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SSD drives, worth buying?
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Mike A
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Posted : Sep 24, 2010 09:55
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On 2010-09-23 12:28, willsanquil wrote:
Everyone who I know that actually HAS an SSD drive says they're more than worth it, and one of the most massive upgrades in speed. People who don't have them and haven't seen the difference are more likely to say they're too expensive to be worth it for such a small ammt of space.
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That's because people who can afford it have it, and those who can't, don't.
Simple logic. 
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Dennis the menace
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Posted : Sep 24, 2010 17:38
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On 2010-09-24 09:55, Mike A wrote:
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On 2010-09-23 12:28, willsanquil wrote:
Everyone who I know that actually HAS an SSD drive says they're more than worth it, and one of the most massive upgrades in speed. People who don't have them and haven't seen the difference are more likely to say they're too expensive to be worth it for such a small ammt of space.
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That's because people who can afford it have it, and those who can't, don't.
Simple logic.
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Get-a-fix
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Posted : Sep 25, 2010 12:35
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Nice shootout of some new SSD drives:
http://apcmag.com/ssd-roundup.htm
P.S. Suppose i get a 60GB SSD drive to run my OS and applications. Will it be big enough? I will use it just to run the current projects and keep all other data on my other regular drives. Is this how you guys are using your SSD's?
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braininavat
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Posted : Sep 25, 2010 13:33
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On 2010-09-25 12:35, Get-a-fix wrote:
P.S. Suppose i get a 60GB SSD drive to run my OS and applications. Will it be big enough?
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I'm sure its enough if you have a dedicated DAW for music. I'm also sure though a year from now the 120 gig ones will be cheaper than the 60 now..60 to me is cutting it just a little too close.
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C3PO
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monno
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@C3PO:
ignoring the price for admission, SSD drives (if proper ones) outcompete mechanical HD´s in both speed and reliability (on paper and in real life) With trim support coming to all major OS´es within a foreseeable future it is for sure the thing to keep an eye out for!
My pet peeve is noise and the attenuation of such and the last remaining disturbing element in my studio is my HD´s and once again the SSD´s win. Price is a major disadvantage, but cool tech costs money and solid state drive´s have not hit the mainstream envelope and it´s aggressive pricing schemes yet.
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C3PO
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Posted : Nov 5, 2010 00:49
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vegetal
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Posted : Nov 5, 2010 12:34
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willsanquil
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Posted : Nov 9, 2010 00:27
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C3P0 with all due respect it doesn't seem like you know what you are talking about.
If you are buying harddrives for a server or a professional workstation you will probably not be buying SSD for the reason that Vegetal already pointed out - the price/GB is staggeringly high compared to the dirt cheap regular HDs that are out there these days.
SSD drives are enthusiast gear right now. That will change as they become cheaper to make, but probably not for a couple of years yet.
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dmtoad
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Posted : Nov 10, 2010 22:47
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I'm storing my OS partition on 4 ssd drives since 2 years now with 0 problem and no need to reinstall my system because it's being too slow.
Cubase starts really fast and same this for win7 boot.
If I have to change my computer, I'll keep my ssd for the next config.
For me it was a good investment.
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willsanquil
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Posted : Nov 10, 2010 23:13
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C3PO
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Posted : Nov 17, 2010 01:48
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On 2010-11-05 00:49, C3PO wrote:
The reason they still didn't hit the servers and professional workstations market, is the one i've mentioned.
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Umm did it ever occur to you that the price per GB could have something to do with it.....?
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Compared to $/GB of SAS or Fibre Channel hard drives?
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mk47
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Posted : Nov 19, 2010 19:50
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i got a 60 gig one as my os drive , killer boot time reduction mostly , is there a point in these for apps not on the drive ? .. fl , games , some other random shit runs the same to me ..
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monno
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Posted : Nov 23, 2010 11:03
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vegetal
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Posted : Nov 25, 2010 15:09
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On 2010-11-17 01:48, C3PO wrote:
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On 2010-11-05 12:34, vegetal wrote:
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On 2010-11-05 00:49, C3PO wrote:
The reason they still didn't hit the servers and professional workstations market, is the one i've mentioned.
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Yupp still cheaper
Umm did it ever occur to you that the price per GB could have something to do with it.....?
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Compared to $/GB of SAS or Fibre Channel hard drives?
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