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    SSD Drives

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by DavidtheDuke, Jul 20, 2008.

  1. DavidtheDuke

    DavidtheDuke Notebook Consultant

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    I've had a 5760 @ 1.83 Merom, 2GB, 7900GTX for a few years and games are starting to trudge ahead of it now, but in those years I haven't kept up with the new hardwares.

    So I'm looking to get a 9262 with the 9800M GT SLI and the quad processors and all, but one thing that's nagging, and I can't seem to find a good indicator on the net is: How much faster is the read times? I've seen a few articles that say it's "double a Barracuda" etc but I haven't got enough of a feel that I feel I definitively understand.. Is there a notable difference loading games etc? One thing that has always annoyed me was the slow "hiccup" when first playing a game, because it's loading apparently sound and enviormental levels.. aka it hasn't loaded the whole thing yet. Will that be greatly eliminated with a 128 GB OCZ (what is OCZ anyway)? thanks
     
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  2. Les

    Les Not associated with NotebookReview in any way

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    I have not done it personallybut the answer for the most part is yes and it comes through the extremely fast disk access times.

    I have heard others state that, in games where you may normally wait close to a minute for a new level or a pause for a new screen, these are eliminated or reduced drastically.
     
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    Crow28277 Notebook Geek

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    There is a cool youtube vid comparing the OCZ 128GB SSD against a Velociraptor. It's impressive...
     
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  4. DavidtheDuke

    DavidtheDuke Notebook Consultant

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    So if I'm understanding that right, the single 128 OCZ beat a dual raided velociraptor?
     
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  5. Crow28277

    Crow28277 Notebook Geek

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    It's what I heard as well...
     
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  6. DavidtheDuke

    DavidtheDuke Notebook Consultant

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    That's pretty good, looks like I'll include one as my main drive, and a 320 gb one for media.

    By the way crow I saw your thread, triple raided SSDs? I can't wait to see the results of that.
     
    DavidtheDuke, Jul 20, 2008
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  7. Bill F

    Bill F Notebook Consultant

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    It would be nice to have one of those new drives in a D901C and then 2 more 320 GB drives in a RAID0 for storage space. It would only cost about $700. (from newegg)
    It should beat out my 3 drive RAID0 easily.

    XP 64 bit boots much faster off my RAID than Vista64 does in that guys video though. ;)
     
    Bill F, Jul 20, 2008
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  8. Crow28277

    Crow28277 Notebook Geek

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    Yeah, I wire the money to XoticPC tomorrow...I ordered it yesterday.
    I'm really anxious to see it show up.
     
    Crow28277, Jul 20, 2008
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    Thx for the link to that video, Ima gonna buy a 9262 soon and that SSD looks awesome. Its faster, quieter and generate way less heat. But man the cost...
     
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    Cookie Notebook Evangelist

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    Want to see impressive? That's what I call fast loading :D I know this isn't relevant for any of us, but I just had to post it...
     
    Cookie, Jul 20, 2008
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  11. Friar_Tuck

    Friar_Tuck Notebook Evangelist

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    ^--^ Yeah, that's awesome. I want it
     
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  12. AsOo

    AsOo Notebook Enthusiast

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    SSD's are nice, bu still too expensive, I will get a 160 or 200GB 7200 drive, and when the price is afordable (and probably performance will be extreme), I will get onde of these monsters=P
     
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  13. twEEker

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    For the performance you are getting, the SSD's are very affordable right now. Near instant access times, 120/140MB Read and 80/90MB Writes, Silent, Less power is amazing for a laptop.
     
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  14. Les

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    I would invite many to read my ssd threads and definitely check out the daily posts on the new SSD Thread, also below.
     
    Les, Jul 20, 2008
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