SSD here i come-Need advice

[clocker]

Never watched The Graduate...you're dead to me, dead, I say.

Like any emerging tech, keeping up with SSD- especially trying to factor in price/performance ratio- is absurdly tough.

We looked at those Vertecs and thought, "Crap, $100? Why the hell not?".
I'm mightily tempted meownself.

[Skiz]

You would know better than me but, Newegg has an entire section for 15K RPM drives.

Home > Computer Hardware > Hard Drives > Internal Hard Drives > RPM : 15000 RPM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...me=15000%20RPM

[ckrit]

Detale:

I can't really say that one drive is the one to get, given that my personal experience only goes as far as my X-series corsair drives (which I'm very happy with).

Like I said, intel drives are generally said to be the bestest when I see people discussing them. Other than that I don't really know.

People used to say that you want indilinx mlcs (if you go mlc at all, people also say slc is better, although I've never seen someone argue that very well, it's all been conjecture IMO), not samsung, and I know TRIM support is a good thing for people with win7, so.

So I guess a hesitant recommendation could be Intel if possible. If not: SLC, or Indilinx MLC (gen 2 if it's an option), TRIM support, or at least a controller promising future TRIM-support. Although without TRIM, a Samsung controller appears preferable (you still want Indilinx memchips, though). And as fast as possible (you don't want to end up with something shittier than a raptor for that price).

Note that that is intended for long term use, indilinx controllers pwn short term and in synthetic benchmarks, afaik.

Other than that, I'd still maintain that Corsair is a good brand, but I don't really have anything against OCZ either.

You would know better than me but, Newegg has an entire section for 15K RPM drives.

Home > Computer Hardware > Hard Drives > Internal Hard Drives > RPM : 15000 RPM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...me=15000%20RPM

That's all SCSI/SAS-drives. I know of a grand total of one mobo I've ever considered that had an integrated SAS port, and none with the parallel interface.

In other words, you probably need a controller card for one of those, so the cost you see there isn't the end of it.

Having said that, perhaps clocker should have said 'there are no 15k rpm SATA drives', that's probably what he meant.

[clocker]

Having said that, perhaps clocker should have said 'there are no 15k rpm SATA drives', that's probably what he meant.

To be honest, it never occurred to me that SCSI shit was even still made.
Along with the controller card cost, don't forget the cables, which are a nightmare in and of themselves.

So, I guess I was technically wrong, my bad, I'll admit it.
That said, you'd have to be one twisted motherfucker to even consider setting up a SCSI rig these days.

[ckrit]

There are SAS ports that look exactly like a standard sata port on the asus p6t (the orange one or ones). No idea if those require an adapter or something or if sas ports are meant to look like that, though.

Other than that, I agree.

I've got an old SCSI controller card and a 10GB drive or two, but I've never tried them. Grabbed them before they got junked, at work.

[Detale]

SCSI IS still around!? Damn I thought they went out with Laser disk players

Again my mind is getting the better of me. I'm starting to look at Nelhamn setups. For the money I was thinking of spending which has gone up to about $400-$500 range I can get a new CPU,Mobo and Ram in the i5 sector(around $600). Which again I feel is kind of a better value. I know I should prob hold out for an i7 but an i5 is attainable in the next month or so. DAMN me falling behing in computer parts. Again I'm wandering, will this even stop!

[ckrit]

Serial scsi, even.

Took me like half a minute to figure out you meant nehalems, btw.

Also, general rule of thumb: If using one, max two (the latter only if you don't mind lower bandwidth) graphics cards get something socket 1156. That's the mainstream option, btw.

If you may want to use more graphics cards, or if you wanna try running ram in triple channel, and don't mind a ridiculously expensive upgrade path, 1366 is the way to go. This is the enthusiast option. The first six core desktop processors are headed this way afaik.

The EVGA and high end ASUS mobos for 1366 are sexy as fuck.

On the other side of the fence, usb 3, hydra and sata 3 is, or will be, available for 1156 first.

I know you didn't ask about that, but I'm feeling halpful and bored at work.

[clocker]

Seriously dude, get a grip.

Put in the SSD(s), do a fresh install of Win7, then play with the PC for a while.
The ask yourself..."What DOESN'T this thing do that it should?"

I'll bet the answer is "Nothing".

[Skiz]

Oh.

[Detale]

Seriously dude, get a grip.

Put in the SSD(s), do a fresh install of Win7, then play with the PC for a while.
The ask yourself..."What DOESN'T this thing do that it should?"

I'll bet the answer is "Nothing".

You're absolutely right man. You know how I am though. Na I'm going to stick with my current setup and get the SSD's I did some benching with Sandra and I'm still (according to them) in the 70-85% so I really can't complain like.