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Corsiar Forums wrote:This update has been validated for use with Windows 7 and Windows Vista. It has not been validated with Windows XP. Users are encouraged to update the drives with either Windows 7 or Windows Vista when possible.
End User wrote:As you will be rebooting frequently make sure you get a motherboard with a fast boot sequence.
DancinJack wrote:I'd at least try and get a hold of a Win7/Vista box to do the firmware update if it's not already updated.
http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=100449Corsiar Forums wrote:This update has been validated for use with Windows 7 and Windows Vista. It has not been validated with Windows XP. Users are encouraged to update the drives with either Windows 7 or Windows Vista when possible.
DancinJack wrote:I would be careful with the 2.4 update. There is a thread in there that says a ton of people are having errors updating. Might try 2.0 and see if that works for you.
http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=100469
ludi wrote:Do you know anyone who might own a Vista or Win7 system with at least one eSATA port?
Arclight wrote:OK fine you got me, why a 40 GB SSD and not a 120?
Arclight wrote:Why now and not later since manufacturers promised higher density drives with cheaper price tags in a few months?
Arclight wrote:BTW, never thought about your nick name, it's quite brilliant if you're a beer drinker.
Arclight wrote:What is your fav. brand?
Sunburn74 wrote:I personally think the 40gb drive is a bad idea. Why not buy a slightly slower but higher capacity drive?
Sunburn74 wrote:I realize linux doesn't need a lot storage wise. All I'm saying is as someone who owned an x-25m and just upgraded to vertex 3's running at full speed, in real world use there is no difference in performance. I realize the benchmarks are what they are, but in actual use outside of the increased space I gained, I honestly couldn't tell the difference. If this is a screw around box, I think that eventually that ssd will be pulled at some point and put to some other use. I personally have about 3 devices I am eyeing installing a ssd in (ps3, a couple of laptops, a desktop as well). Well for other uses would you prefer a 40gb drive or a 80gb drive? Outside of my ps3, i really can't find use for a 40gb drive. Anyway just a suggestion thats all. 10 dollars more may buy you 40 more gigs which is nothing to sneeze at imo.
Firestarter wrote:But if the data on the SSD is as unimportant as you say it is, then why bother with an SSD at all? I mean, sure your OS might boot up a bit faster and installing a package might make your terminal scroll twice as fast, but what does it matter if you have to wait for the HDDs anyway as soon as you actually want to do something? All you are setting yourself up for is a box that opens up applications ridiculously fast, only to sit around and wait for the NAS or rusty platters to actually load your user data.
And, if you have a small SSD, the biggest advantages of todays fastest SSDs evaporate as long as you don't specifically take advantage of them. How much use are those high sequential read and write numbers if you only have 10GB of free space to play around with?
Just my €0.02
just brew it! wrote:There's also a good chance I'll end up building some custom kernels and/or packages from source at some point. A SSD -- even a small-ish one -- should help quite a bit with that as well.
Ryu Connor wrote:just brew it! wrote:There's also a good chance I'll end up building some custom kernels and/or packages from source at some point. A SSD -- even a small-ish one -- should help quite a bit with that as well.
Depends on the compiler. Some - like Visual Studio - do aggressive caching before compile and in turn remove the IO bottleneck.
DPete27 wrote:You say you want performance and yet you're wanting to get a 40GB drive? SSD's are parallel beasts, the larger the capacity, the better the performance.
DPete27 wrote:I've got a Corsair Force3 90GB ($90 after MIR)
just brew it! wrote:DPete27 wrote:
I've got a Corsair Force3 90GB ($90 after MIR)
...and if I'd seen one of those for roughly that price, I would've probably gotten it instead. It is currently $140 on Newegg.
UberGerbil wrote:I'm sure you already know this, but (as a heads-up to anybody else who might be "taking the SSD plunge") make sure you secure erase it, not just reformat it, so that it's back to its fresh state.
UberGerbil wrote:I'm sure you already know this, but (as a heads-up to anybody else who might be "taking the SSD plunge") make sure you secure erase it, not just reformat it, so that it's back to its fresh state.