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03-15-2009, 08:16 AM
lowfat

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Originally Posted by audienceofone

QFT. Benchmarks kill the short/ midterm performance of SSD and if you don't follow the above you are wasting your time. This has now been well documented on the OCZ forum.

Just zeroing out the drive doesn't work IMO. I tried KillDisk and DBAN. And did 2 zeroes and both did not help. The only thing that worked was HDDerase which AFAIK doesn't zero out since it takes a few seconds to complete.
03-15-2009, 08:33 AM
Griff805

Well, all I know is that Intel SSD Engineers state: "The Intel SSD datasheet claims 5 years minimum useful life and what they mean is regardless of your usage, your drive will function for the full duration. You might get far more than 5 years if you aren’t quite so rough with it."

So this business about hurting the SSD drive, I don't think they are as sensitive as people are saying they are. At least not the intels.
03-15-2009, 08:46 AM
Halk

I'm not worried about the longterm life of the drive. My reasoning is that once I'm finished benchmarking etc I'll have it set up with less writes than any average user, and there will be something better along in a couple of years. I expect that defrag tools will catch up reasonably quickly on SSD and we'll have tools inside Windows to reclaim lost performance. A second 60GB drive will be added soonish,

The drive does what it's supposed to though, it's fast and silent.
03-15-2009, 08:52 AM
Ao1

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Originally Posted by lowfat

Just zeroing out the drive doesn't work IMO. I tried KillDisk and DBAN. And did 2 zeroes and both did not help. The only thing that worked was HDDerase which AFAIK doesn't zero out since it takes a few seconds to complete.

In the HDDErase read me it states "Secure erase overwrites all user data areas with binary zeroes" It also says it can take hours on a HDD, but with SDD as you say it takes seconds.
03-15-2009, 09:02 AM
Ao1

Quote:

Originally Posted by Halk

I'm not worried about the longterm life of the drive. My reasoning is that once I'm finished benchmarking etc I'll have it set up with less writes than any average user, and there will be something better along in a couple of years. I expect that defrag tools will catch up reasonably quickly on SSD and we'll have tools inside Windows to reclaim lost performance. A second 60GB drive will be added soonish,

The drive does what it's supposed to though, it's fast and silent.

Agreed, a storm in a tea cup. Same thing with degradation, but I think it was necessary to look into it to put statements being made about Intel drives being crippled into context. It's somewhat ironic that it has transpired that it's the same issue with the Vertex.
03-15-2009, 09:21 AM
lowfat

Quote:

Originally Posted by audienceofone

In the HDDErase read me it states "Secure erase overwrites all user data areas with binary zeroes" It also says it can take hours on a HDD, but with SDD as you say it takes seconds.

It takes like 20+ minutes to do it with any other program which doesn't make sense. :shrug:
03-15-2009, 12:39 PM
Rhys

Quote:

Originally Posted by audienceofone

So no need to lend you my Intel crutches? ;)

No! Lol

Was just trying to balance out the thread as it became a bit too anti Vertex from Intel users, of course I know the X25's are good drives.
:D
03-15-2009, 12:47 PM
Ao1

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rhys

No! Lol

Was just trying to balance out the thread as it became a bit too anti Vertex from Intel users, of course I know the X25's are good drives.
:D

:peace: I'm not anti Vertex. I was hacked off with OCZ for the Core and the way they handled it. IMO I was a beta tester for a miss-marketed product and I was not going to trust them again anytime soon after that. Fair play they gave me my money back but I invested a lot of time in it, which for me is more precious than money.

Just my opinion....the Vertex seems to be a very good drive, maybe a little rough round the edges and maybe not a true mainstream product quite yet, but plenty good enough for anyone willing to give it a shot.
03-15-2009, 01:15 PM
Rhys

Quote:

Originally Posted by audienceofone

:peace: I'm not anti Vertex. I was hacked off with OCZ for the Core and the way they handled it. IMO I was a beta tester for a miss-marketed product and I was not going to trust them again anytime soon after that. Fair play they gave me my money back but I invested a lot of time in it, which for me is more precious than money.

Just my opinion....the Vertex seems to be a very good drive, maybe a little rough round the edges and maybe not a true mainstream product quite yet, but plenty good enough for anyone willing to give it a shot.

Fair comment. They seem to be going great for me. There also should be another firmware update in 2 or 3 weeks also!

