OCZ Vertex SSDs- Initial Results

Scored a pair of 30GB OCZ Vertex solid state drives today.
Installed Win 7 x64 in RAID 0.
Using the OCZ forum recommended tweaks for SSD performance (very straightforward), here are the initial test results-

As expected, the disk score in the Windows Experience was pretty high...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/clocker/SSD1.png

Both the CPU and Memory scores will go higher as well, the performance was declocked in BIOS to facilitate a stable install of the OS and has yet to be sped up again.

Here's HD Tach...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/clocker/SSD2.png

And finally, PC Pitstop (just for grins)...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/clocker/SSD3.png

All that is well and good but the real question is, can I feel a difference.
The answer is "Hell, yeah!".

Shit happens fast.

I'll spend some more time tweaking things (and installing the rest of my apps) but it's safe to say that these drives are the best bang for your buck performance upgrade you can get (assuming you already have a semi-decent CPU/RAM/vid card).

BTW, the Windows 7 install- from newly installed drives to desktop- took 21 minutes.
It was internet capable out of the box, I installed the sound,video, Intel Matrix Storage drivers manually from a folder I'd created before the process began.
I used a "corporate" version of Ultimate that I'd "acquired" yesterday and it was automatically activated and displays the Genuine Advantage logo on the Performance page.
Updates were painless.

Not bad.

What controller are you running the array off?

The reason I'm asking is that while I hit the same PI in windows 7, I think my mobo-integrated raid controller might be slowing my drives down, somewhat.

I'd re-check with HD Tach, but it doesn't like my win 7 HP.

I'm using the onboard Intel ICH10R controller, with the Intel Storage Manager in Windows.
Run HD Tach in XP compatibility mode.

Hey clock I couldn't find the OCZ tweaks could you please post a link. I get my 60 GB SSD's tomorrow, can't wait!

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/fo...ad.php?t=49779 - ? also http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/fo...ad.php?t=50376.

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Originally Posted by clocker

I'm using the onboard Intel ICH10R controller, with the Intel Storage Manager in Windows.
Run HD Tach in XP compatibility mode.

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Prolly a sign I should go to bed.

My results are still off, though, I definitely need to look into this.

EDit: Yeah, my write speeds are capped by something, the reads are about on target. Just ran it through ATTO as well.
EDit: Hah, enabling write back cache bumped them up a little, but am still mystified, though.

Are your cables SATAII rated? Maybe that's it?

Using the ones that came with the rIIe, so I'd be surprised if they weren't, but I'll try other ones.

Thanks for the tip.

Also i as of yet know fuck all about SSD's but is there any kind of jumper like on a SATA HDD that caps it to 150 gb/s ?

There is a pinout header but mine had nothing on them.
Maybe I'll look at the destructions.

Oh wait, who am I kidding?

Edit: FUCKING COMCAST!

If you'd never gotten those vertexes, I'd have gone on, happy with my 7.6 PI, and my sweet boot times :fist:

Now I'm probably gonna tinker with this for weeks.

Ordered new cables, anyhow.

Something for comparison, anyhow, corsair x32s in raid 0, the quick bench:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...lax/hdtach.jpg

Before re-enabling the write back cache, it was hitting the heady heights of a 380MB/s burst, and an average write of 154MB/s

Why and when I'd turned that off (can't have been long ago, or else it was only noticeable in hd tach), I dunno. I guess I was experimenting with something.

The moral of the story is: don't do that.

Not solved the write speed issues though.


EDit:

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There is a pinout header but mine had nothing on them.
Maybe I'll look at the destructions.

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Almost completely certain that header is for when you want to flash the firmware.