SSD's

cdawall · Sep 23, 2012, 11:52 PM

So is it worth it for me to grab 2 more matched SSD's for my pair I already have? The current ones are 230/160mb/s.

erocker · Sep 24, 2012, 12:07 AM

Depends how cheap they are. There are/has been some good deals lately on larger SSD's.

cdawall · Sep 24, 2012, 12:10 AM

$40 a pop so $80 total would end up with 4x32GB.

Solaris17 · Sep 24, 2012, 12:20 AM

i dont know if id waste the cash to use that many sata slots. why not just sell the ones you have keep the 80 and buy a single larger SSD

cdawall · Sep 24, 2012, 12:22 AM

Now were is the ridiculousness in that?

erocker · Sep 24, 2012, 12:22 AM

About the same price, faster, larger, better: Mushkin Enhanced Chronos MKNSSDCR120GB 2.5" 120GB ...

cdawall · Sep 24, 2012, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by erocker

About the same price, faster, larger, better: Mushkin Enhanced Chronos MKNSSDCR120GB 2.5" 120GB ...

Good call I will keep an eye out some more then.

ShiBDiB · Sep 24, 2012, 12:57 AM

Theirs no reason to buy an ssd that size anymore. Like someone said, sell em and upgrade

MxPhenom 216 · Sep 24, 2012, 01:28 AM

yeah, sell what you have and upgrade to one of higher capacity thats also faster. You will also gain the ability to use the TRIM function, since in RAID it does not work with SSDs so theres no garbage dump on your setup right now. ANd its pretty essential for SSDs TBH.

I was also looking at that SSD erocker linked. Its good for the price, but as i read more reviews on it in terms of speed it seemed lack luster.

Jetster · Sep 24, 2012, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by MxPhenom 216

yeah, sell what you have and upgrade to one of higher capacity thats also faster. You will also gain the ability to use the TRIM function, since in RAID it does not work with SSDs so theres no garbage dump on your setup right now. ANd its pretty essential for SSDs TBH.

What do you mean RAID does not work with SSDs ? NVM You mean trim does not work in RAID?

MxPhenom 216 · Sep 24, 2012, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Jetster

What do you mean RAID does not work with SSDs ? NVM You mean trim does not work in RAID?

re-read what I said. TRIM does not work when SSDs are in RAID.

Jetster · Sep 24, 2012, 01:33 AM

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Originally Posted by MxPhenom 216

re-read what I said. TRIM does not work when SSDs are in RAID.

I did sorry.......Im getting ready to set up a RAID with SSDs. So why no trim?

MxPhenom 216 · Sep 24, 2012, 01:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Jetster

I did sorry.......Im getting ready to set up a RAID with SSDs. So why no trim?

Not sure, just does not work when in a RAID configuration. Intel is working getting it to work, and which it probably will with their next chipset.

Jetster · Sep 24, 2012, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by MxPhenom 216

Not sure, just does not work when in a RAID configuration. Intel is working getting it to work, and which it probably will with their next chipset.

Thanks found it. Series 7 only. So no trim for me. I may have to rethink this RAID
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Deta...?DwnldID=21407
RST 11.2 supports TRIM on RAID 0 only on Intel Desktop Boards with the 7 Series chipsets.

cdawall · Sep 24, 2012, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by MxPhenom 216

yeah, sell what you have and upgrade to one of higher capacity thats also faster. You will also gain the ability to use the TRIM function, since in RAID it does not work with SSDs so theres no garbage dump on your setup right now. ANd its pretty essential for SSDs TBH.

I was also looking at that SSD erocker linked. Its good for the price, but as i read more reviews on it in terms of speed it seemed lack luster.

Honestly I wipe the drives almost weekly...

MxPhenom 216 · Sep 24, 2012, 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by cdawall

Honestly I wipe the drives almost weekly...

And then reinstall windows? Man your going to kill those drives with all the writes.

cdawall · Sep 24, 2012, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by MxPhenom 216

And then reinstall windows? Man your going to kill those drives with all the writes.

They are like 2-3 years old now and have been on benchmark rigs since the beginning. They might die quicker but I would figure they should be dead by now if it was that bad.

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cdawall where the hell are my stars Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: some AF base Posts: 16,021 (6.43/day) Thanks: 457 Thanked 2,753 Times in 2,222 Posts System Specs	SSD's So is it worth it for me to grab 2 more matched SSD's for my pair I already have? The current ones are 230/160mb/s. __________________

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