Dell's 128gb (samsung?) SSD vs 7200rpm drives

how does the dells (samsung right?) 128gb ssd which they put in the studio xps 13/16 compare to 7200rpm drives like the WD ones.
is is a little/lot quicker?

the drive dell use is the old 90mb read/70mb write ones i think, im not sure tho.

 

I used to have a Samsung 128GB one that had similar read/write speeds as you quoted. It was much faster than the fastest laptop hardrive at loading games and apps.
I even went as far as comparing it to my desktops 150GB Raptor drive and loading the same games and apps at the same time and it still beat it in nearly everything. I think its the random access that makes it faster and not the read/write speeds so much.
I have recently upgraded to the 256GB version and boy does this thing fly.

 

thanks repped
but my budget was £1000 and i came £7 under so i couldnt pick the 256gb as it was £190 more :/.

i really hope i get a samsung new gen 128gb ssd as they stopped making the old ones. hopefully dell ran out of the old ssds and i get a new one.


is there any way to check which one you got in your laptop?

 

I'd like to point out, that I bought a gskill falcon 128gb for my xps m1730, and it totally DESTROYS my 320gb 5400rpm raid0. No comparison whatsoever. I can only imagine it'd also destroy a raid0 7200rpm. From my limited amount of research the falcon uses the micron (don't quote me on this!) controller (or whatever) basically from what I gather, it's the same thing the ocz vertex uses, but for a lot less money. Some of the other ssds might be using older controllers which supposedly cause stuttering and whatnots. So don't think that all ssd's are made equal.

Giving you a heads up.

 

so this ssd nowhat if its the 220/200 or 90/70 will kill the 7200rpm on speed?

if the HDD determines how fast startup, shutdown, program open, read/write is then why the heck do you needmore ram and a better processor if you dont game(im not intending to)?
i know why processor isnt too great but dell are stupid on the upgrade prices.

 

Have they stated that you need more ram and cpu for ssds? That's the first time I've heard of it.

As for the speed comparison, I cannot say exactly what is faster or not, but my best guess is that even the slowest ssd will still beat out the 7200 due to lack of moving parts. Then you also have the advantage of lesser weight, lower battery drain, and longer lifespan (this is arguable, some say ssd lasts long, some say conventional head/platter lasts longer).

 

and much less heat................

If anyone can donate one I'd love to have it. They should beat the hell out of a 7200rpm sata drive for what they cost. I may be wrong, but in many gaming tests, it seems like the smaller partitioned hdd's run the fastest- don't have to read all that extra space, but I could be wrong........ food for thought. Might be the same for booting up, etc. Keep your OS partition as small as possible to speed things up..... any thoughts on this from gamers doing mark 3 tests, etc??

 

I'm considering going SSD for my desktop, I keep reading about cheaper models and price drops for SSDs, but prices in Spain are still around 300 € for a 128 GB, I'm still waiting...

 

i think 128gb for now is fine. it will have all the benefits of a ssd and will be quicker then my HDD.
i think in 1-2 years, il get a 250+gb one for a cheap price.

 

is it worth going for the 128gb ssd and 1 year warranty or 3 year warranty and 320gb7200rpm HDD

 

The OCZ Vertex does NOT use a jmicron controller. The OCZ vertex uses the IndiLinx controller, which, from what I've read, is awesome. I don't know what the G-Skill Falcon uses.

 

Yea, thanks for correcting me. My point was, the falcon uses the same controller the vertex uses, which you pointed out is the indilinx.