Author Topic: The Mother of All SSD Drives (Read 9695 times)

TriniXaeno · « **on:** April 13, 2010, 04:33:23 PM »

Behold.....the colossus.

http://www.neowin.net/news/first-1tb-ssd-drive-hits-market-wallets

Coming in at 1TB this is a MASSIVE SSD.

You get the best of all worlds. Lightning Speed and huge storage.

Only one problem.

The US$4000.00 sticker shock.

This entry into the SSD line up marks the beginning of the end for spinning disks. As the price on these behemoths fall, regular mechanical drives will begin to fade into the background as the preffered storage for PCs.

gs sb gs

Carigamers · « **on:** April 13, 2010, 04:33:23 PM »

Arcmanov · « **Reply #1 on:** April 13, 2010, 04:40:26 PM »

Oh good LORD.

I want all SSDs eventually for my rig eh, but the prices not coming down fast enough for my liking.
A run-of-the-mill 40GB or 80GB is still too damn expensive for me to even consider buying ONE.

Velociraptor FTW yes (for now).

Prowl · « **Reply #2 on:** April 13, 2010, 04:52:04 PM »

hummm at that price I can get 10 2tb enterprise hds ( choose wd or seagate or samsung ), a super high end sas controller and make a huge raid array, which will both be faster, more reliable and have more capacity ( 6 tb ) but take up alot more space.

TriniXaeno · « **Reply #3 on:** April 13, 2010, 05:09:23 PM »

They won't be faster....(check the speed on that baby)

of course the price is just bloody ridiculous.

However, the capacity is now proven and all that is left is for the prices to fall.

And fall they will....

Muhahahaha.

We've gotten rid of those horrendously slow floppy drives and now the last bastion of "piss poor performance" in our PCs will soon get the same treatment.

I'd give it three years before SSD hit mainstream.

A cheap 250GB SSD (say at US$100) will be too much performance to pass up. Mechanical disks will be relegated to secondary drives for storing vids/jpgs etc....while apps and games sit on the SSD.

Exciting times for technology yes.

phoenix31tt · « **Reply #4 on:** April 13, 2010, 06:10:31 PM »

still a ways yet before those drives are mainstream...

also... this is not the last bastion of "piss poor performance" cuz performance is always relative, when ssd become mainstream.. they will be piss poor performance cuz something faster will be taking up the high end space.

Carigamers · « **Reply #4 on:** April 13, 2010, 06:10:31 PM »

TriniXaeno · « **Reply #5 on:** April 13, 2010, 08:18:30 PM »

you want some ketchup and mayo to go with those words? lol

Let's take a look at the advancement in performance across PC components from 5 years ago to today.

Processors
Video Cards
Network Cards
RAM

VAST improvements in performance.

The Hard Drive is long overdue for a shot of adrenaline. While it has increased in capacity over the years, the speed remains relatively poor in comparison.

No more.

If you think my enthusiasm is misplaced, I humbly besiege you to read the reviews on this 40GB SSD on amazon. note, it carries a 5 star rating and this is a measly 40gb drive.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0031X8HG2/ref=s9_simh_gw_p23_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0GG90DZDWSN0C8JG0047&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846

Here is a quick quote:

I have to say, in all my years of using PCs I cannot think of any one single component that has had as much of an impact as this little SSD. Random access speeds are simply phenomenal compared to mechanical drives. Applications installed on the SSD open almost instantly. With Word and Photoshop, I barely catch sight of the splash screen before the application is fully loaded on the screen, sitting there like an obedient dog waiting for you to throw the stick again

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In quantitative terms, my Windows 7 Experience Index for this drive is a 7.7. I had previously run RAID-10 with four conventional drives, and my score in that configuration was 5.9. That's a significant jump and I am enjoying it all the more!

If you're looking for an inexpensive way to seriously boost your system's performance, this drive is a no brainer. Yes, there are bigger and faster SSDs available, but this drive establishes a whole new price point without sacrificing much.

