SSD Intel X25-V 40GB

[Eniledahs]

I just bought the same intel X25-V 40GB SSD.

I've heard they "burn up".. ive been playing wow intensively for a few hours now.. and very cool to the touch. I wonder why people say they "burn up" when I haven't even felt any heat from top or bottom of the SSD?

Beyond that question.. SSD rocks! I thought I needed 2 copies of WoW folder into my SSD, but found I could just get away with copying my accont folders from both world of warcraft directories from my Hard drive to my SSD wow folder. Now I can use 2 accounts on one folder, instead of me thinking I was going to have to find a way to crame 17gigs times 2 (34 gigs) into 38 gigs of the SSD. It can be done, but ive read also that the more the SSD holds the slower it gets.

So, now my system really rocks!

For dual boxing... maybe even more?

OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
Version 6.1.7600 Build 7600
System Manufacturer INTEL_
System Model DX58SO__
System Type x64-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz, 2661 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Intel Corp. SOX5810J.86A.4196.2009.0715.1958, 7/15/2009
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 6.00 GB
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT (2 of these in SLI)
Antec nine hundred two tower case w/ extra fans
Logitech G5 mouse
Surround sound (logitech X-540)
(2) Flatron LG W2361VG gloss black monitors (23")
Intel X25-V SATA SSD 40g <---(world of warcraft only)

With my system, the wait time for load up is non-existant.. I don't see any reason to use SSD for a windows 7 boot drive. I mean, the wait time of 15 seconds is non-existant for boot up.. But for the game 15 seconds is everything! So SSD being Instant is awesome! And if it fails.. I go buy another.. no worries.

I do other things with this machine.. Make Music (Sonar Producer 8.5), Make Videos (Studio Pinnacle Ultimate collection 14) .. thinking of getting Adobe After effects CS5.. but not sure yet. Among other things.. So the power is not just for Gaming :O.... and I'm sure there is even more power than just my little system out there. My system just touches the surface of what is really out there... I really need more ram for video editing.. probally around 16gb would be nice..

Anyhow.. So.. Can I Five box on 1 SSD on my system? Or should I try to get more SSDs?

suggestions?

[kate]

I just bought the same intel X25-V 40GB SSD.

I've heard they "burn up".. ive been playing wow intensively for a few hours now.. and very cool to the touch. I wonder why people say they "burn up" when I haven't even felt any heat from top or bottom of the SSD?

Beyond that question.. SSD rocks! I thought I needed 2 copies of WoW folder into my SSD, but found I could just get away with copying my accont folders from both world of warcraft directories from my Hard drive to my SSD wow folder. Now I can use 2 accounts on one folder, instead of me thinking I was going to have to find a way to crame 17gigs times 2 (34 gigs) into 38 gigs of the SSD. It can be done, but ive read also that the more the SSD holds the slower it gets.

So, now my system really rocks!

For dual boxing... maybe even more?

OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
Version 6.1.7600 Build 7600
System Manufacturer INTEL_
System Model DX58SO__
System Type x64-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz, 2661 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Intel Corp. SOX5810J.86A.4196.2009.0715.1958, 7/15/2009
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 6.00 GB
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT (2 of these in SLI)
Antec nine hundred two tower case w/ extra fans
Logitech G5 mouse
Surround sound (logitech X-540)
(2) Flatron LG W2361VG gloss black monitors (23")
Intel X25-V SATA SSD 40g <---(world of warcraft only)

With my system, the wait time for load up is non-existant.. I don't see any reason to use SSD for a windows 7 boot drive. I mean, the wait time of 15 seconds is non-existant for boot up.. But for the game 15 seconds is everything! So SSD being Instant is awesome! And if it fails.. I go buy another.. no worries.

I do other things with this machine.. Make Music (Sonar Producer 8.5), Make Videos (Studio Pinnacle Ultimate collection 14) .. thinking of getting Adobe After effects CS5.. but not sure yet. Among other things.. So the power is not just for Gaming :O.... and I'm sure there is even more power than just my little system out there. My system just touches the surface of what is really out there... I really need more ram for video editing.. probally around 16gb would be nice..

Anyhow.. So.. Can I Five box on 1 SSD on my system? Or should I try to get more SSDs?

suggestions?

More SSDs for what? You can 5 box off of one install of wow, that's what I do. If you were to upgrade, I'd suggest a better (single, maybe) video card. Our systems are very close, spec-wise, except I have 2gb more RAM and an ATI 5850 video card. I have have 5 instances running and get a steady 60fps (45-50 in Dalaran) with High graphics settings (as long as I turn shadows all the way down - that KILLS performance).

