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I can get 2 120GB Force 3s for less than the cost of a single 240GB. Is it worth getting the 2 drives and sticking them in RAID 0 or should I just go for the larger drive?
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# ¿ Dec 23, 2011 03:30 |
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# ¿ Mar 29, 2024 15:15 |
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I've got an Intel controller and I can handle backups, but I'm not doing anything massively intensive. The price difference is 40 GBP, £285 for the 240 vs. £245 for the 2 120s
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# ¿ Dec 23, 2011 04:30 |
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Are 512GB drives faster still, or is there a plateau by then?
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# ¿ Aug 26, 2012 17:09 |
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Alereon posted:Performance drops back down again at the 480/512GB mark for most drives, which is why 240/256GB drives in RAID0 can be a compelling option, especially given their lower cost/GB and official TRIM support for RAID0 on Intel platforms (if you can tolerate the obvious risk of data loss). Oh, is RAID0 with TRIM available now? Last time I checked was back in the spring and it still wasn't out EDIT: Hmm, seems like it only works on Panther Point chipsets. Shame TomWaitsForNoMan fucked around with this message at 17:39 on Aug 26, 2012 |
# ¿ Aug 26, 2012 17:30 |
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I know that 512GB drives are slower than 256GB drives, but are they noticeably so? If I'm using my SSD for standard OS stuff along with gaming, will I notice a difference in real world use? EDIT: more specifically I'm comparing the M4 256GB with either the M4 or the 830 512GB. I checked the benchmark comparison tool on Anandtech but I have no idea which measures are most reflective of real-world usage and which are more abstract TomWaitsForNoMan fucked around with this message at 06:19 on Oct 16, 2012 |
# ¿ Oct 16, 2012 05:54 |
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What's the best drive to go for with a system that lacks TRIM? I'm hearing conflicting things from the last couple of pages so maybe I'm just being stupid: is it a Sandforce drive like the Intel or would a Samsung 840 pro/850 pro work better? Do Samsung controllers have onboard garbage collection like Sandforce does? Is that even an important factor? Lets assume for the sake of argument that I'm absolutely rolling in cash. EDITed to flesh out the question a bit TomWaitsForNoMan fucked around with this message at 11:17 on Jul 22, 2014 |
# ¿ Jul 22, 2014 11:12 |
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# ¿ Mar 29, 2024 15:15 |
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Factory Factory posted:The 840 Pro is not a particularly good drive to run without TRIM, but the 850 Pro is. Sandforce drives are also excellent choices for TRIM-less operation and are significantly cheaper than the 850 Pro. Either way, you want to overprovision the drive - as in, leave 20% of it unpartitioned (so e.g. make a 200 GB partition on a 240 GB drive). Thanks. I'm not actually looking to buy and I'm def not gonna ever buy an enterprise drive. I was just curious because I was confused about what the situation was these days.
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# ¿ Jul 22, 2014 12:11 |