lol.. well.. let me tell you something Richard.. err wait.. you're name IS Richard, right?
I've personally helped more people with system related problems over at that particular forum(most of which was well before they offered me the opportunity to test their products).. and yes some of them...
if you hadn't read the last line in my above post.. it will likely help a bit more as well. Totally reversible and just for the sake of "seeing what's possible" when removing variables, is all.
I'd do it simply because that's how I test all systems with SSD upgrades.. but it look's damned...
Dannggg!.. I better sell all my SSD's made by them before I need to do an RMA, eh? :oops:
Because murphy's law will surely kick in when they go "tit's up" and all my R0 arrays will suddenly fail after years of trouble free service. :twisted:
And that source is SOOOO credible too! I just...
Couple of quick highlights.
1. It's a laptop which will never be as fast as a PC with it's larger architecture.
2. Additional power savings implemented at the bios level that cannot be completely overcome with software settings.
3. Compare to similar hardware to gain better perspectives on...
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Speak for yourself and the other handful of hateful and resentful members around here. I personally hope they hang in there if only for the simple fact that it will really piss all you guys off if nothing else. :biggrin:
Plus.. I need more of their crappy drives to run...
lol.. that review is near worthless for those who know what the shortcomings of Sandforce controllers are and therefore know how to circumvent them.
They also obviously have no clue as the fact that even R0's will often write in lopsided fashion to one drive in the array more than the other...
I don't think anyone ever said that you CAN'T get 6G speed form a regular old sata cable... and there have been many tests before the posted link on the previous page that showed it is possible. Not to mention the ten's of thousands that do it daily.
The thing that many overlook.. or simply...
yep.. GAO already warned you about the potential outcome.
Although, I will say that if it's "significantly slower"?.. you may have another issue at play there. My 9128 chip is slower than the 3G Intel ports in small file performance and latency.. but certianly not by a mile.
Trim.. or no trim.. many have tried that on sandforce controlled drives.. and have consequently learned hard lessons about speed degradation and recovery related issues as a result of it too.
Granted.. he would have been better off just to do individual folders.. but it does come at a price...
there is no such thing that I know of since the enclosures bridge chip only needs host drivers... not software to allow such algorithms.
However.. when you buy an external enclosure.. you will get the bloatware that often accompanies it and they will have algorthms included thier that will...
Actually.. MOST Sandforce controlled drives CAN be brought back from the dead simply because the firmware has bricked the drive from corruption and an engineering flash is all that's required to do it. But they won't send the same drive back to you anyways for fear of reoccurance and further...
I think you may have misunderstood the above info/link. There is no "option" since it's literally built into ALL SSD firmware these days.
Some drives just have GC algorithms that are more aggressive than others, is all.
yep.. this happens a lot and sounds like Windows put the MBR on the other drive rather than the SSD.
Like ketchup already said.. if the install disc can't repair the install.. you will need to reinstall once more with ONLY the SSD drive in the machine. There are other ways to do it as well...
LOL.. really?.. and this is based on what data?
All you need do is stand in the stores and watch.. or even make small talk with people shopping for them. Picture size and clarity(usually in that order) is a guys number one priority.. and slimness would be for those women who care only about...
OCZ won't "try to revive it".. or "test it".. therefore your data is the least of their concern.. or yours for that matter.
And even if they did "try to revive it"?.. the process used to unlock the controller is completely destructive to any data that may be present anyways. They'll just toss...
there are two variables to consider here. The host can only take som much control of the drives built in firmware algorithms.
IOW, and as some have already said, the drive will power/spin down based on it's firmware's inherent "green'ness" regardless of what the OS/bios tells it to do through...
I agree 100%.
It won't be until SSD can approach 2TB for about $199 that it may shift substantially enough to take enough market share from them to be really concerned about it. And that will be some time from now with data loads and existing HDD architecture pushing towrds even larger...
all SSD's have GC built into the firmware algorithms these days. But some are just not as aggressive as others and it pays to idle the machine with constant power to the drive to enable it more time to play catch up, is all.
sigh.. maybe it's a perspective or interpretation thing?... but why would any HDD mfgr.. or any mfgr for that matter(aside from seeing a potential spike in demand exceeding their production capacity).. want to kick up production to the point that they have surplus product sitting in warehouses...
