quick question about SSD's

[Matthew]

Now before I ask I would like to point out that I've been busy for a while
and haven't kept up with this board or the most current technology like I
normally do...

When SSD's first came out on an affordable retail level just about everyone
in this group advised against using them in anything at all... has the
technology changed or improved since then? Because it looks like quite a few
of you are recomending them as system drives.

 

[Man-wai Chang]

When SSD's first came out on an affordable retail level just about everyone

in this group advised against using them in anything at all... has the
technology changed or improved since then? Because it looks like quite a few
of you are recomending them as system drives.

They are still rather expensive, have small capacity and not very
durable for personal use.

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[TVeblen]

Now before I ask I would like to point out that I've been busy for a while
and haven't kept up with this board or the most current technology like I
normally do...

When SSD's first came out on an affordable retail level just about everyone
in this group advised against using them in anything at all... has the
technology changed or improved since then? Because it looks like quite a few
of you are recomending them as system drives.

Many issues they were having have been worked out in the second version
models from Intel and others, mostly the use of TRIM and Garbage
Collection technologies.
There is little to risk if you are using a modern OS (Windows 7, Snow
Leopard, etc.)
Trying to get these to work on older OS's takes some extra work.

 

[John Doe]

They are still rather expensive, have small capacity

You misspelled "I don't have one". Price for size is a single
issue, not two separate issues.

 

[John Doe]

I have been using 2 OCZ Vertex drives in a RAID 0 array ever
since they were released. They have been fine from day one and
are still fine. And fast!

Same here, but with only one drive.

Currently I'm just waiting for one of these... Needs a PCI-E x4
slot though.

I will probably go from 32 to 64 GB as my OS/applications drive
before buying anything faster. Then again, maybe I won't wait for
larger. Currently, I have 10.7 GB free (out of 32 GB), and bunches
of space on the secondary drive. Running Windows XP with nary a
hitch.

Do you need a primary drive that is big, or one that is fast. That
is the question.

They do run on XP SP3 just fine, maybe depending on whether you
have a modern motherboard/mainboard.

Still, maybe some situations might require technical aptitude.
Then, I guess it just depends on how badly you want it.

Badly...
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