One downside: after putting this drive in your system, you may not be able to tolerate using any other computer!

phoenix31tt · « **Reply #6 on:** April 13, 2010, 09:14:25 PM »

lol i not saying that the drives aint good or nun...

just saying that there will always be a next component that will slow down performance as further advances in technology is made.

i.e. this is not the be all and end all of performance as you make it sound, and i quote "piss poor performace"... before SSD the raptors was the shiznit that would make a pc that much faster.. now all of a sudden is piss poor performance? lol...

there will always be a component thats @ the lowest end of the spectrum that will be "piss poor"

TriniXaeno · « **Reply #7 on:** April 13, 2010, 09:26:15 PM »

I understand where you're coming from bro and typically...I would agree...however, the hard drive is a very special case.

My point is this:

I would hardly call todays graphics/processors/network cards/ram piss poor. They all offer high performing components. (at the mid and high end).

Unfortunately, even our "high end" hard drives are piss poor. I have used all manners of raid arrays and still....poor. Compared to the "insta-load" experience of my laptop which has an SSD.

Tell me, when you get that SSD, what do you think will be the new bottleneck for your PCs performance?

It's gonna be PC nirvana. Beam me up scotty business.

The future is here. It just needs to get cheaper. lol

It is gonna rock
Just like LCDs hit CRTs for six.
Just like DVDs hit CDs for six.
SSDs gonna hit HDs for six.
(gotta love IT for acronyms eh)

Crixx_Creww · « **Reply #8 on:** April 13, 2010, 10:16:33 PM »

yes truely the last moving part to catch up to solid state of ram network devices, gphx cards processors

if cd roms actually had any say in system performance, you oculd blame them but since its totally optional
then truely hds are the last analog device to hold us back.

long live the digital age

Arcmanov · « **Reply #9 on:** April 14, 2010, 01:32:09 AM »

Have to agree with TriniWyatt here. Even when I replaced my primary HDD with an 80GB Velociraptor, my WEI score didn't even budge
from the 5.9 it was at when I used the 'regular' drive (good thing I didn't have to pay for it).
That said though, I still noticed that certain programs did open a few seconds faster, and Windows does load faster than before.
I'm pretty sure if I replaced my games HDD with a 'raptor, it would speed up load times there as well.

...but I would really love to give two of those SSDs a run. Even if is just to 'see' how performance increases.

Crixx_Creww · « **Reply #10 on:** April 14, 2010, 11:25:00 AM »

anyone toting ssd in dey laptop?

Saxito Pau · « **Reply #11 on:** April 14, 2010, 11:46:56 AM »

hmmmm ... good stuff...

by end of year I can possibly do away with my 3-drive RAID-0 Array.... or Do I?

Either way, an SSD drive will be my boot drive at that point...

Eroo · « **Reply #12 on:** April 14, 2010, 12:00:02 PM »

Triniwyatt what type of laptop u have? Did it come with the SSD or u installed after?

TriniXaeno · « **Reply #13 on:** April 15, 2010, 10:20:36 AM »

Its a lenovo. Came with it installed. 128gb

TriniXaeno · « **Reply #14 on:** April 15, 2010, 10:24:37 AM »

Thinkpad x301 to be precise.

http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/lenovo-thinkpad-x301/4505-3121_7-33255266.html

Crixx_Creww · « **Reply #15 on:** April 15, 2010, 10:28:25 AM »

this for the office or something?
what inspired the ultra low voltage and 13 inch screen

just ordered my asus last nite
impatiently waiting
already looking to see if i could swap out the dvd rom for a ssd

TriniXaeno · « **Reply #16 on:** April 15, 2010, 11:39:57 AM »

Yeah its for work.

Supposed to be ultra portable, ultra light.

Polar opposite of a gaming rig, steups.

Yeah an ssd on that asus would rock. They come in standard laptop hd form factor so should be easy as pie.

Crixx_Creww · « **Reply #17 on:** April 15, 2010, 01:03:34 PM »

yeah but i wouldnt wanna just have a measly 40 gigs or something alone
so i wanna find out if i could take out the dvd rom and put the standard hd there and drop a ssd in the primary

TriniXaeno · « **Reply #18 on:** April 15, 2010, 02:33:08 PM »

Oho,

Understood.

Well mine is 128gb. Not exactly tiny.

its old tech though, not nearly as fast as the intel or the drive in this thread.

Netizen1 · « **Reply #19 on:** April 16, 2010, 07:55:01 AM »

As far as SSD's go... it's newer Intel tech or bust!!!

Carigamers · « **Reply #19 on:** April 16, 2010, 07:55:01 AM »

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