Recent content by Salahuddin

Compete in what regard exactly? Read speeds are about the same, maybe slightly faster with the Crucial, but not by much. Write speeds on the Crucial, however, are apparently much slower.

I recently placed an order for a PNY XLR8 240GB SSD which seems like a fairly standard SandForce SF-2281 drive. This is the regular, not the PRO version. However, I noticed the Crucial MX100 256GB drive was about the same price and I was wondering if I should switch it. Seems like there is a...

This review shows higher scores in both ATTO and AS SSD: http://www.thinkcomputers.org/mushkin-chronos-deluxe-240gb-solid-state-drive-review/ This review is of the the 120GB Chronos Deluxe and it does better in ATTO and about the same in AS SSD...

Just to provide some clarification to lenasmith rather than to debate, the SSD guides I have read has mentioned the opposite for both. I think this is the blog that was being referred to regarding the pagefile...

I just mentioned those optimizations as they are recommended on most SSD guides I have read. I wanted to clarify in case it was suggested to improve the benchmarks. In my case: 2. I never use system restore anyways because I don't find it useful. 3. I personally saw a big difference with...

I have 5.04 which is the latest I see on their site.

Thanks for the welcome! It is very much appreciated. By what you said, do you suggest I go back to the Microsoft AHCI drivers?

Hello, Just recently built the PC below. Ran a few benchmarks on my new SSD. I seem to be getting a bit lower scores than in reviews of the drive. Do these look accurate for my system? If not, any suggestions? I'm running Windows 7 x64 and have about 30GB of the drive used. I've done the...