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OCZ Vertex 30GB SSD $83 AR/AC at Newegg

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Newegg has the OCZ Vertex 30GB SSD for $128 - $25 coupon (EMCLPMX37) - $20 rebate = $83 shipped.

After Anand's recent article, I'm really thinking about picking one of these up, especially with this kind of deal going on. It's basically the second best SSD, behind Intel's, and arguably the best value. :thumbsup:
 
So I basically get one of these and install Windows 7 (I dont think I would be able to fit 7 and XP right?) and install all my apps on the regular drives and I should still get a nice boost in performance correct?
 
... and for $13 more than 2x30GB you can have the 60Gig Vertex without having to mess around with RAID.
 
Originally posted by: gucio69
... and for $13 more than 2x30GB you can have the 60Gig Vertex without having to mess around with RAID.
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Ya.. but the RAID would be WAY faster -- besides, it is not very hard anymore.
 
Originally posted by: shaolin95
So I basically get one of these and install Windows 7 (I dont think I would be able to fit 7 and XP right?)
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I don't know about Windows 7, but I just installed a copy of Vista Ultimate on a new build and the OS alone chewed up 25G of disc space (that includes all the saved updates). After installing the essential software (firewall, AV, FireFox, backup utilities, etc.), I have 31G less disc space. That's before any productivity software installation.
 
Originally posted by: txlonghorn
Originally posted by: shaolin95
So I basically get one of these and install Windows 7 (I dont think I would be able to fit 7 and XP right?)
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I don't know about Windows 7, but I just installed a copy of Vista Ultimate on a new build and the OS alone chewed up 25G of disc space (that includes all the saved updates). After installing the essential software (firewall, AV, FireFox, backup utilities, etc.), I have 31G less disc space. That's before any productivity software installation.
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Hmmm, I'm using a clean install of Win 7 Ultimate beta on an old 20 gig drive for my HTPC computer. I have a couple browsers, music/video players, and some essential utilities/drivers and I'm running just over 11 gigs.

I think you could run a pretty lean XP and Win7 boot drive with some decent wiggle room on a 30 if you wanted (provided you had a data drive to install any hogs on.)
 
Thanks for the nice deal. I'm eager to try the Vertex with Windows 7b, and this is a cheap way to do it. And it'll be a nice upgrade for the wife's PC when I'm finished.
 
Originally posted by: txlonghorn
Originally posted by: shaolin95
So I basically get one of these and install Windows 7 (I dont think I would be able to fit 7 and XP right?)
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I don't know about Windows 7, but I just installed a copy of Vista Ultimate on a new build and the OS alone chewed up 25G of disc space (that includes all the saved updates). After installing the essential software (firewall, AV, FireFox, backup utilities, etc.), I have 31G less disc space. That's before any productivity software installation.
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vlite?
 
Great price OP but IMHO, it still looses in performance/$ compared to raptors in a raid array.

Windows plus the essentials as listed above plus even a single one of the games I'm playing right now is appreciably more than 30gb. I'd need at least a pair of these in raid 0 so now we're at the cost of a pair of 74gb raptors. Mirror those raptors and you have a bit more storage space with almost as good seek times, quite possibly a higher sustainable transfer rate and not just will they last longer but if one of them dies your data is just fine and your system will keep right on chugging until you replace it as opposed to the SSD array where if one fails all of the data is gone and your system won't work until it's fixed.

Anyways, I didn't mean to thread, sorry if it's coming off that way. It's still an excellent price I just feel that a lot of people might be better off with a mirrored raptor array.
 
Originally posted by: Kwint Sommer
Great price OP but IMHO, it still looses in performance/$ compared to raptors in a raid array.

Windows plus the essentials as listed above plus even a single one of the games I'm playing right now is appreciably more than 30gb. I'd need at least a pair of these in raid 0 so now we're at the cost of a pair of 74gb raptors. Mirror those raptors and you have a bit more storage space with almost as good seek times, quite possibly a higher sustainable transfer rate and not just will they last longer but if one of them dies your data is just fine and your system will keep right on chugging until you replace it as opposed to the SSD array where if one fails all of the data is gone and your system won't work until it's fixed.

Anyways, I didn't mean to thread, sorry if it's coming off that way. It's still an excellent price I just feel that a lot of people might be better off with a mirrored raptor array.
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I agree with you that SSDs might not be for everyone but I think you're wrong about the performance delta between 2xVertexs in RAID 0 vs 2x74GB Raptors in RAID 1. Here is just one example of the difference and this test was done with the Raptors in RAID 0 so the RAID 1 setup would be even slower. Access times for SSDs are ~.15ms vs ~6.8ms for Raptors. That's an order of magnitude slower. Random reads would be significantly faster on the SSD array and random writes would also be faster.

While the risk of data loss is still greater with a RAID 0 array, SSDs aren't subject to the same mechanical failures as spindle drives so it doesn't carry the same risk as once held true.

Like you stated, the cost of entry is somewhat prohibitive, but the performance is not even close.

Sorry for the OT, price on the drive is excellent and its too bad OCZ doesn't allow more than one rebate per household.
 
The question is: what's coming down the pipe? I'm assuming more deals are bound to be had, and I'm not exactly in any hurry.
 
Originally posted by: Jumpem
Too small. I think 60GB would be the bare minimum for an OS & app drive.
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On my HDD (rounded):

Windows XP 3GB
World of Warcraft 13GB
Steam 28GB
Call of Duty 4 7GB
Call of Duty: World at War 7GB

I'm already at 58GB not including the rest of what I have on my HDD.
 
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