(Storage) SSD Discussion Thread

[t258jgn]

OCZ AGILITY 3 AGT3-25SAT3-120G 120GB SATAIII 2.5" SSD lai liao in SG

 

[BoyNike]

i got too excited and went to post office, only to be told collect next day. LOL. wasted trip!

haha i think i can only collect on sat.. post office operating hours are just too short.

 

[seeyourhead_jiejie]

haha i think i can only collect on sat.. post office operating hours are just too short.

how come must self collect ?

registered post but no 1 at home ?

 

[BoyNike]

how come must self collect ?

registered post but no 1 at home ?

Yap no one is at home when the postman came. So self collect @ post office

 

[danxiaogui86]

check with u guys. clone ssd to ssd will impact performance? will clean install be better?

 

[danxiaogui86]

haha i think i can only collect on sat.. post office operating hours are just too short.

930am to 930pm leh!

 

[BoyNike]

930am to 930pm leh!

Nearest post office @ tanjong pagar only 9 to 5 pm.

 

[Tucksoon]

check with u guys. clone ssd to ssd will impact performance? will clean install be better?

I'm no expert but I assume clean install is always better

 

[RazerDA]

guys...120gb in actual will be around 112gb right..

by the way which secure erase software you guys recommend?

 

[CaboWabo]

Yes i recieve it too.

you guys receive your letter so soon? oh man my eta is like 7 june wth

 

[danxiaogui86]

you guys receive your letter so soon? oh man my eta is like 7 june wth

mine also 7 june but i received already.

 

[CaboWabo]

mine also 7 june but i received already.

sucks to me, so you missed the singpost guy thn they left a letter at your door ?

 

[danxiaogui86]

sucks to me, so you missed the singpost guy thn they left a letter at your door ?

yup ^^ ran off with my package. i saw the note so happy bath and went post office without reading.. queue there end up told me only can collect next working day as stated on the paper.

 

[BoyNike]

Read this from a forum

Its all this necssary?

http://forums.pureoverclock.com/showthread.php?t=8925

 

[arsenic60]

Read this from a forum

Its all this necssary?

http://forums.pureoverclock.com/showthread.php?t=8925

WOW, so much trouble in formatting a SSD ? I thought it works like any SATA harddisk.

 

[adrianlee]

OCZ Agility 3 240GB Review @Storagereview

The OCZ Agility 3 fills the mid-range gap of OCZ's SSD lineup; but don't let "mid-range" or "mainstream" fool you. The Agility 3 uses a SATA 6Gb/s interface and the SandForce SF-2281 processor to drive 525MB/s read speeds, 500MB/s writes and 45,000 4KB random write IOPS - those are just a hair under the Vertex 3 specs. OCZ offers the Agility 3 in three capacity points, 60GB, 120GB and 240GB - all leveraging Intel/Micron 25nm NAND.

http://www.storagereview.com/ocz_agility_3_review_240gb

 

[xtreme84]

WOW, so much trouble in formatting a SSD ? I thought it works like any SATA harddisk.

Actually not all the steps are necessary. An SSD is actually more hardy than we think. For me, I just did a secure erase prior to installing Windows 7 on it. My motherboard doesn't support AHCI, if yours does, be sure to change the settings in BIOS to AHCI before installing Windows. Then after installation, disable Superfetch and Disk Defragmenter and you're good to go.

I turned off Hibernation and System Protection because I don't use them.

 

[arsenic60]

Actually not all the steps are necessary. An SSD is actually more hardy than we think. For me, I just did a secure erase prior to installing Windows 7 on it. My motherboard doesn't support AHCI, if yours does, be sure to change the settings in BIOS to AHCI before installing Windows. Then after installation, disable Superfetch and Disk Defragmenter and you're good to go.

I turned off Hibernation and System Protection because I don't use them.

Just confused. Hope you can enlighten, thanks !! When I change the settings in BIOS to AHCI before installing Windows. Then after installation, disable Superfetch and Disk Defragmenter and you're good to go., will these affect the other SATA harddisks in used? Thanks !!

 

[xtreme84]

Just confused. Hope you can enlighten, thanks !! When I change the settings in BIOS to AHCI before installing Windows. Then after installation, disable Superfetch and Disk Defragmenter and you're good to go., will these affect the other SATA harddisks in used? Thanks !!

For the AHCI, I believe it doesn't make any difference to non-OS drives, but maybe someone else can share if it does.

SuperFetch is a Microsoft computer technology that pre-loads software into memory to reduce their load times

Hence, if your programs are all installed on the SSD, you can just disable this and it will not affect your non-OS drive since there are no programs on your non-OS drive.

As for Disk Defragmenter, you can select which drives to disable it on. In this case, just disable on the SSD will do.

 

[weap0nx]

One should note that many SSDs are not playing nicely with Intel Series 6 motherboards, P67 included.

So far read that C300, M4, Vertex 3 all have issues.
There is a manual fix but we should be watching for a manufacturer's permanent patch.

It appears quite obvious that Intel is dragging their feet on this even though they have a part in who's to blame. FYI, Intel has their own SSDs and this is actually beneficial for them in the short run.