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zeropointbug · 05.27.2010, 01:39 PM

Yeah, the latest SSD's are extremely fast, they really do live up to their reputation and ratings. My friend has one, a cheaper one, Kingston SSD NOW 60GB IIRC, one of the slowest, but damn, leaves a HDD in the dust.

I can't remember for the life of me, the firmware type, some acronym... anyways, it reads and writes in an intelligent way that drastically increases useful cycles available from the device.

Personally I would wait another year or two before jumping in, they are getting better at such a fast pace right now, by the time it arrived at your door beign shipped, a new one will be available that is faster, last longer, and less expensive.

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zeropointbug Z-Pinch racer Offline Posts: 3,141 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: SK, Canada	05.27.2010, 01:39 PM Yeah, the latest SSD's are extremely fast, they really do live up to their reputation and ratings. My friend has one, a cheaper one, Kingston SSD NOW 60GB IIRC, one of the slowest, but damn, leaves a HDD in the dust. I can't remember for the life of me, the firmware type, some acronym... anyways, it reads and writes in an intelligent way that drastically increases useful cycles available from the device. Personally I would wait another year or two before jumping in, they are getting better at such a fast pace right now, by the time it arrived at your door beign shipped, a new one will be available that is faster, last longer, and less expensive. “The modern astrophysical concept that ascribes the sun’s energy to thermonuclear reactions deep in the solar interior is contradicted by nearly every observable aspect of the sun.” —Ralph E. Juergens