I'm with Charlie on that minimum size standard too.
The other thing that people don't keep in mind is.. sure you can use a smaller 64GB drive as your system drive(I've even used 30GB with a tweaked OS and full Adobe/Office suites).. but the fact is that the available free space is where you...
yeah.. I've seen similar charts before and surely that law applies here.
BUT.. to think that these things will continue to drop at the same downward slope without a linear transition to a horizontal line state?.. is assuming that they are made free for the consumer. They obviously still have...
ding.. ding.. ding.. give that man a cigar! :thumbsup:
EXACTLY RIGHT! The problem that I see is that most of these "the sky is still falling" guys are basing their $$/GB expectations on the bubble that was in effect before the flood. Which is just not realistic at all since it would have...
consider yourself lucky then.. because W8 is sometimes being advised against with older hardware on some forums. MS also recommend using their compatability assitant(or whatever it's called) to reduce some issues when trying to install on last gen's that were not validated to use it just...
sure you can. It won't be the cleanest way to use that drive and I would surely defrag it afterwards.. but it won't cause issues at all for a secondary and will give you time to move that data off at a later date.
Just make sure it wasn't plugged in when you installed W7 on the SSD(or the...
although I haven't tested that specifically( I run my systems heavily OC'd with max power at all times).. I believe that can be set in the advanced power options under "processor power states" which allows "min & max" settings to be adjusted. IIRC, and you use the high-performance power plan it...
period and exclamation point! :thumbsup:
these days.. an enthusiast based computer..no matter what you do with it.. is just not considered to be a performance oriented computer without one.
in the order that you asked;
no.. not really.. and I just wait for guys like you to tell me what it is that I actually know despite the number of hard drives I actually own and install for others.
and a 5,900rpm drive was $80 bucks?.. wow!.. what a steal and I must have missed that one...
lol.. "way above".. and "hasn't really changed"?
I don't think the OP needed to be taken so literally as to mean.. "just as low as they had EVER AT ANY TIME dropped to in the past". Average pricing across the board is much more telling over some internet buys or black friday offerings, IMHO...
yep.. look around a bit and the question need not even be asked.
They can blame those events all they want to for the price gouging that took place.. but if they want to sell drives?.. they'll only be able to charge what the market will bear.
And they seemingly learned that lesson the hard...
I wondered the very same thing as well. And especially since they're only 128GB drives which are considered small'ish by todays standards.
Contrary to popular belief.. R0 is not just about speed and the capacity gains can be worthwhile in itself.
Also consider that those drives do just fine...
if that drive doesn't exhibit the same exact behaviour with W7?.. then you already know why it's acting up.
This is why many board mfgrs are having similar issues(regardless of drives used) and actually validate the board for use with W8. Or not.
lol.. only 4 gigs?
but hey.. if they get more of your cash from selling you their memory?.. they'll up it to a whopping 6 gigs! yee haaa!
they're just as bad as Intel. Well.. almost. :whiste:
and they also know that there's just too much cost involved considering all the standalone 3rd party sources that make it possible on any Windows based system regardless of hardware config's.
Why not just add an SSD caching drive?
Or use Fancycache on another extra SSD(or part of it) that...
it's not even close to being solely the components themselves.. it's the software used to glue it all together that's giving issues about 99% of the time. And it's not just the software on the SSD, either.
I surely would if I wanted TB's worth of fast storage.
and all the rest of that stuff won't matter much for a storage only volume.
Not to mention if you combine raided SSD for OS use.. with raided HDD for storage?.. the bar get's permanently raised.
PS. I've got 23 drives INSIDE my case...
ok.. got it. That refreshes the memory of what was posted in various threads about your predicament there. Although, it probably doesn't matter all that much if we can't get proper trim passthrough for the guys who actually can get the OROM injected anyways.
I myself hit a brick wall too even...
sheesh.. what a dick! This kind of crap is about as flagrant as one can be for harassment and trolling... and I'll take my mod spanking just to tell you what I think of your [bad] attitude.
What?.. all yer butties over at XS too busy for you tonight?
where the hell are the mod's when you...
actually both. Some of the smartest guys I know say the same thing as well and I usually have no quams about hanging on long coattails on such subjects.
As with anything driver and bios related.. "if it ain't broke".... However.. if you want to push that envelope for those last few IOPS and...
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