[Eniledahs]

More SSDs for what? You can 5 box off of one install of wow, that's what I do. If you were to upgrade, I'd suggest a better (single, maybe) video card. Our systems are very close, spec-wise, except I have 2gb more RAM and an ATI 5850 video card. I have have 5 instances running and get a steady 60fps (45-50 in Dalaran) with High graphics settings (as long as I turn shadows all the way down - that KILLS performance).

So, the ATI 5850 video card supports 2 displays and would out perform the 9800 GT nividas (dual SLI card setup) ?

Although going to a single card has been on my mind... Cause I would believe it would not create so much heat as 2 cards.

Does your ATI ever cause crashes? my Nvidia 9800gt cards caused all kinds of crashing in SLI mode. Not lately, but if they get really hot.. crash ccrash cccccrash..

[DLoweinc]

So, the ATI 5850 video card supports 2 displays and would out perform the 9800 GT nividas (dual SLI card setup) ?

Although going to a single card has been on my mind... Cause I would believe it would not create so much heat as 2 cards.

Does your ATI ever cause crashes? my Nvidia 9800gt cards caused all kinds of crashing in SLI mode. Not lately, but if they get really hot.. crash ccrash cccccrash..

It's no problem if you use an ATI card on an Nvidia (chipset) motherboard. While I don't have an AMD 5850 (I have a 4890), I use the newest drivers and they have been very solid for me.

Any time a video card starts to overheat it will cause issues within your software. That's why when people overclock their stuff they know they've gone too far when it causes lockups, hangs, or blue screens of death.

[kate]

So, the ATI 5850 video card supports 2 displays and would out perform the 9800 GT nividas (dual SLI card setup) ?

Although going to a single card has been on my mind... Cause I would believe it would not create so much heat as 2 cards.

Does your ATI ever cause crashes? my Nvidia 9800gt cards caused all kinds of crashing in SLI mode. Not lately, but if they get really hot.. crash ccrash cccccrash..

The ATI supports 2 - I've got 2 monitors running at different resolutions (1920x1200 and 1280x1024) and I haven't had a crash yet. Not sure about more powerful - I don't know much about what the benchmarks mean, but with my system that is otherwise fairly similar to yours I'm able to run 5 instances, get 60fps (except in Dal sometimes when it's a bit crowded) on the primary, and run them at High quality with shadows turned down and it's smooth as silk.

If you're concerned about switching to ATI, you should be able to find a pretty decent single NVIDIA card that will outperform the 9800GT, and I imagine that improvements to manufacturing will allow you to draw down less power to get higher performance and less heat. I am *not* a good hardware person though, so I might be missing something

[Xar]

I just bought the same intel X25-V 40GB SSD.

I've heard they "burn up".. ive been playing wow intensively for a few hours now.. and very cool to the touch. I wonder why people say they "burn up" when I haven't even felt any heat from top or bottom of the SSD?

I bet "burn up" was meant more along the lines of "wear out" and not really as in heat (unless they had a bad one) . SSD's have limited # of writes on each cell before they fail compared to hard drive magnetic surface wearing out.

I just got an OCZ Agility 2 SSD this past weekend and installed w7 and Wow with about 16g left which I'm going to keep open so windows can shift writes across it. With only having 4gb of system memory now (had 8gb before) five wow's run better than they ever have on the SSD. Once in a while there's a little stutter in Dal but it's very short and /follow out in Northrend is a hell of a lot better than before.

[HomoDoctus]

I added the ocz agility 2 60GB a few weeks ago along with a q9300. This is an upgrade from an e7200 and a traditional 7200rpm drive. I only 3 box and I was averaging 30-50 fps (15 in dal). Now i'm getting 100-150 fps. I run one 32" lcd at 1080p and have two slave PiPs in the top corner (all running max settings). I have to say the ssd was the best purchase I've made in a long time and I highly recommend this drive.

[3box]

Anyone try putting their wow folder and OS on 1 ssd, versus wow by itself on it? Wondering if the performance hit is slight, or very noticable.

[dozigden]

I've been trying to decide on whether to go for 1 or 2 of the X25-V 40GB. Reading the linked anandtech piece about RAIDing them only the big sequential reads show the speed benefit, the random read tests barely show any improvement over a single drive. I'm struggling to imagine 5 WoW clients giving the drive a chance to do many big sequential reads (except maybe on actual load screens) - I would think the read pattern is going to be pretty random, so I'm not convinced how much improvement RAIDing would be for multiboxing.