ssd cons

[MacJunky]

Originally Posted by mkultra

you don'tneed 8GB+ for a SSD, 4-6GB will be enough for getting rid of the pagfile

Perhaps, but some things do use lots of RAM and I would rather he be safe than come back here bitching to me about how his 4GB of RAM is getting maxed and shit is all going to hell.

[AkG]

Scale back on the speed of the Ram and get 8gb. Pickup some cheap'ish G.Skill ripjaws (and step down a speed leve like say 1333 instead of 1600). The real world performance dif on Ram speed is minimal, like a couple percent at MOST. The costs savings will help defray the cost of your SSD. OR Drop a small WD HDD in as a data drive and move your virtual mem file to that drive....and your internet browser temp file as well to it. For best results...do BOTH :)

If you dont plan on getting Win 7 dont get a SF based SSD. They NEED trim to stay fast. Go with an older one like the Indilinx based ones, or get a Intel SSD and setup the SSD toolbox to do manual trims once a week.

[mkultra]

if he maxes 4gb with his programs, ssd or not he needs more ram, that's a whole different topic.

also i've had a 30gb vertex 1 full @ 98% for like 2 years and it's still going stron, there's a lot of gossip about ssds, a desktop plaform will hardly make life miserable for a SSD. Server duty is a whole other level.

[MacJunky]

Originally Posted by AkG

OR Drop a small WD HDD in as a data drive and move your virtual mem file to that drive....and your internet browser temp file as well to it. For best results...do BOTH :)

I would get a nice big WDC black as a data drive, but other than that I agree.

[Zero82z]

SSD cons:

1. They cost an arm and a leg compared to HDs.
2. They provide very little real-world performance benefit outside of boot and login times.

If I were you, I wouldn't get an SSD. It's not worth it.

-An SSD owner

[CTA]

thats too much information... thanks tho.. ;p

i will tell you for be more specific...

corsair hx1000
gigabyte ga x58 ud9 ( buy combo with i7 930 but will sell i7 930 to get i7 950)
intel core i7 950

mushkin blackline ddr3-1600 6gb 3x2gb - 163
g.skill ripjaws ddr3-1600 6gb 3x2gb for 157 <akg

for os...
vertex 2 100 gb? maybe 120gb? that handle os softwares and two or three games...

for storage
samsung f3 1tb (reliability?) for $80 or f4 2tb (preformance?) for 130
wd black 1tb for $86 (maybe 2tb for 162)


zero... are you serious about small real-world preformance...? what kind of ssd do you have?

[CTA]

ok i research on os size... i decide vertex 60gb for reasonable price and size... and order today for about 125 (with mir and rebate)...

thank you for your helps... really appreciated...

btw i ordered g.skill ripjaws 2x4gb too...

[encorp]

Can't you just set your page file to an HDD you've got? That's what I plan on doing. Although I have plenty of ram, the page file IS nice to have in case of a bad install etc.

[fishingfanatic]

If I'm not mistaken, you have a mobo that uses tri channel memory yet ordered dual channel. See if you can change your order to triple channel.

The 1156 platform uses dual channel, while the 1366 platform uses triple, better, faster, stronger,....hahaha. Anyone old enough to remember the 6 million $ man. Nowadays I refer to that show as the 6$ Dude.

Good luck.

[Zero82z]

Originally Posted by fishingfanatic

If I'm not mistaken, you have a mobo that uses tri channel memory yet ordered dual channel. See if you can change your order to triple channel.

The 1156 platform uses dual channel, while the 1366 platform uses triple, better, faster, stronger,....hahaha. Anyone old enough to remember the 6 million $ man. Nowadays I refer to that show as the 6$ Dude.

Good luck.

What are you talking about? Both of the RAM kits he mentioned are triple-channel.