OCZ Vertex SSDs- Initial Results

[Detale]

Surely, but with the SSD's they're supposed to lose speed over time and I just wanted to see how everyone else is doing with theirs.

[tesco]

I was just checking on some HW item prices today and I felt the need to bench my disks as I haven't done it since I posted in this thread last (4-18). Needless to say i was surprised as hell at my results





My scores have actually gotten better!! I have set Perfect disk 11 to run in the early AM when no one is on the computer and that's it. Admittedly I was a touch concerned about SSD's as many people said how their speed will decrease substantially in a short period of time. I've had my babies for 6 months now and I am way impressed that I've had very little loss of speed and I don't think I have the latest firmware either as I was too lazy to upgrade.

How is everyone else doing in this regard??

From what I've read, those problems don't really exist anymore if you have TRIM (windows7 and an ssd that supports the TRIM command).

Are you running PerfectDisk on your ssd?

[Skiz]

From what I've read, those problems don't really exist anymore if you have TRIM (windows7 and an ssd that supports the TRIM command).

Are you running PerfectDisk on your ssd?

I don't run PerfectDisk on mine; I've read that a simple "Log off' once for a few hours once a week is all you need to do. Whenever I remember to do so, I log off at night when I go to bed and let the disk do it's thing while I sleep.

[tesco]

From what I've read, those problems don't really exist anymore if you have TRIM (windows7 and an ssd that supports the TRIM command).

Are you running PerfectDisk on your ssd?

I don't run PerfectDisk on mine; I've read that a simple "Log off' once for a few hours once a week is all you need to do. Whenever I remember to do so, I log off at night when I go to bed and let the disk do it's thing while I sleep.

Perfectdisk is a defragmenting software.
Defragmenting an SSD will destroy it, that's why I was wondering if that was what detale was using it for...

[peat moss]

I don't run PerfectDisk on mine; I've read that a simple "Log off' once for a few hours once a week is all you need to do. Whenever I remember to do so, I log off at night when I go to bed and let the disk do it's thing while I sleep.

Perfectdisk is a defragmenting software.
Defragmenting an SSD will destroy it, that's why I was wondering if that was what detale was using it for...

Thanks for that info Ross , didn't know that . Was told Win7 disables Defrag for SSD units ?

[Detale]

Perfect disk 10 and now 11 has support for SSD's so instead of just defraging it. I believe that it fills up all the cells and then erases them, then it consolidates the free space. Supposedly it helps the disk life along better and Yes I'm running PD 11 now about once every two weeks or when i remember. This and other methods of filling up the cells completely and then erasing them are on the OCZ forums.

[tesco]

Perfect disk 10 and now 11 has support for SSD's so instead of just defraging it. I believe that it fills up all the cells and then erases them, then it consolidates the free space. Supposedly it helps the disk life along better and Yes I'm running PD 11 now about once every two weeks or when i remember. This and other methods of filling up the cells completely and then erasing them are on the OCZ forums.

I see. Haven't heard of that before.
Just keep in mind that SSD's cells only have a limited life. Something like 10,000 writes before they can't keep the charge anymore.
So if you're constantly rearranging data then you're dramatically decreasing the life of the SSD.
Which is why you don't want to run defragmenting software on an SSD (not to mention it would have NO benefit anyway).

I'm no expert just repeating things that I've read.

[Detale]

I've read that as well bud. But this is what "the cool kids" are doing on the OCZ board. Honestly, who the hell knows? I think maybe I'll not run it for a month and see what test results I get then and see if there's a noticeable difference.

[tesco]

So what's the latest news on SSDs?
I stopped paying attention to them since June, and I'm ready to buy now...
Is the intel x25-m still a good deal or has something better come along? (don't want to go over $250CAD).
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...-031-_-Product

edit: After reading this and this it's looking like other great choices are SSDs with the Sandforce sf-1200 controller in them:
OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD3-2VTX120G 3.5" 120GB SATA II MLC
OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD3-2VTX90G 3.5" 90GB SATA II MLC
Corsair Force CSSD-F120GB2-BRKT 2.5" 120GB SATA II

[Detale]

Personally I think the intels are over priced bud. From what I've read OCZ and Crucial are the best buys ATM.

EDIT: a quick look shows me the OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD3-2VTX90G 3.5" 90GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) it has faster reads/writes and is a few bucks cheaper you get 10 more gigs as well. Also man you should wait for the holiday sales it will save you tons!