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I'm considering a ThinkPad X200. There's a 128 GB SSD option, and since I'm a huge fan of the Intel X25-M SSD I've been using on my older X61s, I'm thinking of going with that.
I am kind of worried because I've read a lot of discussion of SSDs online ...
Started by Joel Spolsky on
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Samsung SSD: 90MB/Sec Read - 70MB/Sec Write Intel X25-M SSD: 250MB/Sec Read - 170MB....
Compared to the X25-M you're used to it will be a fair bit slower .
You can find it's specifications here.
It comes with a Samsung 128GB Flash SSD.
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Before you Read this, please note that you may not be capable of running all the little shortcuts/perks I did/do with my setup. You are more then welcome to try everything I suggest and see the improvements for your self but due to being busy with school...
Started by Satnam1989 on
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Partition? Would it boot?
Finally, is this a good SSD? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc, is this a good SSD? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2E16820233194#
Thanks,
Macfan The SSD is good its currently....
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I'm currently searching for a good boot drive for a desktop. Is heat an issue for an SSD?
Started by opierce on
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I don't know if SSD_content&task=view&id=299&Itemid=60&limit....
Not in a desktop environment anyway.
I would say that heat isn't an issue for regular hard drives either .
So no, not really.
SSD's produce less heat than a regular hard drive.
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Im upgrading my rig and need advice on wether to go for 2x 64gb ssd`s or 1x 128gb ssd
its roughly the same price.
please post any suggestions.
Started by aranlong on
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Although all my data is on my NAS and I have weekly images of my SSD I wouldn't want the hassle of getting on the disk being portable....
As good seeing as TRIM won't work when drives are in a RAID configuration (the Intel controllers pass.
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Hafa Adai!
I just purchased the new SSD 6-car pb, and wondering if the SSD Console software is best for it, or is there any other options or suggestions? Thanks for your input! Rob
Started by rperyon on
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Thanks, I kind of thought writing will be for SSD only, not....
PCLapCounter might support it already releases his version for SSD , SSD Console is probably your best bet.
SSD Console is the only thing for it, as far as I know.
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The Goods:
Intel 40gb X25-v SSD - $50 Shipped each
Have 2 of these, both are about a year old.
Seagate Momentus XT HYBRID 500gb 7200RPM SATA Notebook Drive - $100 Shipped obo
This is the Hybrid model which also includes 4gb NCQ Solid State Drive.
Drive...
Started by nicknations on
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Ttt ttt ttt bump yhpm pm'ed on the 40 ssd.
Bump for looking! Yhpm on 80GB Intel SSD Ttt ttt Waiting for response to PM.
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I have a Kingston 64GB SSD thats been serving faithfully for 1.5 years, but it was old(er) technology even when I bought it. Theres a consensus that everybody would notice upgrading from a spindle HDD to an SSD , but that most people would NOT notice ...
Started by wpcoe on
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The Crucial also supported TRIM and more complete SMART reporting 60GB chart at that price... .
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Thanks to both of you for your feedback! Yeah you should be good with whatever SSD you have if you SSD was pretty good already).
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Possible Duplicate:
SSD for application only?
I'd like to move to SSD and i'm curious about what differences I would see (if any) between the two configurations below.
1) 40GB SSD for OS, regular HD for everything else
2) 40GB SSD for OS, 40GB SSD for...
Started by Abe Miessler on
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One....
If you make the move to SSD, both OS and applications should be on SSD.
Advantage of a good SSD versus a HDD; it’s a much more common operation than copying a large fileFound this post which seems to answer my question.
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[SSD]: SSD Reviews Thread || Updated: December 3, 2011 Updated: December 3, 2011
CONTROLLERS/NAND FLASH
SandForce SF-2282 with 32nm Toggle NAND
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G 240GB & 480GB
SandForce SF-2281 with 32nm Toggle NAND
Future Storage
Mushkin Chronos...
Started by avas911 on
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Running as snappy as it did on day one accha SSD gula last kore kemon?ki bole read/write cycle....
64GB is enough for Windows apps) in the C drive, MS Office in HDD .
Since its yet to be released and the V3 took a good while to filter out bugs.
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I was going to get a 90GB SSD for my boot drive. But after doing alot of reading. It appears that a cached solution offers similar performance in boot time & app launch time as a stand alone SSD. With the only real downside being that, you have to launch...
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at gametrailers):
There's indeed a good difference in speed between only using the HDD vs SSD caching, but only using ....
I just don't see the point now, SSD's are getting have too much softwares.
Then the cache drive is a good alternative.
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