Looking for a SSD. Who has the skinny on them. The drive will replace my current Harddrive.
Personally would look for SATA III SSD with read and write speeds over 500 MB per second.
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Thanks. Is this a Sata 2 or 3? Not seeing the info.
Sorry forgot the link. http://www.crucial.com/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=1ECF9CF6A5CA7304
Crucial M500 240 GB SSD Product details include:
Interface: SATA 6Gb/s (SATA 3GB/s compatible)Sustained Sequential Read up to (128k transfer): 500MB/sSustained Sequential Write up to (128k transfer): 250MB/s
The Interface of SATA 6 Gb/s is SATA III. Noticed write speed of 250 MB/sec.
In contrast, a Mushkin 240 GB SSD for $ 134.99 has max write speed up to 525 MB/sec:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226237
Larger capacity 750 GB SSD is on sale today for $ 399.99 (bit lower price per capacity):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147250
Good choice on the SSD. Perhaps this article may be of interest.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-recommendation-benchmark,3269.html
I have the Samsung 840 Pro (about a year now). When it came out, it was pretty much undisputed the best / fastest SSD out there. Samsung has since come out with the 840 Evo. Either of those would be my recommendation (not the vanilla 840).
Donnie
I highly recommend the Plextor range, e.g. M5P http://www.plextoramericas.com/index.php/ssd/px-m5p-series
Is this a stand alone drive where I can run Logos 5 from through a usb port?
Will running an SSD through a USB port not slow the thing down? Just a thought!
Possibly. HDD's have faster throughput than most USB devices and hardware interfaces, but SSD's have much faster seek times. Depending on the particular configuation an SSD through a USB could be faster than an HDD. Benchmarking could confirm this.
Will running an SSD through a USB port not slow the thing down? Just a thought! Possibly. HDD's have faster throughput than most USB devices and hardware interfaces, but SSD's have much faster seek times. Depending on the particular configuation an SSD through a USB could be faster than an HDD. Benchmarking could confirm this.
If I could buy one this is my choice.. http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electronics-EVO-Series-2-5-Inch-MZ-7TE250BW/dp/B00E3W1726/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1388088848&sr=8-2&keywords=samsung+ssd
Thanks everyone for your input. Watched a youtube video which seems to indicate that you may need to purchase a mounting bracket to install the SSD in a desktop 3.5" bay.
Do all 2.5" SSD's come with the mounting bracket or do you have to purchase seperately?
You should be able to buy one as a kit and include the mounting brackets.
If it was for a notebook then you could just buy the SSD alone.
Also with the kit you should get software to more the OS software.
Some SSD's include 3.5" mounting bracket while others do not.
I have the Samsung 840 Pro (about a year now). When it came out, it was pretty much undisputed the best / fastest SSD out there. Samsung has since come out with the 840 Evo. Either of those would be my recommendation (not the vanilla 840). Donnie
Finished the migration. Basically, reset the computer to factory default, cloned the Hdd and reinstalled everything from there.
Took your advice and got the Samsugn 840 Evo. Very fast, but had to use the bundled software to make windows run the drive like a SSd, rather than a Hdd.
Logos is much more responsive. Complex layouts now load much faster, and I seldom see the "Logos not responding" message.
Thanks to everyone for your assistance.
Just for the fun, ran a dumb search on the word "the" and here is the result.
One additional note, your computer needs to have certain hardware to get the most out of ssd's.
I am wondering why AHCI Mode is off on your computer. You should look into this. It would require you making sure that your hard drive interface is running in AHCI mode (not IDE mode) in your BIOS, and then Windows will install a generic driver for it. This is assuming you are on Windows 7 or 8 (maybe Vista, but I don't remember).
I would like to mention that, even though I'm a big believer in SSDs for amazing performance with Logos my drive is dieing and it is less than 2 years old. The drive is failing off and on when I start up. Yesterday I had to try to boot it over a dozen times without success. The drive is a Matshita UJ8A0A. I found out that this company went bankrupt and Toshiba purchased them.