For anyone who wants to know! I finally found a decent method to defrag and or restore after new FW update ( Had problems with HDDErase and drive snapshot!)
:comp10:

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/fo...ad.php?t=53080
03-15-2009, 01:30 PM
Ao1

^^^^ Nice post on OCZ. I use Windows image backup...have you tried it? It's one of my favourite features in Windows, but it's only available in Ultimate versions. It takes 10 minutes to create the image and about the same to reinstall. It also compresses' quite well down to about 2/3rds of the data size.
03-15-2009, 02:16 PM
Rhys

Quote:

Originally Posted by audienceofone

^^^^ Nice post on OCZ. I use Windows image backup...have you tried it? It's one of my favourite features in Windows, but it's only available in Ultimate versions. It takes 10 minutes to create the image and about the same to reinstall. It also compresses' quite well down to about 2/3rds of the data size.

No I haven't, I'm using XP Pro! I guess this feature will be available in windows 7 as well?
I think I will be doing a general upgrade when windows 7 is out, and considering the way SSD's are evolving, possibly a new SSD on the new SATA 3.0 standard, might get an AMD rig who knows?
So my girlfriend might be inheriting my Vertex's for Christmas Lol!
"But then again, do I REALLY need to upgrade?"
:shrug:
03-15-2009, 02:17 PM
F@32

Quote:

Originally Posted by lowfat

Just zeroing out the drive doesn't work IMO. I tried KillDisk and DBAN. And did 2 zeroes and both did not help. The only thing that worked was HDDerase which AFAIK doesn't zero out since it takes a few seconds to complete.

DBAN hasn't worked with single pass zeros? Sucks. I like that app. Always use it when selling my used HDDs.
03-15-2009, 02:53 PM
Ao1

Yes, windows image is available on Win 7
03-16-2009, 07:29 AM
flopper

a year from now, we buy so much faster drives that will drive the shift to get faster as the ssd progress.
I dont worry about limited writes, as the most is read anyhow.
03-16-2009, 11:34 AM
modboxx

Is raid0 with 3 drives worth it on a rampage2 extreme or should i just stick with one?
03-16-2009, 11:49 AM
koc

I just received my 3 x vertex 60GB and tomorrow i will receive the adaptec raid card then i will post hdtund , hdtach and atto result :)
03-16-2009, 03:33 PM
F@32

Quote:

Originally Posted by modboxx

Is raid0 with 3 drives worth it on a rampage2 extreme or should i just stick with one?

ICH10R is capped at 660MB/s. So 3 drives will do just fine.
03-16-2009, 03:41 PM
Griff805

Quote:

Originally Posted by modboxx

Is raid0 with 3 drives worth it on a rampage2 extreme or should i just stick with one?

Depends on what you're going for. Your app load times generally will not be much different between 1-1000 SSD's in your system. As apps don't depend a whole lot on huge throughput (depending on the app), which is all you would gain by adding more drives. If you're wanting 3 for the size, it would be cheaper and you'd get the same performance by getting 1 Vertex for OS, then "cheaper" drives for storage.
03-16-2009, 04:24 PM
Rhys

Quote:

Originally Posted by modboxx

Is raid0 with 3 drives worth it on a rampage2 extreme or should i just stick with one?

ICH10R numbers sure do look good with raid0!
:slapass:
Attachment 96451
03-16-2009, 05:06 PM
Rhys

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hoss331

This is my single 120gb with the original firmware and the new 1199 FW. This was with the offset at 512, 256 and 512 seem to be about the same and 128 has about the same writes but lower reads.

Nice benchies!
03-16-2009, 05:29 PM
saki_bomber

Is there anything special to do with these drives upon install? special tweaks etc.....?

i was thinking of picking 2 30GB models to use in raid 0 for a boot drive
03-16-2009, 06:01 PM
Rhys

Quote:

Originally Posted by saki_bomber

Is there anything special to do with these drives upon install? special tweaks etc.....?

i was thinking of picking 2 30GB models to use in raid 0 for a boot drive

I aligned my vertex's before install as I'm on XP. You won't need to do any of the tweaks that people do with the Core or Apex, but some tweaks will assist or prolong the drive even more and are optional.
03-16-2009, 06:44 PM
saki_bomber

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rhys

I aligned my vertex's before install as I'm on XP. You won't need to do any of the tweaks that people do with the Core or Apex, but some tweaks will assist or prolong the drive even more and are optional.

im not sure what you mean by "aligned"

im using XP also, is there anything you needed to do for XP to see them before you installed the OS? did you have to F6 install 3rd party raid controller etc..
03-16-2009, 07:11 PM
lowfat

Quote:

Originally Posted by saki_bomber

im not sure what you mean by "aligned"

im using XP also, is there anything you needed to do for XP to see them before you installed the OS? did you have to F6 install 3rd party raid controller etc..

