Solid State Drive

[robot_deodorant]

I’ve heard nothing but bad things about these. They die quickly after use (even if you don’t use it much, and even the newer models).

Out of six friends of mine that have owned SSD drives, all six have had problems within a year (some within months) that required them to return the product. I would give the technology at least another five years, personally. I hope yours works out… SSD drives do seem promising.

[King_Kaddo]

I guess your friends are wannabe computer nerds with too much money then.

[The_Laughing_Man]

Ok, quite necroposting here but hey, better then opening a new and useless topic right?
right…?

Anyway, I recently started to have interest in SSD but “teh internetz” is quite confusing on this topic.

I’ve heard the most different opinions on them such as:

-they die in 1 year becouse they cannot reciclye space properly
-they will randomly lose data
-they are not so fast, just about 2 times faster, not the 10x faster sponsored, so it’s better to buy a Raptor 10.000rpm
-the TRIM technology solve all the problem, SSD with TRIM technology will work “forever” like a normal HDD
-the TRIM does not solve the problem because the NAND flash memory cannot be ovewritten and in not much time the SSD will be incapable of writing anything and it will also slow down a lot.

Can someone light me up and guide me throu this mess? :fffuuu:
Thaks, you time is appreciated

[rebmcr]

They do have maximum write cycles, but a good TRIM-supporting drive and OS will last until it’s more or less obsolete.

Their speed advantage varies depending on what you’re doing with them. They’re really good at making your PC feel quick.

I have an Intel X25-M, they’re slightly more ‘premium’, but I haven’t had experience of others, so I’ll recommend that one - it’s good.

[The_Laughing_Man]

@rebmcr

They do have maximum write cycles, but a good TRIM-supporting drive and OS will last until it’s more or less obsolete.

Their speed advantage varies depending on what you’re doing with them. They’re really good at making your PC feel quick.

I have an Intel X25-M, they’re slightly more ‘premium’, but I haven’t had experience of others, so I’ll recommend that one - it’s good.

Windows 7 does support it by default right?
another question, will i have notable improvements installing the OS on a SSD and keeping data and programs on HDD or to see real differences i have to port everything on SSD? or maybe pure data on HDD and programs and SO on SSD?

For instance: I do video editing, and i’ll have to work with HD videos (to clarify, videos made by Canon 7D) and i use Sony Vegas Pro.
Can i install SO and Vegas on SSD and keep the material (the videos) on HDD or i have to put everything on SSD to actually speed up things?

Thanks for the answere

[robot_deodorant]

If you have a good motherboard and decent components in your system then an SSD drive can really speed up operation by removing (actually, reducing) an age-old bottleneck in PC systems.

EDIT: :ninja: 'd