I was wondering if these are viable for boxing. The speeds look great but there may be some latency issues.
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I was wondering if these are viable for boxing. The speeds look great but there may be some latency issues.
Versus what?
Compared to not having one and using a normal HDD?
I can't speak to boxing on one but the ones I tested a few months back were terrible versus a normal HDD (SATA/300) for just about everything. Having the drive be transportable would be the only reason I'd even bother. Considering the write latency I observed when writing small files versus any cheap old SATA/300 drive, let alone SATA SSDs, I'd not even bother.
Also keep in mind that drivers are still undergoing heavy revision and optimization.
Personally, I'd give 'em a wide berth for another 9 months or so.
Thanks for the heads up. Was a drive caddy with a sata/usb 3 interface, or was it a sealed enclosure that came with a drive bundled in?
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Originally Posted by Bollwerk
That compares a 7,200 RPM drive over eSATA vs USB 3.0. You'll hit the limits of the drive long before you actually get to test what USB 3.0 can do. Even a SSD will bottleneck the process, as USB 3.0 can hit ~5Gbps and SSD's are in the 200-300MB/s range (5Gbps = 625MB/s).