FYI: OCZ SSD's hit 250GB at the egg

Woody112 · Dec 8, 2008

For those that have been waiting for a higher capacity drive.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227378
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227363

Will wait for reviews before I jump on a few of these for a raid set up. Samsungs 64gb SLC drive is down 200 bucks.
Prices are starting to fall and capacity is rising quickly. :rockout:

PVTCaboose1337 · Dec 8, 2008

AMAZING! Now if I would rather have a new Core i7 or that... I think I'll take the Core i7. When the price of SSD's goes down, I'll make the jump.

HolyCow02 · Dec 9, 2008

PVTCaboose1337 said:
AMAZING! Now if I would rather have a new Core i7 or that... I think I'll take the Core i7. When the price of SSD's goes down, I'll make the jump.

That my plan except for Phenom II. No point in building a new machine with outdated technology! :toast:

Definitely gonna be building my Phenom II rig with 3 SDD's (two in RAID 5 and one reg). Hopefully at that point (April ?) it wont break the bank :rolleyes:

Polarman · Dec 10, 2008

Still pretty darn expensive considering you can get 2 Velociraptor's for less $.

DarkEgo · Dec 10, 2008

HolyCow02 said:
That my plan except for Phenom II. No point in building a new machine with outdated technology!

Definitely gonna be building my Phenom II rig with 3 SDD's (two in RAID 5 and one reg). Hopefully at that point (April ?) it wont break the bank

Raid 5 needs at least 3 drives.

DaMulta · Dec 10, 2008

screw raid 5 I want 5 in raid 0

HolyCow02 · Dec 10, 2008

DarkEgo said:
Raid 5 needs at least 3 drives.

oops my bad. :respect:

I read my raid info incorrectly. Probably do raid 1+0

Woody112 · Dec 10, 2008

Is it even nessary to have a raid 1 array with these ssd's?
To me it would be a waste of a potential performance increase. Any thing of importance I would just back up to one of my old platter drives.

EnergyFX · Dec 11, 2008

HolyCow02 said:
oops my bad. I read my raid info incorrectly. Probably do raid 1+0

That would be like using a ferrari to haul your 600lb fire safe around.

:shadedshu

PCpraiser100 · Dec 11, 2008

Nice, seems that the SSD generation is moving in smoothly...keep it up.

HolyCow02 · Dec 11, 2008

EnergyFX said:
That would be like using a ferrari to haul your 600lb fire safe around.

:shadedshu

which would be sweet! I dunno I have time to think about it... I'm not doing a build until april. And it seems I need to look into RAID more :rolleyes:

ShadowFold · Dec 11, 2008

Boo @ price

Jakl · Dec 11, 2008

Indead.. When Phenom II comes around, ill see how good prices on SSD at that time in January.. Raid0 them FTW

kysg · Dec 12, 2008

that price on that SSD won't be down in january that for sure. You may end up with a core series SSD.

matter of fact it's still gonna be a while before ssd prices at 128gb go down at all.

Woody112 · Dec 12, 2008

kysg said:
matter of fact it's still gonna be a while before ssd prices at 128gb go down at all.

It really all depends on if other companies are going to launch ssd's Q1 09. If Hitachi, Seagate and WD get in on the action I can see prices comming down fast. However I agree it shure as hell won't be january.

Gilletter · Dec 12, 2008

what is all the hype about SSD's about??? awfully expensive for storage imo...

Woody112 · Dec 12, 2008

Gilletter said:
what is all the hype about SSD's about??? awfully expensive for storage imo...

This is the way I see SSD's compared to platter drives.

Pro's
SSD
no need to defrag
no mechanical parts
consistant speed
Quiet
No wear
Low access times
Faster read and writes than standard HDD's
Low power consumption

Cons
Cost per gig
New tech could be better
Small selection
Smaller storage space

Average platter drive
Pro's
Low cost per gig
Large selection
available in 1.2TB
Mature technology but also a con

Con's
High access times
constantly needs defragged
has mechanical parts, wears out faster
slower speed as head moves toward outer edge of platter
noisy
Slow reads and writes
high power consumption
Not going to get any faster

Woody112 · Dec 13, 2008

http://www.fiercecio.com/story/seagate-plans-2tb-ssd-next-year/2008-06-03

As I said once other companies jump in on the action. Wonder what the price will be on this freakin thing. :rolleyes:

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