OCZ Vertex SSDs- Initial Results

It looks good bud. Do you have the data cache enabled/disabled? Try both I forget which one is right. Latest FW? Also I always wanted to try this program SSD Life but it doesn't work on raid :( Also you can try the tweaks on this page. Personally they did me no good but others say they helped out considerably.

I was looking at these Micro Center SSD's I mean 64GB for $99?? They're sandforce as well. I can't find any reviews on them one way or another. Anyone know about them at all? I think I'm going to buy 2 and try it out

Your read looks about right but your burst speed is strangely low.
Mine has always been lower than D's (then again, I haven't watercooled my electrons like he has) but still 10 times higher than yours- a discrepancy not accounted for merely with RAID.

Are you running Intel's storage software and what chipset on the motherboard?

Not true Clock. Most of the time your speeds beat mine up in the schoolyard.

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Originally Posted by clocker

Your read looks about right but your burst speed is strangely low.
Mine has always been lower than D's (then again, I haven't watercooled my electrons like he has) but still 10 times higher than yours- a discrepancy not accounted for merely with RAID.

Are you running Intel's storage software and what chipset on the motherboard?

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I didn't install any special drivers at all, and not running in ahci mode because I hadn't even heard of it until a few hours ago.

The motherboard is a EVGA 680i sli so the chipset is an NVidia 680i.

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Originally Posted by Detale

It looks good bud. Do you have the data cache enabled/disabled? Try both I forget which one is right.

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Write cache is enabled (by default), write-cache buffering is on (I don't want data loss if I lose power).
I tried with write-cache buffering off just to see and there was no difference anyway.

I've got my own Win7 tweak that I came up with that isn't in the tweaking guides. It might not apply to vista or XP.
I noticed that when Windows7 was starting up and the animation came up (after bios screen), the computer would sit there for about 10 seconds until the animation completed.
So I disabled it here:
Start -> Run -> type 'msconfig' -> Click OK -> Click 'Boot' tab -> Check 'No GUI Boot' -> Click OK -> Restart to see the difference.

Shaved off about 7 seconds.
My computer now goes 10 seconds in the BIOS -> black screen for about 3 seconds -> Blue Welcome to Windows screen for about 3 seconds -> Useable desktop
Total startup time has to be less than 20 seconds.

Damn Ross thats a good one! Think I'll try it myself. I didn't even know that was an option. Also I forgot to ask what version of Win 7 are you using?

64bit, it's one of those ones that has all the windows updated integrated into it, from February.

Ah, lovely.

Mine just died it would appear. :(

Was browsing the internets and my screen just turned off, as if it were unplugged. A reboot yielded the error: "Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. Info: The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible".

The drive no longer appears in BIOS and is, as far as I can tell, completely dead. I'll call OCZ tomorrow.

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Originally Posted by Skiz

Mine just died it would appear. :(

Was browsing the internets and my screen just turned off, as if it were unplugged. A reboot yielded the error: "Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. Info: The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible".

The drive no longer appears in BIOS and is, as far as I can tell, completely dead. I'll call OCZ tomorrow.

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Sounds like when my hard drive died, screen suddenly went blank and when I tried to restart there was no hard drive detected anymore. :(