Because the velociraptor only cost me $150 when I bought it from a local place that was shutting his doors.
Anyway I personally can't see spending so much on a single drive right now. It's a personal choice. If you have money to burn then sure, like if someone wanted an extreme edition CPU. Let them go for it I guess. Me? Not happening lol
HAY guys I want to upgrade my GPU card but I dont know if I should get a PCIe or a nVidia. Any help??
and how much were 7200rpm drives when you bought the raptor?
if you spent more for the raptor than the going rate at the time for "regular" drives, then you are contradicting yourself.
have you ever used an SSD?
That doesn't change the fact that you paid more for the raptor than for a 7200rpm drive.It's moot because there was no such thing as SSD when I got this. PLUS, I wasn't going to spend $300+ for it at retail. If I didn't get the $150 deal I would NOT, repeat NOT NOT NOT NOT! Do you get it!? NOT have bought it.
I only use my desktop for gaming and web browsing. Doubt SSD drive would do much for me. Really depends on usage.
Well it does help with web browsing speed and definitely multitasking. If you ever ran your tcp/ip stack and browser cache folder off a ramdrive that is about how much it helps speed up your web browsing. It is pretty cool. That is just a extra bonus for me I didn't get a SSD just for that. Got it for better multitasking mainly.
Wow I've run browser cache on RAM disk but how do you run the TCP/IP stack on RAM Disk? Sounds like a cool thing to try.
That doesn't change the fact that you paid more for the raptor than for a 7200rpm drive.
Even at 150$ it was quite a bit more expensive $/gb wise than the normal drives, so his point is valid..
Last time I did it was well over 2 to 3 years ago should be able to find it on google. Last time I did it I couldn't get it to work May be because I tried it on Vista. Last time I had it working was on Windows 2000 and XP. Not sure if you can do it fine in Vista and 7. Never tried it on a 64 bit OS easier. More simple to just have my SSD. Sense it basically does the same thing without all the hassle.
exactly, and cmddreddeded, you dodged the question.
have you spent any time on an SSD equipped PC? (preferably an intel G2)
I really only play T1 games so i have to wait for other people to load anyways. In these scenarios upgrading your PCI-e or DVI devices would be a better upgrade path for me. A lot of people dont even understand the benefit of having a great USB in addition to a great 1366. Its what every competitive gamer needs. Make sure you invest in a good 4 pin molex as well to keep everything cool.
Raid SATAs is enough for me currently
Lol i dont even know what i just wrote
So it's OK to pay extra for a top of line GPU ($400+) because you "need it" but it's NOT OK for someone else to spend $150-300 on a fast SSD because they "need it"?
I love to game on my rig too, but you need to understand some people do work on their machines, or do other things that require something rather than what the CPU or GPU can provide for. I can attest I was critical of the SSD too, but after spending a modest amount on my G2, it's been night and day. I can't remember this big of a jump in performance since upgrading from my 486DX2-66 to my Pentium-166MMX.
cmrdededded?
anything?
That doesn't change the fact that you paid more for the raptor than for a 7200rpm drive.
Even at 150$ it was quite a bit more expensive $/gb wise than the normal drives, so his point is valid..
I dont CARE if it gets me places faster, my budget wont HANDLE a car!
One thing I love is the fast OS resume which is perfect when you are running from meeting to meeting. This benefit alone was worth it for me. Don’t have to run around with the lid open or set the power management to sub-optimal settings so the lappy doesn’t go into sleep/hibernate.