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   #21. Posted at 05:42 PM on Sep 4th 2008, Edited at 05:47 PM on Sep 4th 2008 Edit   Reply
sativa
I have personal experience with Mtron SSDs and they will cause my computer to temporarily freeze when performing a lot of random writes. I'm not sure if its an issue with my gigabyte 965-ds3 but it sux :/

edit - this is not behavior that i noticed while benchmarking. it only occurred when i was doing real-world type stuff.
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#21, I believe there's a known issue with the Intel southbridges.  :  UberGerbil  (#24)  «
#24, o rly. do you have any suggestions for a cheap pci-e sata...  :  sativa  (#25)  «
#25, Check this: http://www.mtron.net/English/Customer/Comp...  :  Perezoso  (#28)  «
#28, the mtron and my mainboard are compatible according...  :  sativa  (#34)  «
#21, Intel's ICH9(R) has a troubled history with SSDs. //Nevermind...  :  Perezoso  (#27)  «

   #2. Posted at 11:03 AM on Sep 4th 2008 Edit   Reply
MadManOriginal
I'd warn anybody considering SSDs to do some research on forums of real user experience, it's not all roses and sunshine when it comes to expected performance.
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#2, Personally, I'd be more worried about data loss than any per...  :  Evan  (#4)  «
#2, I installed a 64GB OCZ SSD in my laptop earlier this summer....  :  Shining Arcanine  (#33)  «

   #11. Posted at 01:22 PM on Sep 4th 2008, Edited at 06:53 PM on Sep 4th 2008 Edit   Reply
swaaye
I want to see SSD tests that look at performance per file size. Flash memory usually falls apart on small files, but loves big files. HDDs are much better at small file performance.

edit - I'm referring to the generally abysmal write performance of flash memory here. My EeePC has made me very aware of how bad it can be, with the entire system getting backed up on lots of writes and stuttering/pausing because of floppy-like throughput.

ATTO Disk Bench results:
USB 5400RPM 2.5" Seagate Momentus 60GB
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/5088/seagatemomentus60g5400uis0.jpg
EeePC 900 16GB SSD
http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/7419/eee90016g4kntfsth6.jpg
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#11, I heard the opposite. The whole point of Readyboost, used in...  :  Jon  (#12)  «
#12, You're both somewhat right, though the situation is compl...  :  UberGerbil  (#17)  «
#17, Yeah I meant writes. Didn't occur to me to post that. ...  :  swaaye  (#22)  «
#11, We have a few SSD's installed here in notebooks here at work...  :  indeego  (#13)  «
#13, Ouch, were they SLC or MLC?  :  Ethyriel  (#14)  «
#13, That procedure does not seem necessary. Anyway, when you ...  :  GTVic  (#15)  «
#15, Also, the whole point of a product like DBAN is to re-...  :  GTVic  (#16)  «
#16, Yep, exactly.  :  AbRASiON  (#18)  «
#16, There are no papers that quantify writing multiple ...  :  indeego  (#30)  «
#30, It's still paranoid and ridiculous. Show me one d...  :  AbRASiON  (#32)  «
#13, Why were you applying DBAN to brand new SSDs?  :  UberGerbil  (#20)  «
#11, Agree with your post completely. Until SSD's can beat HDD's i...  :  AbRASiON  (#19)  «
#11, The cheap flash device found in the Eee is hardly comparable...  :  UberGerbil  (#23)  «
#23, Yes yes. Obviously. Regardless of what their pricing is r...  :  swaaye  (#31)  «

   #29. Posted at 06:54 AM on Sep 5th 2008 Edit   Reply
redavni
I do not believe that NAND based SSD's are the way of the future. We are over 20 years into the evolution of the technology that underpins flash, and they are finally starting to stack enough band-aids on top of the inherent poor reliability of the tech so that replacing hard drives is kind of feasible now. By the time the process tech, and the physics get to the point where NAND is good enough to be better than hard drives in all applications, it will no longer make sense to use flash though.

Call me when the spintronics guys have hardware to play with. Till then, flash is for ipods, and my PC is gonna have a hard drive in it.
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   #3. Posted at 11:14 AM on Sep 4th 2008 Edit   Reply
Hance
The cost per GB is going to have to come way down to get me interested. I don't need a huge amount of storage space I am comfortable with a 120 or so gig drive. Get me a 120 gig drive for $150 and I might be interested.
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#3, Hmm, if you don't need a huge amount of drive space, then th...  :  Anomymous Gerbil  (#26)  «

   #6. Posted at 11:39 AM on Sep 4th 2008 Edit   Reply
indeego
TR benches plz.

If after 3 months it passes muster I want. Time = $$$.

Now I'm off to troll elsewhere on the net.
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#6, I second the review!  :  dextrous  (#10)  «

   #9. Posted at 11:54 AM on Sep 4th 2008, Edited at 12:25 PM on Sep 4th 2008 Edit   Reply
CheetoPet
Most interesting part is the USB port. Perhaps it can double as an external backup drive =)
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   #8. Posted at 11:45 AM on Sep 4th 2008 Edit   Reply
bcronce
15k SAS cheeta sounds nice
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   #5. Posted at 11:33 AM on Sep 4th 2008 Edit   Reply
ish718
lol $299, insane. Better off investing in a raptor. Atleast you get more reliable and fidelity in performance.
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#5, Ya I'd pay that for a 128GB. 60GB, no way. Well maybe if it ...  :  adisor19  (#7)  «

   #1. Posted at 10:59 AM on Sep 4th 2008 Edit   Reply
Jigar
Once it reaches $-50, i'll be all over it.
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