Luke warm? Intel X-25-M 80G $358.00 w/ $30MIR

[crimson117]

Originally posted by: Chiropteran

Originally posted by: fleshconsumed
I was stupid enough to make my Vista partition 100GB. I only have around 30GB free, and that's with relatively few programs installed, just Prey/Half-Life 2 games, Visual Studio 2008 and a bunch of smaller programs that probably do not even add up to 5GB. I have no idea where all the space went.

The general idea is to use one of these fast 32GB SSDs for the OS and maybe 1-2 of your most commonly used applications, and install everything else and keep data on a second larger drive.

I haven't figured out a good way to get most programs to install somewhere other than the Program Files folder on the OS partition (C:\). Only a few small apps and World of Warcraft are easily movable.

 

[jalaram]

Originally posted by: AmberClad
Down to $354 at ChiefValue with their coupon code.

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[Plester]

Everyone who is planning to buy or has already bought a SSD should read this article. Very interesting. Basically real world usage will degrade performance up to 60-70%. In the article the X-25 eventually becomes as slow as a 4200rpm notebook drive.

 

[Fayd]

Originally posted by: crimson117

Originally posted by: Chiropteran

Originally posted by: fleshconsumed
I was stupid enough to make my Vista partition 100GB. I only have around 30GB free, and that's with relatively few programs installed, just Prey/Half-Life 2 games, Visual Studio 2008 and a bunch of smaller programs that probably do not even add up to 5GB. I have no idea where all the space went.

The general idea is to use one of these fast 32GB SSDs for the OS and maybe 1-2 of your most commonly used applications, and install everything else and keep data on a second larger drive.

I haven't figured out a good way to get most programs to install somewhere other than the Program Files folder on the OS partition (C:\). Only a few small apps and World of Warcraft are easily movable.

i havent met a game yet that wont install to a non-primary drive.

most big data programs are games. so yeah... your issue isnt normal.

and movies/pictures and whatnot go wherever you want them.

 

[revolutn]

Am I the only one not 'sold' on SSDD's as a technology?

I mean...when a magnetic physical disk has a failure it's almost always recoverable.

When a flash cell is dead it's just...dead, no recovery.

I've read an awful lot about how great it is speed wise, but no ones really satisfied my reliability concerns / recovery concerns.

Someone have info specifically addressing this aspect of SSDD's?

 

[Codewiz]

Like me say this. I have a macbook pro with 4gb of memory. I added a 160gb X25-M drive. It boots in 15 seconds flat. Apps open instantly. Great drive. Of course it is a work computer so I didn't have to pay for the hard drive and that makes it nicer.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Originally posted by: Fayd

Originally posted by: crimson117

Originally posted by: Chiropteran

Originally posted by: fleshconsumed
I was stupid enough to make my Vista partition 100GB. I only have around 30GB free, and that's with relatively few programs installed, just Prey/Half-Life 2 games, Visual Studio 2008 and a bunch of smaller programs that probably do not even add up to 5GB. I have no idea where all the space went.

The general idea is to use one of these fast 32GB SSDs for the OS and maybe 1-2 of your most commonly used applications, and install everything else and keep data on a second larger drive.

I haven't figured out a good way to get most programs to install somewhere other than the Program Files folder on the OS partition (C:\). Only a few small apps and World of Warcraft are easily movable.

i havent met a game yet that wont install to a non-primary drive.

most big data programs are games. so yeah... your issue isnt normal.

and movies/pictures and whatnot go wherever you want them.

I think he is trying to move the program after it has already installed. I have never run into a program I couldn't install somewhere else.

Once these drive break 100GB I'll be in for 1.

 

[Fayd]

Originally posted by: Revolutn
Am I the only one not 'sold' on SSDD's as a technology?

I mean...when a magnetic physical disk has a failure it's almost always recoverable.

When a flash cell is dead it's just...dead, no recovery.

I've read an awful lot about how great it is speed wise, but no ones really satisfied my reliability concerns / recovery concerns.

Someone have info specifically addressing this aspect of SSDD's?

yes, it's called backing up.

discounting ridiculously good performance with decent reliability just cause it might not be "as" reliable as a magnetic medium is retarded.

that said, i dont think the difference is all that big.

 

[Fayd]

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski

Originally posted by: Fayd

Originally posted by: crimson117

Originally posted by: Chiropteran

Originally posted by: fleshconsumed
I was stupid enough to make my Vista partition 100GB. I only have around 30GB free, and that's with relatively few programs installed, just Prey/Half-Life 2 games, Visual Studio 2008 and a bunch of smaller programs that probably do not even add up to 5GB. I have no idea where all the space went.

The general idea is to use one of these fast 32GB SSDs for the OS and maybe 1-2 of your most commonly used applications, and install everything else and keep data on a second larger drive.

I haven't figured out a good way to get most programs to install somewhere other than the Program Files folder on the OS partition (C:\). Only a few small apps and World of Warcraft are easily movable.

i havent met a game yet that wont install to a non-primary drive.

most big data programs are games. so yeah... your issue isnt normal.

and movies/pictures and whatnot go wherever you want them.

I think he is trying to move the program after it has already installed. I have never run into a program I couldn't install somewhere else.

Once these drive break 100GB I'll be in for 1.

well then he's an idiot

/uninstall and /reinstall to a different drive = win. no reason why not to.

 

[magreen]

@Plester: wow, that is quite the article at pcper. Makes me think even the intel ssd drives are only 3/4 baked.

 

[alkalinetaupehat]

And the prices for both SSD's have dropped.

X25-M for $358+free ship
X25-E for $404+free ship