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/fo...99&postcount=2
This is what he is referring to. This is the easiest way to understand how to do it.

And if you want to know more about it then read this
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/fo...ad.php?t=48309

The 2nd link is rather overwhelming though.
03-17-2009, 01:57 AM
scottc19

so if we do a windows 7 64 install or a vista 64 install the alignment will be automatic?
03-17-2009, 03:18 AM
Rhys

Quote:

Originally Posted by scottc19

so if we do a windows 7 64 install or a vista 64 install the alignment will be automatic?

Yes It will, however some have suggested that there is a bit more performance to be had by setting it up manually. i.e. If you have onboard ICH10R then many have found that a matching 128k stripe and offset showed great performance.
03-17-2009, 03:23 AM
Lu(ky

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rhys

Yes It will, however some have suggested that there is a bit more performance to be had by setting it up manually. i.e. If you have onboard ICH10R then many have found that a matching 128k stripe and offset showed great performance.

So all we would have to do is do a FIRMWARE upgrade from 0112 to 1199 and using the onboard ICH10R with a 128K stripe would be fine using Vista x64?
03-17-2009, 03:48 AM
Rhys

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lu(ky

So all we would have to do is do a FIRMWARE upgrade from 0112 to 1199 and using the onboard ICH10R with a 128K stripe would be fine using Vista x64?

You could do that yes!
But I personally would follow this guide!

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/fo...ad.php?t=52912
03-17-2009, 08:31 AM
Rhys

Quote:

Originally Posted by modboxx

Is raid0 with 3 drives worth it on a rampage2 extreme or should i just stick with one?

Possible new raid 0 firmware looks like it has allot of potential!
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/fo...ad.php?t=53212
03-17-2009, 08:50 AM
One_Hertz

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rhys

Possible new raid 0 firmware looks like it has allot of potential!
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/fo...ad.php?t=53212

hmm didn't think ICH could go past 660. If it can do 750 then thats very good news.
03-17-2009, 09:07 AM
Rhys

Quote:

Originally Posted by One_Hertz

hmm didn't think ICH could go past 660. If it can do 750 then thats very good news.

Perhaps it differs on different boards. ie some of the X58 Boards had fairly low caps that couldn't get anywhere near 660 MB!
:shrug:

But I have faith in my trusty old Biostar P45! Lol
03-17-2009, 12:32 PM
Griff805

Where are the reviews Anandtech, HardOCP, TomsHardware, StorageReview??? What are they waiting on? Does it usually take this long for hardware reviews to come out?
03-17-2009, 01:05 PM
One_Hertz

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff805

Where are the reviews Anandtech, HardOCP, TomsHardware, StorageReview??? What are they waiting on? Does it usually take this long for hardware reviews to come out?

I've been wondering as well... They have been out for so long that there is really not much excuse. Basically all other drives get reviewed as they come out, but not Vertex :confused:
03-17-2009, 01:14 PM
Rhys

Quote:

Originally Posted by One_Hertz

I've been wondering as well... They have been out for so long that there is really not much excuse. Basically all other drives get reviewed as they come out, but not Vertex :confused:

Perhaps because of the firmware update?
There isn't much point reviewing the drive if it is only going to be updated a week or so later.
03-17-2009, 03:03 PM
XS Janus

At this point I hope the don't release their reviews to soon.
This all looks to much like a beta product. To complicated to review and compare with anything other out there. Align this, tweak that, I was on this OS you were on that ICH while we were on that Raid card using this firmware... DAMN.

