SSD > Raptor?

[GTaudiophile]

What, if any, of the current crop of SSDs are faster than a Raptor/Velociraptor HDD?

(Faster in terms of load times, gaming, PhotoShop apps, write times, etc.)

If not, when are SSDs anticipated to be faster than such?

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Have you considered a SCSI or SAS setup?

 

[exar333]

The Intel line of SLCs and MLC's are extremely fast, but you pay $$$ for them. I don't have a link, but IIRC they are releasing more SKU's this year and with GB's. This should bring the price down of their existing SSD's.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Well, my thinking is why buy a Raptor now if in about a year I can buy a faster, cooler, quieter SSD with equal or more (150 GB) capacity?

Is my logic right or wrong?

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Solid!

 

[coolVariable]

Maybe we will even see better SSDs by mid year (e.g. the NEW Samsung drives could be awesome).

 

[taltamir]

the intel X25-M and X25-E are the only SSDs on the market faster than a velociraptor.

there titan is sometimes faster, but has stuttering on other times, making it inconsistent.

 

[coolVariable]

SLC SSDs should be faster too.
Maybe not top speed but that rarely is hit anyhow.

 

[yh125d]

It'd be a good approach imo to buy a fast 1tb drive (samsung f1 or caviar black, almost identical speed, but sammy is cheaper) for your main drive now. It will be a tad slower than your raptor, but you should be able to sell the raptor to pay for it (with $ left over even maybe?). later in the year, when SSD matures a bit and you can get them cheaper, bigger, and faster, pick one up then and make the 1tb your storage drive