Solid State Drives

[LAURENU2]

#1 Are all Solid State Drives capable of booting up your OS?

#2 Can we install a OS on them just like a disk drive?

#3 Are some Solid State Drives better then others?

[LAURENU2]

What are the MLC & SLC Architectures for ?
Is one better then the other ?
Are they both Bootable ?
:Pokes::evil::Pokes:

[Digital Parasite]

What are the MLC & SLC Architectures for ?
Is one better then the other ?
Are they both Bootable ?
:Pokes::evil::Pokes:

They are all bootable, you can use them as an HD replacement so yes install an OS on them.

There is a *huge* difference in SSD drives, the big difference is the hardware controller in the SSD. The Intel SSD drives are highly coveted since they are fast and reliable.

SLC is single layer flash while MLC is multi-layer. The SLC drives are much faster but also more expensive.

Here is a review of some of the "cheaper" ones that might be good:
http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3773

Here is a state of the SSD situation:
http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3747

[LAURENU2]

good info
Hi Ho hi ho off to Fry's I go :moto:

[enderak]

I put one of the Intel Generation 2's in a system a few months ago, and it is lightning-fast. Boots into Windows literally in a fraction of the time as a traditional hard drive. I think the last time I was impressed with that type of speed increase was moving from a 486sx/25 to a PII/233. :)

I'll still use regular hard drives (usually WD Velociraptors) in everyday workstations until the prices drop, but next time I build a top-of-the-line machine, I'll definately go with a SSD again. Those in the know say that Intel SSD's are the way to go at the moment, but I think the Western Digital SiliconEdge Blue looks good as well. I've always had good experiences with WD hard drives.

[LAURENU2]

Boy These are feather light :jabber:

[Shish]

I put one of the Intel Generation 2's in a system a few months ago, and it is lightning-fast. Boots into Windows literally in a fraction of the time as a traditional hard drive. I think the last time I was impressed with that type of speed increase was moving from a 486sx/25 to a PII/233. :)

I'll still use regular hard drives (usually WD Velociraptors) in everyday workstations until the prices drop, but next time I build a top-of-the-line machine, I'll definately go with a SSD again. Those in the know say that Intel SSD's are the way to go at the moment, but I think the Western Digital SiliconEdge Blue looks good as well. I've always had good experiences with WD hard drives.

H'mmm. I've just had 2 internal and 1 external fail this year. I like WD normally. 2 that failed were internal and 3 years old (not long out of warranty) and one 640Gb external which they've just replaced with a 1Tb.
Prices in UK for Solids are still a bit high for me now but our new laptops have been spec'd with them (Intel Gen 2with TRIM). I'm just trying to persuade the moneystrings guy I NEED one ;) REALLY.

[Digital Parasite]

The next-gen SSD drives should be out by the end of 2010 using the smaller flash ram process so prices should drop big time at that point or at least you will get double the storage space for a similar price now.

Jeff.

[LAURENU2]

They are Fast 5 sec from bios screen to Window screen :thumbs:
:train:

[Digital Parasite]

They are Fast 5 sec from bios screen to Window screen :thumbs:
:train:

They should also use less power and generate less heat but with all your other kit, I'm not sure if you would even notice. ;)

[LAURENU2]

I was going to use it in My New PC I am finally going to
Upgrade mine from the Old AMD 3200 to a new i7-930 Processor :guntotin: