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Lets talk SSD shall we? - kollock - 2011-01-06 Allo all. I've been creeping builds for the last month or so (I've got a boxee I couldn't be more unhappy with and will return shortly), and I've pretty much narrowed it down to an XS35GT. I like its looks, i don't think next gen will offer me anything that the XS won't, and the price isn't unreal. However, I'm still having a tough time settling on an SSD. I just got a vertex 2 for my desktop, and MAN that thing flies... but I know with something as low powered as atom/ion, these SSDs probably can't even really peak. Is buying something with 280/250 read-write overkill? I'd really love to run Aeon, so whatever gives it to the unf to get through that is what I want. I plan to store absolutely 0 media on the drive, and wired-stream everything, and probably run openelc/xbmclive... so if they actually sold decent speed 16/30 giggers, I bet that would be fine space wise. So, anyone done SSD with an XS, or SSD in general, and know where the performance starts getting wasted? tl;dr - What SSD do you like :> - mr.sparkle - 2011-01-06 Just buy the cheapest SSD you can find, you're not going to notice a difference between 170MB/s and 270MB/s SSDs. And 16Gb is plenty. - maxinc - 2011-01-06 I use some 1st generation Samsung SLC SSDs 32G which I recovered from various upgrades and every skin files on my i3 setup. They are only rated at about 90MB/s but seek time is still < .1ms which gives them the advantage in the first place. So any SSD will do, probably a 30G for a Windows 7 setup. - darkscout - 2011-01-06 mr.sparkle Wrote:Just buy the cheapest SSD you can find, you're not going to notice a difference between 170MB/s and 270MB/s SSDs. And 16Gb is plenty. See my ADATA thread below. Do NOT buy the cheapest SSD you can. http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=89647 - bmcclure937 - 2011-01-07 darkscout Wrote:See my ADATA thread below. You did not post a link. Which SSD do you recommend? I know the OCZ Vertex are highly recommended. - eskro - 2011-01-07 these are the ones im looking at currently: Corsair 32GB SATAII 2.5" ($74.99 CAD) http://ow.ly/1rYus5 *Read: up to 195MB/s *Write: up to 70MB/s Patriot 32GB SATA II 2.5" ($78.99 CAD) http://ow.ly/1rZlTi *Read: up to 245MB/s *Write: up to 60MB/s - SpIcEz - 2011-01-07 i don't think next gen will offer me anything that the XS won't Umm isnt the XS35GT a next gen ION? Or did I mis-understand your comment? About the SSD, for an XBMC Live setup Id think a 16gb would suffice and this is what I'm currently looking at: Kingston 16gb: *Read: up to 230MB/s *Write: up to 75MB/s http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139428 - kollock - 2011-01-07 regarding next gen, I meant zacate / fusion. I'm looking to play back video, not flash / actual OS / anything... so I think thats wasted on me. So, can anyone chime in, does an SSD of moderate read/write give one of these ions the powah to run Aeon? - poofyhairguy - 2011-01-07 No, the problem with Aeon and ION is a lack of CPU power. No SSD can overcome that. |