OCZ Core 64GB MLC SSD Review.. (Testing in progress..)

[firest4rter]

Just ordered myself a SSD and plan to implement this soon. Question : I my 4 followers from the same WoW dir and my main from a seperate dir. I have never bothered with symlinked data, would I really need to bother with this given I am running 4 from the one dir anyway? I am comfortable with my current dir config so changing it would be a hassle as apposed to just copying my 2 WoW dirs across to the SSD.

[Wide]

Mine should arrive today and i will put the Data folder on my SSD drive and symlink to it from my existing wow folders.

[Otlecs]

I succumbed and bought one of these as well. I took out one of my striped Raptors to make space for it, so I now have a stripeset consisting of two 512GB "normal" disks, a single Raptor and a single 64GB SSD.

I have no idea what the best configuration for this sort of setup is, but I'll find out over the next week or two! I ran some benchmarks on all disks this morning, but ran out of time to actually analyse the results. They should at least nudge me in the right direction though.

[Wide]

Keep us updated

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Just ordered myself a SSD and plan to implement this soon. Question : I my 4 followers from the same WoW dir and my main from a seperate dir. I have never bothered with symlinked data, would I really need to bother with this given I am running 4 from the one dir anyway? I am comfortable with my current dir config so changing it would be a hassle as apposed to just copying my 2 WoW dirs across to the SSD.

Eh.. I wouldn't use the SSD for anything other than hosting the /data folder with symlinks. The write speeds are not as fast as a 7200rpm drive, some people have trouble with multitasking on MLC SSDs (the alternating reads/writes aren't handled very well), and you'll shorten the life of the drive with the writes. The whole purpose of the SSD is to symlink just the /data directory so you get the best of both worlds - blazing fast reads of /data, and standard writes and folder options on a regular hard drive.

[Noids99]

Sounds like there are some hard drive/storage gurus in this thread, so I though I would throw an inquiry into the mix.

I am foolish enough to box from my laptop currently. Performance is great in general, but like you mentioned, Shatt and AV smash my puny 7200rpm mobile drive. An SSD is perfect for fit into a laptop given its durability and low power consumption, but I would still like a conventional drive for storage/OS etc.

In my search for said conventional drive I stumbled upon the new 300MB 10000rpm velociraptors. These area a 2.5" form factor drive intended for use in blade servers or using a 3.5" adaptor for high performance gear. I am wondering if anybody is aware of the reason that these drives are not marketed as notebook options. Looking at the shock ratings, they are similar to drives 12months old that do not have any of the current shock protection/fall sensor technology built in.

If I could have a 10000rpm 300MB drive with a 64GB SSD I could stretch this lappy out for another couple of years I reckon.

Cheers

[Eloxy]

are u running it with windows vista? if not what os are u using and why?`

Im realy concidering getting one of these, thx for a good review!





Eloxy

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Sounds like there are some hard drive/storage gurus in this thread, so I though I would throw an inquiry into the mix.

I am foolish enough to box from my laptop currently. Performance is great in general, but like you mentioned, Shatt and AV smash my puny 7200rpm mobile drive. An SSD is perfect for fit into a laptop given its durability and low power consumption, but I would still like a conventional drive for storage/OS etc.

In my search for said conventional drive I stumbled upon the new 300MB 10000rpm velociraptors. These area a 2.5" form factor drive intended for use in blade servers or using a 3.5" adaptor for high performance gear. I am wondering if anybody is aware of the reason that these drives are not marketed as notebook options. Looking at the shock ratings, they are similar to drives 12months old that do not have any of the current shock protection/fall sensor technology built in.

If I could have a 10000rpm 300MB drive with a 64GB SSD I could stretch this lappy out for another couple of years I reckon.

Cheers

The Velociraptor is physically 2.5", but is housed in a 3.5" heatsink. Removing this heatsink will void the warranty. Also, even though it's 2.5" wide, it's thicker than standard laptop hard drives, so that's why it's not marketed as a laptop drive.

are u running it with windows vista? if not what os are u using and why?`
Im realy concidering getting one of these, thx for a good review!

XP.. but others have PM'd me using Vista and loving it.

[noir]

Has anyone put these into their laptops? Is it the standard 2.5" laptop mount?

[Eloxy]

XP.. but others have PM'd me using Vista and loving it.

thats the nail in the coffin for me.. im ordering one right now. And a new graphic card while im at it.

Ty for answer m8.



Eloxy