SSD: Huge improvement

**Shinobi** · 08-25-11, 10:11 AM

Originally Posted by DJ Mr. White

Actually, the OCZ vertex 3's are only $200 on Newegg right now.

Oh wow, they've gotten a lot cheaper since I last checked. Last time I looked, Max IOPS was at $290-$300.

**SapiensErus** · 08-25-11, 10:17 AM

Yeah if you keep an eye on Newegg and the email flyers you will see some of the highly rated 60Gb SSD's drop down to as low as 75 bucks with deals and a mail in rebate. I bought two Corsair Nova II's and put them in RAID0... so much faster than 4 HDDs in RAID0

**Shinobi** · 08-25-11, 10:19 AM

Originally Posted by SoySoldier

Yeah if you keep an eye on Newegg and the email flyers you will see some of the highly rated 60Gb SSD's drop down to as low as 75 bucks with deals and a mail in rebate. I bought two Corsair Nova II's and put them in RAID0... so much faster than 4 HDDs in RAID0

What about TRIM support?

**SapiensErus** · 08-25-11, 10:36 AM

Originally Posted by Shinobi

What about TRIM support?

Yeah they support TRIM... I have no idea what not using TRIM is like.

**Shinobi** · 08-25-11, 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by SoySoldier

Yeah they support TRIM... I have no idea what not using TRIM is like.

Oh I meant in RAID, usually the case is with RAID 0 or just Raids, the SSDs lose TRIM support.

**SapiensErus** · 08-25-11, 11:09 AM

Originally Posted by Shinobi

Oh I meant in RAID, usually the case is with RAID 0 or just Raids, the SSDs lose TRIM support.

I am assuming .. I bought them because they also said: "RAID support" on the details, and I am using a hardware RAID controller ...

I have not been noticing a slow down yet, but that rig also does nothing but game ... It has almost no software on it besides Steam, Origin and some games... so the 120GB of disk space is only 1/2 full or so.