G.skill is not jmicron so i am confused what you are talking about. Odd the g.skill is cheaper and has hhigher r/w than most of the 80gb intel's.

Brawl i bought that drive from someone who i doubt will give me a warranty on it so selling it may not be the best plan :D. Why was jmicron junk again because you need a benchmark to spot micro stuttering? LOL ok then. Intel for the price is rubbish and the cheaper intel have poor read/write for same money as ocz or g.skill. Sadly intel is out the game at the moment and only fanboys buy their silly 80gb hdd's.

Check benchmark show intel are not that great, again benchmark is needed to find the problem :D

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...7014&cm_re=intel_ssd_e-_-20-167-014-_-Product :eek:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...rder=BESTMATCH&Description=ocz+vertex&x=0&y=0

Double the size and performs just as well, slc is over rated i think.

Sadly peter nobody has 10k for a 60gb hdd when a 3-4k hdd is better better :D
 
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killadoob said:
LOL

G.skill is not jmicron so i am confused what you are talking about. Odd the g.skill is cheaper and has hhigher r/w than most of the 80gb intel's.
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Your Patriot is jmicron based.

But it has WORSE random write. Also Intel is 209MB/sec at sustained write, beating your Indilix drive despite the extra 64MB of cache they put on it because these Indilix clowns don't know how to build real controllers.

Sustained fast write performance is nice if you're COPYING large files from some other SSD/RAID-0/SAS drive. Still even if you're ripping a BluRay, your PC's encoding will max out long before that 70MB/sec. Most people install something from DVD - sustained read of 40MB/sec or so.
Most people install their apps, games, O/S and then run that. For that you need random reads.
Video rendering? Even 1080p30 HD encoding in XDCAM HD is slower than 70MB/sec so even that is not needed.

Intel has a long history of semiconductor development - longer than Samsung, Patriot and others. Intel also came out with a world beater drive from the moment go. The others came up with junk. Only because of Intel, did these guys pull their fingers out of their rear ends and started to improve their offerings. Intel is just a more reputable company, you won't get any nasty surprises from them.
 
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g.skill 128GB at Landmark is R4200 - R32.81/GB
EMZ has the Intel 160GB G2 (Kingston badge) for R4579 - R28.62 /GB

Found on Pricecheck.co.za
 
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