Maybe they should just take 2 drives One Vertex and one X25-M, use a standard Vista64 bit and test the drives out of the box. No tweaks or anything cause normal consumers depending on those reviews will mostly do none of them...
03-17-2009, 03:32 PM
Rhys

Quote:

Originally Posted by XS Janus

At this point I hope the don't release their reviews to soon.
This all looks to much like a beta product. To complicated to review and compare with anything other out there. Align this, tweak that, I was on this OS you were on that ICH while we were on that Raid card using this firmware... DAMN.

Maybe they should just take 2 drives One Vertex and one X25-M, use a standard Vista64 bit and test the drives out of the box. No tweaks or anything cause normal consumers depending on those reviews will mostly do none of them...

:flame:

I doubt the 'normal' consumer will buy a SSD at all considering their cost.
Besides you don't actually need to do any tweaks for the 'Normal' consumer to see fast performance.

This is like telling someone not to get a Ferrari because it can be tuned and tweaked, and you will receive free OPTIONAL performance upgrades that adds extra performance but takes some effort!

Perhaps this does make reviews more complicated, but as an actual vertex OWNER this is the way I prefer it!
I'm quite happy with the Idea of having a tailored f/w specifically designed to give my raid0 a boost! rather than a product that just stays at status quo and never evolves.
03-17-2009, 04:00 PM
UObean

I really don't understand why anyone would complain about a custom firmware for raid 0 performance. They made the factory firmware for single drives that consumers could just drop in their box and go. If they can provide us raid users more performance with a firmware upgrade I'm all for it.
03-17-2009, 05:38 PM
day187

3x30GB Vertex RAID 0
Latest firmware :)
vista64 installed fully updated
DFI X58 ICH10R

workstation1

http://wright-pc.com/day187/workstation1-tony.jpg

http://wright-pc.com/day187/atto-3x30gb.jpg

http://wright-pc.com/day187/HDtune-3x30.jpg

http://wright-pc.com/day187/hdtach-3x30.jpg

day
03-17-2009, 08:16 PM
NapalmV5

so now after latest firmware all four 30/60/120/250 vertex = same performance ??
03-17-2009, 09:04 PM
Griff805

Anyone got MFT benchmark of the drive?
03-17-2009, 09:06 PM
F0rr3sTT

Thanks to all the people sharing benchmarks. Its looking promising. Anyone noticed the dreaded stutter after benching? Or any sluggishness when multitasking?

I know these are subjective assessments, but I'm a trusting soul :)
03-17-2009, 09:18 PM
Lu(ky

Very nice there day187, I look forward on getting my hooked up on my Bloodrage board soon just waiting for some good memory..
03-17-2009, 09:33 PM
gergregg

Quote:

Originally Posted by NapalmV5

so now after latest firmware all four 30/60/120/250 vertex = same performance ??

According to the word from the OCZ forums it sounds like that is correct.
03-18-2009, 03:30 AM
zoob

Dayum... time to fork over some cash and grab 3x60 GB's.. :|
03-18-2009, 03:42 AM
Rhys

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lu(ky

Very nice there day187, I look forward on getting my hooked up on my Bloodrage board soon just waiting for some good memory..

I bit random, but I'v got a cat that looks identical to that! Lol
03-18-2009, 08:46 AM
lowfat

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff805

Anyone got MFT benchmark of the drive?

Mine should be here today, I can test it out.
03-18-2009, 09:14 AM
Griff805

Quote:

Originally Posted by lowfat

Mine should be here today, I can test it out.

Thanks- oh.. be sure to mention what firmware you're using. I think that's going to be a common phrase in the next couple months. ;)
03-18-2009, 09:46 AM
modboxx

Quote:

Originally Posted by zoob

Dayum... time to fork over some cash and grab 3x60 GB's.. :|

I was going to do the same, i even order 3x60 from the egg but i just seen the review anand posted and i think i rather get 2x80 x25m's
03-18-2009, 09:47 AM
Richard Dower

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rhys

Perhaps because of the firmware update?
There isn't much point reviewing the drive if it is only going to be updated a week or so later.

:yepp: it should be tested with mature and final firmware.
03-18-2009, 09:49 AM
Richard Dower

Quote:

Originally Posted by modboxx

I was going to do the same, i even order 3x60 from the egg but i just seen the review anand posted and i think i my rather get 2x80 x25m

:shakes: bad move IMO, for the price of two X25 why not buy 3 or 4 Vertex and RAID them?....then buy a 2TB for storage? :)
03-18-2009, 09:51 AM
gergregg

My (3) 30GB vertex's which will be raided will be here tomorrow, and my x-25m will be here a couple of days later. Cost was very similar between the two setups.

