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    Sandisk SSD Plus and also double pcie m.2?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Phase, Jul 6, 2015.

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    So i just went from a super full 7200rpm 1tb HDD to the '' entry'' leven budget SSDs by sandisk. they are called the SSD Plus line. I got a 240GB ssd for 83 dollars at best buy.

    they claim they are slow and entry level, but in crystaldiskmark i get some pretty good scores... i think. i attached a picture. so if anyone can tell me if it's good or bad, let me know lol. i think i uploaded it correctly.

    anyways i am impressed so far coming from an HDD.

    anyways my second question is, i've seen the crazy results of the m.2 pcie ssd benchmarks, but all the new laptops only have one pcie ssd slot when i've tried to configure online. does anyone know if this will ever change or what? i've gotten addicted to the ssd and i want faster, so i'd love to put two of these pcie m.2 ssds in raid 0!!!
     

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    btw the benchmark was taking place while skyping and watching youtube with a few windows open, so it probably hendered performance. earlier i got 570 on the read and 396 for the write
     
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    review on it for video editing. real world examples
     
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    Just want to mention that the 'scores' you posted are pretty bad, but obviously a huge boost from your HDD. :)

    With regards to video editing, SSD's are the poor man's alternative.

    The real action is with PCIe x4 3.0 SSD's like the Intel 750 series or the GSkill Phoenix Blade.

    See:
    http://www.hardocp.com/article/2015...ance_solid_state_drive_roundup/8#.VZ75cHnbJ9A


    The last graph in the link above shows the PCIe based drives over 2x as fast as the best SATA based drives today.

    Notice that is not MB/s, but rather; Seconds to completion in the indicated graph.

    But the real speeds in video editing happen with greater than a quad core i7's or Xeon's (x2) and 64GB of RAM or more. The PCIe SSD's are just icing on that cake. :)
     
    tilleroftheearth, Jul 9, 2015
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    Phase Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm ji
    im just waiting for them to make 6 core laptops or more. When I get money, I'm going to build desktop with the 5960x. But yeah, like I said, I want two pcie ssds in raid 0. I was hoping there would be two pcie ssd slots in upcoming laptops instead of one
     
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    Clevo makes a desktop cpu with more than 4 cores.

    Better bring two bags of cash though. ;)

    Current notebook PCIe M.2 capable SSD's are not worth considering, imo. Run too hot, throttle easily and offer performance that pales to 2.5" SSD's in some aspects. Yeah, you can throw the $$$$ at them, but the experience will not be what you expected (even if it is a few performance points above a SATA3 SSD, overall, at least on paper).
     
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    You can RAID two M.2 PCIe x2 lane SSDs now, in some Clevos (P7xxZMs). A single PCIe x4 or two x2. Though, I'd still go with a single 2.5" SSD as an OS drive.

    Clevo P570WM - 4930K, 4960X, Xeon E5 6-12 cores. 980M SLI. Quad channel RAM. Three 2.5" drive bays. ODD.
     
    Bullrun, Jul 12, 2015
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    i thought they stopped doing that? the 6 core desktop ones...
     
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    See the post above. 6-12 Core Xeons. :D

    Better make that three bags of cash and your first and second born. ;)
     
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