SSD

a ssd is a good edition but is the 128gb by intel? because only get intel ssds because they last longer and work better.
with a ssd your system will boot in 10-20 seconds so its almost like putting your computer to sleep when you turn it off. its a very good addition to your computer and it will load games really fast. i wish i could afford one but i'm probably going to get one in the future with my build.

and does anyone know if DS has the new generation intel ssds yet? because if not i'd wait for them since they are faster and more reliable.

It was not by Intel,it was by Corsair...Is that a bad choice?...If so I'll just scrap the Idea and go with the reg HDD and bump up my GPU back to the 580...Maybe get a SSD down the line..


Has anyone had any experience with the SSD Hybrid drives? or have heard anything about them.. anything first hand...

Ok,so for now I will go for a reg HDD...Thats what I am getting out of your post I think..Wait a year or 2 and then get one...Thanks bro,appreciate the info..

However would it be wise to run HDD in raid and get better performance?
Maybe I dont know what I am talking about..


1 option is having 3 drives?..What would that do?

New G3 Intel SSDs are due out in literately 2 days, apparently, so definitely wait a bit to see how those turn out.

The added chance of hardware failure does not make RAID 0 suck, it's just a downside you need to be aware of.

Originally posted by Davis Since its not a good idea to go with RAID then could someone tell me if I should be looking  at the 10k rpm drives??

No, kill them with fire.

VelociRaptors are terribly overpriced and have almost the same performance as a good 1TB 7200RPM HDD. Waste of money, just wait for a good priced G3 Intel SSD.

with the raid comment i kinda meant it sucks because there is an added chance of hardware failing plus its a waste of money

Well how i see it is you buy two fast drives to only get the capacity of.             One slightly faster drive and the speed boost isn't that significant since a ssd on its own is fast enough. But for thouse who actually want to get as fast a speed as possible and aren't just using it to load games then yea I can see a benafit but not in his case. And its not exactly cost effective.

Gues you have a point.

decide yourself a ssd is a luxury though not a necessary.

if you go with an ssd
games will load faster
applications will open faster
the computer will boot faster

without an ssd
games will load slower but not too slow.

in gaming an ssd is nice and it also gives you extra time to say choose a class in cod

and with your blu ray make sure your monitor supports the hdcp protocol (usually when it has hdmi it does)

4 SSD's in RAID are less likely to fail, and cause less problems than 4 GPU's will.    or your octo mom GPU setup you had for a while. but yes a single GPU, single SSD is the best for simple, least issues, least problems type of PC.

I don't get what 4 ssd raids have to do with 4 gpus? lol

of course gpus fail more often but when they fail,I don't lose data

The Intel 510 series looks like something Intel just wanted to get out the door with the 6Gb/s label on them. They still use 34mn NAND (not 25mn like G3s) and they use a Marvell controller. Bleh.

Their small file speeds are slower than G2, they just have fast sequential speeds, don't bother with them. They're too expensive anyway I dunno how they expect to sell them.

wtf, I was not expecting that from intel, marvel controller?

http://www.harddrivebenchmark.net/high_end_drives.html

and now passmark has the drive at the top of the list....  the drive is the P3-128.

Corsair are just old sandforce drives if I remember correctly, just tweaked abit.

What I mean is.. if i have two identical DS computers and the only difference is that one has an intel ssd and the other another type ssd and i hit the power button on both at the same time how much difference will there be. And while i am using windows how much difference will there be and will i even notice it. Now as far as copying small files I don't know. But seriously how bad can it be really its an ssd.
Now copying large files maybe theres going to be a difference. Don't get me wrong I am not defneding corsair, crucial or anyone. My delemma is that I get conflicting information from Digital storm and from the forums. I configure a PC with the Intel, DS tells me the Corsair is going to be a much better drive for my config so I change  it and then in the forums that advise is the opposite. So I need to read about ssd's and theres not a whole lot of info out about that P3-128 yet. Theres is a ton of info about the intel drives some good and some not so good. I am paying alot of money for a "new" computer and those intel drives have been around (and proven) for some time. This P3 is brand new as of 1 month ago. So there you have it ... what to do? go with what DS tells me or go with what I read in the forums?

Nah!
The DS system is going to rock even if I didn't get an SSD! Those G3's look good and cash willin I'll pick one up later down the road. .