Post a list of the benmarks you would like see between both setups and I'll do what I can.
03-18-2009, 09:52 AM
Richard Dower

^ cheers.
03-18-2009, 10:00 AM
modboxx

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard Dower

:shakes: bad move IMO, for the price of two X25 why not buy 3 or 4 Vertex and RAID them?....then buy a 2TB for storage? :)

2x80 x25s is $686
3x60 vertex is $660
03-18-2009, 10:03 AM
Rhys

Quote:

Originally Posted by modboxx

2x80 x25s is $686
3x60 vertex is $660

Why not 3x30?
90gb too small?
03-18-2009, 10:08 AM
modboxx

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rhys

Why not 3x30?
90gb too small?

Yeah dude, I need some more room.

I'm actually lost right now, I was able to get them to cancel the order but I just don’t know what to order now.

This review couldn’t of come at a worse time

This Page is why i'm second guessing myself. What do you think?
03-18-2009, 10:14 AM
One_Hertz

Quote:

Originally Posted by modboxx

Yeah dude, I need some more room.

I'm actually lost right now, I was able to get them to cancel the order but I just don’t know what to order now.

This review couldn’t of come at a worse time

Why did you cancel it :confused:? The M is the faster drive according to the review so if the two options cost the same then I don't see what the issue is?
03-18-2009, 10:22 AM
modboxx

Quote:

Originally Posted by One_Hertz

Why did you cancel it :confused:? The M is the faster drive according to the review so if the two options cost the same then I don't see what the issue is?

I cancelled the 3 vertex drives to order the two x25m's but now i dont know.
03-18-2009, 10:24 AM
Rhys

Quote:

Originally Posted by modboxx

Yeah dude, I need some more room.

I'm actually lost right now, I was able to get them to cancel the order but I just don’t know what to order now.

This review couldn’t of come at a worse time

No it came at a good time because you still have time to decide!

I would bare in mind that this review was done on old firmware, and from the limited real world tests that was carried out there doesn't appear much in it, between the two!

Apps
http://www.anandtech.com/storage/sho...px?i=3531&p=29

Games
http://www.anandtech.com/storage/sho...px?i=3531&p=30

It might be worth putting your order on hold until we know how the new raid firmware performs, at which point I think it will be unlikely future FW will squeeze any more raw power out of the drives, but will just add more features such as TRIM & ACHI!
;)
03-18-2009, 10:30 AM
Rhys

Quote:

Originally Posted by modboxx

This Page is why i'm second guessing myself. What do you think?

I'm not 100% sure but I have a feeling AHCI would help here?
03-18-2009, 10:52 AM
One_Hertz

The world of warcraft loading time difference is actually very large. Too bad they didn't do more tests so we could see if that is the norm or if it is an outlier.

Keep in mind that as time goes by those real world differences will increase more as the CPUs, RAM, etc. will get faster and SSDs will be stressed more. Right now you can put some slower SSD (like samsung SLC) by side with something that is a lot faster in every way (like x25-e) and the real world differences won't be anywhere as massive because there are other things holding the X25 back...
03-18-2009, 11:00 AM
Rhys

Quote:

Originally Posted by One_Hertz

The world of warcraft loading time difference is actually very large. Too bad they didn't do more tests so we could see if that is the norm or if it is an outlier.

Keep in mind that as time goes by those real world differences will increase more as the CPUs, RAM, etc. will get faster and SSDs will be stressed more. Right now you can put some slower SSD (like samsung SLC) by side with something that is a lot faster in every way (like x25-e) and the real world differences won't be anywhere as massive because there are other things holding the X25 back...

I agree, we needed more real world tests because you could say the same about an X25e Vs Vertex in loading Photoshop CS4!
03-18-2009, 11:04 AM
modboxx

Man why didnt they update the firmware before posting the results? I guess i could hold off a week
03-18-2009, 11:14 AM
lowfat

What firmware were they using in the tests? I didn't see it listed. The 1199 newer firmware just adds higher sequential read/writes. It didn't affect the small random read/writes. So I don't think it would sway things all that much.
03-18-2009, 11:41 AM
Brahmzy

Quote:

Originally Posted by lowfat

What firmware were they using in the tests? I didn't see it listed. The 1199 newer firmware just adds higher sequential read/writes. It didn't affect the small random read/writes. So I don't think it would sway things all that much.

pre-1199 Firware was used and yes, random small writes got much better as well....

