18-03-08, 11:10 PM | #1 |
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This is what I was on about at the pub tonight:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...atid=14&subcat= Superfast boot times! |
18-03-08, 11:17 PM | #2 |
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yeah solid state hdd which is what we thought you were on about. limited to a max number of writes before it breaks itself.
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18-03-08, 11:18 PM | #3 |
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After which it would make one lovely coaster
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18-03-08, 11:31 PM | #4 |
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For more info.
Bit over priced at the moment. You could probably get just as good read write times from a decent raid array which would also most likely be cheaper and give you more storage capacity.
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It's a hell of a lot of money for 64GB that's dog-slow on writes.
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Fair point. Apart from some very nishe applications I dont think it represents value for money. Yes it would make games load quicker, but then I have 4gb of Ram and a raid 0 array so it isnt going to make that much difference to my machine. For ?500 there are plenty of other things I would rather buy.
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You lot are such geeks!!!
I do all my component shopping there as well. |
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...of solid state drives being rather pricey for what they do...
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But at home? Just to "make games load quicker"? Honestly, it's nothing but a gadget and, as you say, there are far more interesting things to spend the thick end of 600 quid on. ******, for one. You can get a very pleasant hour or two for 600 quid and after that you won't care how quickly games load.
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Hmm. Seems the profanity-filter isn't too keen on practitioners of the world's oldest profession. But you get the drift, I'm sure.
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Can't beat the access times with solid state.
Flash storage is old hat though. RAM discs are where it's at! |
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