All this to say is that I was warned that SSDs may have a shorter lifespan and for me this was totally true. Certainly any drive can and does fail but SSDs are notorious for not lasting as long.
Today I am going to purchase a replacement and after research I have decided to get a more reputable make with the hope that it will last longer. I'm planning to purchase a SanDisk X210 512GB SATA 6Gb/s SSD.
These are good things to keep in mind if going the SSD route.
Bruce - some of the newer drives have a promised lifetime... The one I have now was certified for 50,000 hrs of continuous use. Waranteed return should it fail to do so. The hard drive it replaced was 6 years old (and for perspective) had only logged 20,000 hrs.
Yes, AHCI should be turned on. Turning it on AFTER installing Windows can cause problems though (including a blue-screen of death on boot). Google IDE to AHCI to find out more.
All of this is exactly right. However, my research found that AHCI isn't a significant speed improvement, despite claims to the contrary that theoretically it ought to be. Since I'd already installed Windows, I've not enabled it. I'm very satisfied w/ my SSD performance despite no AHCI.
Hope it's working out for you.
It surprises me that you had to use the bundled software in that way, if you're running an up-to-date Windows 7 or later O.S. Mine is running correctly without having done any of that - Windows knows not to do a defrag, and it sends the special SSD commands for space reclamation, etc.
One difference is that I don't have the O.S. installed on my SSD. I just added the drive as another drive on the PC and moved my Logos installation to that other drive. Maybe cloning the drive explains the issue?
I am wondering why AHCI Mode is off on your computer. You should look into this. It would require you making sure that your hard drive interface is running in AHCI mode (not IDE mode) in your BIOS, and then Windows will install a generic driver for it. This is assuming you are on Windows 7 or 8 (maybe Vista, but I don't remember). Yes, AHCI should be turned on. Turning it on AFTER installing Windows can cause problems though (including a blue-screen of death on boot). Google IDE to AHCI to find out more.
It actually should be the other way around in Windows 7 and up. You can change it to AHCI and Windows will install the driver with no problems, but if you try to change it back to IDE mode it will not start.
Edit: I agree with Mark that you could have problems if you did not set it to AHCI upon initial install, but it can be done relatively easy by following the instructions below. I was under the impression that it would automatically install the driver for AHCI regardless of situation.
Joseph, how do you change it to Ahci mode?
I bound the following from Microsoft:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922976
You would have to boot to the computer's bios and change to AHCI. Be very careful though, as working with the bios and/or registry can kill your computer. If you are not sure, then it would be best to have someone that knows a good deal about computers work on it.
Thanks. Just saw this. http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=313676
Note that I added to my post. I am at work and cannot open your link until later, but please be careful if you are not completely confident. Just research it properly with your specific details in mind.
That will work, but Joseph's link will be slightly easier. Run the FixIt, and restart the computer. Before it restarts, go into the BIOS and change to AHCI. That should be it. If it does bluescreen afterwards, just go back into the BIOS and change it back to what it was before.
What ssd monitoring software should be used any? which are best?
For that I'm just using what came with the Samsung 840 Pro.
Ide is grayed out in the bios. No way to change it.
Here are the new figures. I used the fit it software from Microsoft.
My new SSD is now up and running. I'm so glad that I made a recent backup with "System Image" using Windows 7 software. All I did was drop in the new drive and restore content from the old drive and I was finished. Very slick avoiding to have to reinstall anything.
Hello
This is my first SSD, How can I check if my computer has a SATA 2 or 3 interface?
Also I am not sure what SATA/600 means can someone explain?
Until someone gives you a better (PC specific) answer: I would go to crucial.com and download their helper app. It should profile your computer for you and give you a recommendation.
Thank You it showed as SATA 3
Wikipedia has SATA page => https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA that shows SATA 3 can transfer up to 600 MB/sec.
A solid state drive, makes using Logos a Joy. Everything is just so much faster.
I agree and glad you are enjoying yours.
