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    WD SiliconBlue SSD

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Titansrule527, Jul 7, 2011.

  1. Titansrule527

    Titansrule527 Notebook Consultant

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    Titansrule527, Jul 7, 2011
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    Older tech and slower, but not a bad deal if you can get it cheap. I own one, still in new anti-static packaging. Will unwrap and bench soon. It will still be worlds better than any laptop hard drive.
     
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    With SSDs, there is definitely a point of diminishing returns. Does it really matter if Windows boots in 20 secs with an older drive or 15 secs with a newer more expensive one?
     
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    I mean $290 for a 256GB SSD is pretty good from what i've seen everything else is around $400
     
    Titansrule527, Jul 7, 2011
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    It is a good deal. I grabbed mine for $200 on a newegg deal of the day and it sold out in 3 minutes, lol. I was tempted to sell it, but think I can make use of it.
     
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    Actually it's a pretty good performer with straight forward tasks. Check out the review on Techreport.

    It won't be good when you're running a database system with 32 simultaneous users ;)
     
    Phil, Jul 8, 2011
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