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Post #350,679
by Another Scott
11/15/11 10:15:26 AM
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New Why?
I'm thinking about a SSD for my laptop, but mainly because it seems to take forever to boot and because I do lots of stuff that is disk constrained. But I'd want a 500 GB drive and I don't know that I want to spend $800 on something like that right now. :-(

For a gaming system, why go SSD? I assume that once the game is loaded in RAM it doesn't touch the disk much at all? SSDs still have some teething issues (lots of BSODs on some newer controllers) and will only get cheaper over time.

Why get a 10k drive for a home system?

I'm confused.

Yes, more than usual. ;-)

Cheers,
Scott.
Post #350,680
by beepster
11/15/11 10:27:32 AM
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New Looking to max performance vs cost
so a main drive SSD, if it doesn't add tremendous cost can be offset with a 2TB data drive (and I have one now...with backups on it that could be moved to other media).

Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
Post #350,682
by Another Scott
11/15/11 10:32:22 AM
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New Ok.
This might be helpful. Note they want to sell you such a drive, so caveat emptor. ;-)

http://blog.corsair.com/?p=3402

HTH.

Cheers,
Scott.
Post #350,696
by crazy
11/15/11 12:19:31 PM
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New It's like bacon
Everything is better when running an SSD as your main disk.

Do it. You'll love it.
Post #350,716
by altmann
11/15/11 7:06:58 PM
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New Intel SRT
The "Intel SRT" feature listed on your MB spec is a driver that allows you to use an SSD as a persistent HD cache. That might be an option if you don't want to bother with having to manage which games get precious SSD space (60GB isn't all that much) and which get relegated to the hard drive.

I've decided to skip SSD for now because of the reliability issues (That OCZ drive apparently had alot of problems that were only recently fixed with a firmware patch), but I might try SRT set as a write-through cache on my new system (similarly speced to yours) once I get the base system put together.

PS: I'm trying to figure out why mine came out so much more expensive that yours. I think the GTX 580, Antec P193 case, and flood-priced 2TB Sata3 HD might have something to do with it.
     Gaming System Recommendations - (beepster) - (28) - Nov. 14, 2011, 03:53:51 PM EST
         Bah. - (malraux) - (3) - Nov. 14, 2011, 04:01:44 PM EST
             I know... - (beepster) - (2) - Nov. 14, 2011, 04:06:32 PM EST
                 Oh, and I get the tv back.. -NT - (beepster) - Nov. 14, 2011, 04:07:14 PM EST
                 Looks good except the video card - (altmann) - Nov. 14, 2011, 07:02:57 PM EST
         Take a look at TechReport's "Utility Player". - (Another Scott) - (1) - Nov. 14, 2011, 07:51:07 PM EST
             Thanks. That answers a key question - (beepster) - Nov. 15, 2011, 09:43:11 AM EST
         Next Q - Solid State Main Drive? - (beepster) - (5) - Nov. 15, 2011, 09:53:27 AM EST
             Why? - (Another Scott) - (4) - Nov. 15, 2011, 10:15:26 AM EST
                 Looking to max performance vs cost - (beepster) - (3) - Nov. 15, 2011, 10:27:32 AM EST
                     Ok. - (Another Scott) - Nov. 15, 2011, 10:32:22 AM EST
                     It's like bacon - (crazy) - Nov. 15, 2011, 12:19:31 PM EST
                     Intel SRT - (altmann) - Nov. 15, 2011, 07:06:58 PM EST
         Here is where I'm at. - (beepster) - (9) - Nov. 15, 2011, 11:34:41 AM EST
             and I think it will be ok for a couple years - (beepster) - Nov. 15, 2011, 11:39:27 AM EST
             Dunno if I'd go with the liquid cooling, myself. - (Another Scott) - (3) - Nov. 15, 2011, 12:05:33 PM EST
                 i7 adds 100...worth it? - (beepster) - (2) - Nov. 15, 2011, 01:32:16 PM EST
                     Dunno. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Nov. 15, 2011, 02:19:25 PM EST
                         Looking like not worth it - (beepster) - Nov. 15, 2011, 02:39:16 PM EST
             Gaming might suck over wireless... - (malraux) - (3) - Nov. 15, 2011, 01:44:32 PM EST
                 Thought of that... - (beepster) - (2) - Nov. 15, 2011, 01:56:55 PM EST
                     Hmm..could also relo the router to his room. - (beepster) - (1) - Nov. 15, 2011, 01:58:46 PM EST
                         You'll prolly want to do that - (jake123) - Nov. 15, 2011, 02:00:18 PM EST
         Ordered. Will review on arrival -NT - (beepster) - (4) - Nov. 16, 2011, 01:15:34 PM EST
             How did it turn out? - (Another Scott) - (3) - March 22, 2012, 05:50:30 PM EDT
                 AS, e-mail me. -NT - (folkert) - (2) - March 22, 2012, 07:35:04 PM EDT
                     Done. Check your Gmail. Thanks. -NT - (Another Scott) - (1) - March 22, 2012, 07:51:38 PM EDT
                         Replied. -NT - (folkert) - March 22, 2012, 07:58:35 PM EDT
         1SaleADay deal== 8 hours! ... maybe relevant? - (Ashton) - Nov. 19, 2011, 03:58:11 PM EST

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