Go to OCZ forums if you want to know anything about Vertex. Up to the minute.
03-18-2009, 11:45 AM
lowfat

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brahmzy

pre-1199 Firware was used and yes, random small writes got much better as well....

Go to OCZ forums if you want to know anything about Vertex. Up to the minute.

I am there everyday.

I got my Vertex today, what benchmarks do people want me to use to compare to to the X25-M?
03-18-2009, 11:50 AM
Rhys

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Quote:

Originally Posted by lowfat

I am there everyday.

I got my Vertex today, what benchmarks do people want me to use to compare to to the X25-M?

This is the new firmware I am currently waiting to test out, should be available friday.

Attachment 96546
03-18-2009, 11:55 AM
lowfat

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rhys

This is the new firmware I am currently waiting to test out, should be available friday.

Attachment 96546

That is three drives, not just one.
03-18-2009, 12:01 PM
Rhys

Quote:

Originally Posted by lowfat

That is three drives, not just one.

That's right it says that in the atto, but no available benchmarks for single drives yet! But this new firmware supposedly is faster for single drives and also has some raid 0 optimisations.
03-18-2009, 01:57 PM
gergregg

Quote:

Originally Posted by lowfat

That is three drives, not just one.

That is true, but at the same cost (3x30gb) as the x-25m. So while not an apples to apples, it's what people could buy and do for the same cost.
03-18-2009, 08:49 PM
Brahmzy

Some more Vertex benches....

My 2 Vertex 120GBers on my ICH10R I just got in today.
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/5215/64129144.png
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/834/v...9128dmewce.png
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/6162/...dmewceatto.png
03-19-2009, 12:15 AM
day187

3x30GB Vertex RAID 0
Latest firmware 1199
vista64 installed fully updated
DFI X58 ICH10R

workstation1

http://wright-pc.com/day187/workstation1-tony.jpg

http://wright-pc.com/day187/atto-3x30gb.jpg

http://wright-pc.com/day187/HDtune-3x30.jpg

http://wright-pc.com/day187/hdtach-3x30.jpg

day
03-19-2009, 12:35 AM
Afterburner

I noticed OCZ's site doesnt say 32mb cache for the 30/60GB models anymore. Only 64mb is mentioned. Does this mean OCZ has made 64mb standard across the Vertex series.... :confused:
03-19-2009, 01:42 AM
UObean

Quote:

Originally Posted by Afterburner

I noticed OCZ's site doesnt say 32mb cache for the 30/60GB models anymore. Only 64mb is mentioned. Does this mean OCZ has made 64mb standard across the Vertex series.... :confused:

Yes
03-19-2009, 02:35 AM
WhiteFireDragon

i just got this drive, and just did a really quick bench on HDtune to get a few numbers instead of going through a full suite of benching applications. please tell me i'm doing something wrong instead of degradation:

bench of a freshly plugged in drive at the very beginning:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...TEX_1199-1.png

after a 128kb partition offset and the OS is installed, but NOT benched on the same active running OS:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...TEX_1199_2.png

benched on the same OS it was installed on:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ERTEX_1199.png

first two screen shots were done on my desktop with an e8600, 2gb memory, and a velociraptor as the active OS. the last SS was in a netbook with it being the active OS (but that shouldn't matter).
03-19-2009, 05:32 AM
One_Hertz

your netbook probably only supports sata1
03-19-2009, 08:10 AM
modboxx

Well i took your advice guys and got 3x30gb vertexs i should get them tomorrow. I love living in ny :D

Thanks you all for the great help.
03-19-2009, 08:32 AM
Rhys

Quote:

Originally Posted by modboxx

Well i took your advice guys and got 3x30gb vertexs i should get them tomorrow. I love living in ny :D

Thanks you all for the great help.

If your on ICH10R they should saturate your on-board raid nicely. I might also add another drive, and then wait for a mobo that supports sata 3 and buy another 3 vertex's and saturate the onboard raid 0 again.
(just need a 8 sata ports board Lol)

AMD may be the first to release sata 3 capable boards.
03-19-2009, 09:44 AM
adpr_02

Hey guys, I'm thinking of getting 2 or 3 30gb Vertex drives and using Raid 0 as I'm really impressed by the performance figures I'm seeing in this thread.

