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System Name | not very good (wants throwing out window most of time) |
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Processor | xp3000@ 2.17ghz pile of sh** /i7 920 DO on air for now |
Motherboard | msi kt6 delta oap /gigabyte x58 ud7 (rev1.0) |
Cooling | 1 green akasa 8cm(rear) 1 multicoloured akasa(hd) 1 12 cm (intake) 1 9cm with circuit from old psu |
Memory | 1.25 gb kingston hyperx @333mhz/ 3gb corsair dominator xmp 1600mhz |
Video Card(s) | (agp) hd3850 not bad not really suitable for mobo n processor/ gb hd5870 |
Storage | wd 320gb + samsung 320 gig + wd 1tb 6gb/s |
Display(s) | compaq mv720 |
Case | thermaltake XaserIII skull / coolermaster cm 690II |
Audio Device(s) | onboard |
Power Supply | corsair hx 650 w which solved many problems (blew up) /850w corsair |
Software | xp pro sp3/ ? win 7 ultimate (32 bit) |
Benchmark Scores | 6543 3d mark05 ye ye not good but look at the processor /uknown as still not benched |
ok so this is the place to share stories about this amazing piece of kit
whether you absolutely adore this drive ,or detest it with the fire of a thousand suns ,i want to hear about it
what problems you've had ,if you managed to figure them out ,or if your just stuck
and crucially what speeds your getting from the likes of crystal mark , the included Samsung SSD Magician's speed test or any other ssd speed testing software
if you are reading this forum as a guest you can add your 5 cents by signing up here it'll only take a few minutes
! First please take a minute or so to read the rules before posting ( lest ye be banned )
so here's my tell on the Samsung 256GB 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Solid State Drive
so i've been planning on getting an ssd for a while ,but stories of bad controllers (namely sandforce)had put me off ,
then i heard about the new samsung 830 series with it's 3-core MCX controller ,so i thought i'd get one ,
now when they first came out they were very expensive about £350 or 547.99 US$ ,so i thought i'll wait a while before ordering one ,then after about a month they went down to £339 or 530.77 US$ ,
so i waited another month and they went down again to £300 or 469.71 US$ so i bought one ,(they are currently selling in the uk for £219.99 or 344.43 US$ )
as i already had win 7 i thought i'd try it (i previously had a western digital caviar black reported to be 6 gb/s :shadedshu),
all i can say is wow ,once you experience the speed difference of a samsung black you never want to go back (to a mechanical drive that is )
everything loads up so much faster ,emulators work faster ,Pcsx2 to name but one of many ,google maps loads faster (after pre caching)
now all i need is for my isp to stop capping my speeds after i download over 3 gbs
so anyway enough waffle
whether you absolutely adore this drive ,or detest it with the fire of a thousand suns ,i want to hear about it
what problems you've had ,if you managed to figure them out ,or if your just stuck
and crucially what speeds your getting from the likes of crystal mark , the included Samsung SSD Magician's speed test or any other ssd speed testing software
if you are reading this forum as a guest you can add your 5 cents by signing up here it'll only take a few minutes
! First please take a minute or so to read the rules before posting ( lest ye be banned )
so here's my tell on the Samsung 256GB 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Solid State Drive
so i've been planning on getting an ssd for a while ,but stories of bad controllers (namely sandforce)had put me off ,
then i heard about the new samsung 830 series with it's 3-core MCX controller ,so i thought i'd get one ,
now when they first came out they were very expensive about £350 or 547.99 US$ ,so i thought i'll wait a while before ordering one ,then after about a month they went down to £339 or 530.77 US$ ,
so i waited another month and they went down again to £300 or 469.71 US$ so i bought one ,(they are currently selling in the uk for £219.99 or 344.43 US$ )
as i already had win 7 i thought i'd try it (i previously had a western digital caviar black reported to be 6 gb/s :shadedshu),
all i can say is wow ,once you experience the speed difference of a samsung black you never want to go back (to a mechanical drive that is )
everything loads up so much faster ,emulators work faster ,Pcsx2 to name but one of many ,google maps loads faster (after pre caching)
now all i need is for my isp to stop capping my speeds after i download over 3 gbs
so anyway enough waffle