John Venema Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Not quite as fast as their new 500GB part, but at less than 25% of the price I'd be seriously looking at the OCZ 128GB Vertex Turbo as a dedicated FSX drive. An excellent indepth review here: http://www.guru3d.com/article/ocz-vertex-turbo-ssd-review-test/7 It absolutely makes MINCEMEAT out of the Velociraptors, in both read and write. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Harris Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 This sounds like what I need, are they available now or soon? I checked static ice http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=128GB+ssd&spos=2 any of these comparable to the OCZ vertex turbo? Cheers Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arismac Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 I have ordered from ITS Direct in Queensland and they say "any day now" but pre-ordering has just about sold the next shipment of 500GB Cheers Mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted October 13, 2009 Author Share Posted October 13, 2009 In stock at plenty of stores, just check your local. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arismac Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 I wish I had known that JV I lots of trouble finding the 500GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heiko Glatthorn Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 It will be the second fastest tomorrow... It's an incredible improvement with every new SSD version. But one day you have to make the cut and buy one - just to be disappointed that your investment is cold coffee after about 2 or 3 month lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Routley Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 I am the proud owner of two 2nd gen 64Gb SSDs - one of the current gen ones would whip the pants off them I'm sure. I replace drives when I do a new O/S install. So I might wait until I'm ready to go Win7 - and see what the tech is like then. 128 Gb is a bit small for me for FSX, I'm afraid. 500Gb for AU$2500 is a little pricey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arismac Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Very pricey but if you put my name into a search engine you may gather that my "other" project really likes high speed data flow and a lot of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennyson Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 What about these new OCZ Z-Drive p84 PCI-Express SSD's. "With an internal four-way RAID 0 configuration that enables up to 870MB/s read and 780MB/s write, the pushes the envelope in storage performance like no other solid state or hard disk solution." That's over three times the results of the SATA drives. Why are people not flooding to these? They even make them in 1Tb modules already, and that's not 4 x 256Gb modules bolted together, I believe. Woops, just did a search, the 256Gb model is 2295 dollars, but even so, will this be the way of the future for drives, via the PCI-Express slot? Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Routley Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Yes ... and with all things computer .. the price will halve in the next 24 months. About the time, 1Gb/second drives that hold 2Tb hit the market. The peril of the early adopter ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennyson Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 You're so right Ian. What we need is a flash forward to see which way to go..... Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolter van der Spoel Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 at the moment only one MoBo is capable to accept 4 SSD's and other PCI-express hardware (6 slots) wich is the Asus P6T6 WS Revolution, so I'll hold the horses for a wee bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
))i7((SLI-Fire Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 No there is also the EVGA X58 Classified 4-Way SLI which has 7 x PCIe x16/x8. http://www.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=170-BL-E762-A1&family=Motherboard%20Family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolter van der Spoel Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 lolz I had checked the compatability list by OCZ, the stuff progresses faster than we can read about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice_King Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Trouble is no bugger will allow you to try before you buy to actually see if there is a performance increase before outlaying the $$$Â to rich for me at the moment. 5 Years I have no doubt that SSD's will be the norm and we will still be bitching about speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Routley Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 What we need is a flash forward to see which way to go..... We know the future, because we've seen the past (which is the best predictor, if memory serves me correctly -- and it often doesn't) Don't buy at the cutting edge unless you are willing to see your investment halve, or unless you REALLY need whatever it is. The next step back from the cutting edge is almost always better value for money - and both are out-of-date in a year (except perhaps Skulltrail - but let's not go there again) Live in the now - and go flying or developing, or whatever it is you like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennyson Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Well, I've made up my mind (until next week when something better comes out). I'm gonna get a 256Gb OCZ Colossus when I pick up Win 7 next week. Eleven hundred bucks for a drive seems a lot, but at 260mb/sec transfer, that's gotta be greased lightning for FTX. Thanx to John for bringing it to my attention, Frank P.S. The wife isn't too happy with him, tho, she'll probably be working till she's 70 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
))i7((SLI-Fire Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Buy yourself 2 x 120gig Vertex OCZ SSD's and put them in Raid 0 and save yourself some coin. I am hitting 485MB/Sec on MoBo Raid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennyson Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 2 x 120's and a raid controller is gonna be about the same price and then I got the problem that my combined C and FSX/FTX folder are nearly 100gb, so I need a single drive bigger than 120gb, hence the need for the 250gb drive. Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
))i7((SLI-Fire Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Use your MoBo raid controller. And 2 x 120gig Vertex in Raid 0 is two drives as one with a total of 240gig as one drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Meiklejohn Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 I have had one of the OCZ Vertex Turbo 120gB drives since I did my rebuild in early September - no problems other than a little small, but it is fast. Do not be fooled however - FSX does not boot 'instantly' - here are some times for you to compare... Default flight loads to the new IRIS Christen Eagle parked at Somersby. Sceneries installed are OZX 3 (beta) and all FTX region and aerodrome packs. FTX AI Traffic 100% and all sliders maxed except autogen at 1 notch to left. First FSX startup of the day (always slower) - startup screen - 5sec sitting in cockpit - 40sec subsequent reset of flight - ~3sec load new flight from startup screen - ~31sec exit FSX back to WIN7 aero glass interface and then restart FSX, autoload new flight (bypass startup screen) 35sec SSD and system setup usage. SSD - ~70gB full, includes OS (WIN7 64bit), FSX, REX scenery dev tools, Photoshop, Office, another large (online) game and lots of misc utilities. Second HDD for data and storage. May come a time when I need to put in another SSD (raid0) just to increase usable space. Planning for that eventuality I purchased a dual hot swap 2.5in bay when I built my system. http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=11270 One thing to be very aware of with SSD - XP and VISTA do not recognise it as other than a harddrive and enable defragging and other behind the scene clean up/speed up tasks that will wear the drive out quicker than normal; whereas WIN7 recognises it as SSD and disables these tasks by default - HOWEVER - if you raid your SSD's be aware that WIN7 cannot see them as SSD behind the raid driver and therefore enables the background tasks. For Raid Win7 or other OS you need to disable these tasks via the registry (google search). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennyson Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Crunch time this morning. I went to order my ssd and win 7. The distributor didn't have any, so I went back to my research and concluded (especially after reading the latest anandtech write-up on SSD's) that I would buy the Intel 160Gb G2 instead, the one that Mango has ordered. Looks like they're in stock, ordered it and win 7 and booked out two days of my week to get it running like butter. While 160gb is still relatively small, I figure it may last me 12 months until the 500gb drives become more affordable and then I'll swap my 160gb into my lappy and go to the bigger drive. Least that's the plan, for this week! Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heiko Glatthorn Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Yeah, i think the 160 GB G2 is a good choice for now. I'll use one for the C: drive and one for FSX. Backups which i use often go on a Raptor 150 and eventually other games on the second Raptor 150 which i have both already. Then there are some WD 250s laying around if that is not enough. For the mirror image i use a 500 GB external USB drive (bit slow but hey...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennyson Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 I should have bought that drive when we talked about it last, Heiko. Then it was about 600, now it's closer to a grand. And that's with a strengthening dollar, 91 cents today! I think they are cashing in on the release of Win 7. Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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