Sandisk SSD

I just bought a Sandisk 64GB SSD ( UATA 5000 ) drive for an older DEll Latitude D430 that I picked up cheap. I will be using this on my boat primarily and that is why I wanted the SSD. I bought the drive BEFORE I found this site. I have heard nothing but bad things about the 32GB version of these drives, especially with Vista. Does anyone here know if the 64Gb version has the same problems ( slow write and lag ). I will be using Win 7 instead of XP or Vista, will this make a difference. Also I read a lot about ACHI, is this relevant with ATA drives like this one? And any help or knowledge with a Windows 7 install on a SSD would be appreciated. Thanks M.

 

Bump? Since I will be using the computer for running a navigation program and just email and web surfing I assume this will be OK. I was just wondering if Sandisk improved on the drive when they made the larger model, and does Windows 7 improve the performance on these older Sandisk drives. Anyone

 

I can't seem to find who makes the controller for the SSD, but it's probably crap like JMicron. And I doubt having a larger size will have a different controller. And you have to remember it's an IDE SSD..

 

How much difference does that make. Will it be faster than the Samsung 120Gb HDD that's in there now? I think its a 5200 speed drive.

 

As a matter of fact, it could even be slower than the mechanical HD.

But I have not found any information about this drive too.

 

C'mon man! slower? you gotta be joking

 

Well maybe it will at least be durable. LOL

 

No joke, I've seen this effect with SSD's many, many times.

But then, I've always run very optimized installations on the most current HD's available.

See:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/6827665-post84.html

The first two entries in the HD section are mine.

Both my mechanical HD's 'score' better than a Kingston SSD, for example.

 

it likely would only be slower in random read/write. in sequential performance it will likely crush the HD.

so it depends on the controller if it is Jmicron this will be the case. That being said I used to own a 64GB JMicron SSD and it was faster than my SATA 320GB HD.

 

Durable yes. Tolerable, not for me.

The only SSD I have that 'feels' as fast as my HD setups is a SandForce based Inferno.

I'm sure that this Sandisk is not in that league. (Otherwise, I would have heard about it).

 

Umm is this the first drive that was released that has stuttering? It is also an slc drive if I remember correctly because i did the review here. I never had any prob whatsoever with the drive and I knew the guy I sold it to who also loved the drive. It doesnt have trim but is still a step up and visibly faster than a hd.

 

If I am running navigation software, won't this be mostly just reading from the drive? And will my startup and application starts be fast? Is ther any hints or tricks to use when installing Win 7 on a SSD or is it basically the same as HDD?

 

SLC drives are crazy expensive...

But yeah almost no information on this drive on the interwebs at all..

 

It says 2LC on the drive.

 

so it's MLC like 99% of all SSD's.

 

Sorry I don't know what that means.

 

2 LC = 2 Layer Cell. which means each 'cell' (a unit where the data is stored) holds 2 bits ( 2 1's or 0's) eg 01 or 11. anything >= 2LC we call MLC Multi-layer Cell. almost all current SSD's use this tec,

 

So to put this into perspective. I got the laptop for nothing, but I paid $140 for the drive. The laptop is in good shape and has the 9 cell battery that seems to work for quite a while although on the boat it will be using the boats batteries mostly. I have an older Latitude D810 that I have been using but I always worry about the drive being jostled in rough weather so the SSD should help in this regard. And it should be faster for my usage. Did I over pay for the drive?

 

Thanks Everyone. M

 

Yes. I would sell it on Ebay.

 

A little late to the party Cape. I have a $140 invested in a comp I can use on my boat that would do what $500-$1000 worth of Marine equipment would do and you think I should sell it on Ebay? Very constructive.