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    G.SKILL Phoenix Pro (FM-25S2S-60GBP2) 2.5" 60GB SSD, $110

    Discussion in 'Notebook and Tech Bargains' started by unreal25, Oct 17, 2010.

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    Not sure how accurate that is but if its true isnt the access time the main stat on a SSD and the main thing that makes it better than a HDD?

    If so the Phoenix would be twice as slow as the Vertex 2 in that statistic. Most data on the drive is very small files spread around in random locations, thats why the random seek (access time) is so great on a SSD even if the raw read/write speeds are not spectacular.

    Not sure how big a deal .1 ms will make but that is still 2x slower. I want to say a normal hdd is in the 10ms-16ms or so range.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Oct 17, 2010
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