Would my UD3P Raid controller allow me to reach 500-600mb /s with these drives, or would I need to buy a raid controller?
03-19-2009, 09:47 AM
Wolf132

My single 60g OS vertex drive makes my computer run a lot smoother than my overclocked computer with watercooling and hard drives ever did. That's for sure. I will probably add another one in the next few months, but it really isnt even necessary except for added storage space.
03-19-2009, 10:29 AM
Boogerlad

nope, you don't need a controller.
03-19-2009, 11:38 AM
adpr_02

NICE!! Alright then. I'm waiting until the semester ends and then jumping on the SSD bandwagon.

Hopefully by then the Vertex V2 will be out so I can max out that SATA 2 bandwidth. Otherwise, 3 Vertex V1s for the win:D.
03-19-2009, 12:10 PM
WhiteFireDragon

Quote:

Originally Posted by One_Hertz

your netbook probably only supports sata1

no, it supports SATA II. and even if it's only SATA I, transfer rate on the active OS is still way below the 150mb/s cap limit for sata1
03-19-2009, 02:19 PM
gergregg

3 Attachment(s)

Here is (3) 30GB vertes's (firmware 1199) on the ICH10r of my P5Q-D

Windows 7 full install plus drives and some applications. About 30GB of 91GB used, and no OS tweaks.
03-19-2009, 03:38 PM
ML Infamous

I'm considering getting (2) of the 60GBs to use with my EVGA x58 Classified
03-19-2009, 08:42 PM
gergregg

1 Attachment(s)

These drives have been great thus far. My windows 7 boot time went from 72.883 seconds with my 74GB raptor to 19.671 seconds with my vertex array using the attached boot timer program.
03-20-2009, 07:32 AM
Brahmzy

Me too. Love my new Veterxes! Holy crap they're fast.
03-20-2009, 08:25 AM
lowfat

I got the older 0112 firmware from Tony, hopefully I'll be able to install Windows and actually keep it running for more than a few minutes.
03-20-2009, 08:45 AM
F@32

Looks like FW1275 has been pushed back.
03-20-2009, 09:14 AM
Brahmzy

Quote:

Originally Posted by F@32

Looks like FW1275 has been pushed back.

Yup. OCZ competitors were stealing their FW and testing it on their own drives, so OCZ is making FW1275>on only flashable to their SSDs. Oooops.
03-20-2009, 10:10 AM
flopper

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brahmzy

Yup. OCZ competitors were stealing their FW and testing it on their own drives, so OCZ is making FW1275>on only flashable to their SSDs. Oooops.

dang lol.
03-20-2009, 11:47 AM
Hoss331

Quote:

Originally Posted by gergregg

These drives have been great thus far. My windows 7 boot time went from 72.883 seconds with my 74GB raptor to 19.671 seconds with my vertex array using the attached boot timer program.

According to that program it takes my single 120 11.450 seconds to boot vista 64.
03-20-2009, 12:14 PM
lowfat

Quote:

Originally Posted by lowfat

I got the older 0112 firmware from Tony, hopefully I'll be able to install Windows and actually keep it running for more than a few minutes.

Well older firmware didn't help. Look like my drive is :banana::banana::banana::banana:ed.
03-21-2009, 10:16 PM
Telperion

So I picked up a 30GB OCZ Vertex from Newegg in the recent sale, I plan on using it as an OS drive.

Any tutorials on how to install XP Pro on it and configure the best way possible? There's so much to wade through on OCZForums. Alternatively, I may decide to install Windows 7, or restore an Acronis image of my existing Windows 7 installation. Best way to accomplish that?
03-21-2009, 10:31 PM
StickyRICE

Ok, so the people that have only one vertex, is the stuttering is an issue? I sold my titan drive after 2 weeks cause of that issue. I mean is it gone completely like I can stream HD content and it won't stutter at all, on the titan I can't even watch a youtube video without it stuttering. Man so tempted to get 2 or 3 of these drives, I'm never gonna save up any money if I keep looking at the posts.:p:
03-21-2009, 11:06 PM
Halk

Did you even bother reading the rest of the thread Rice?
03-22-2009, 01:30 AM
Hoss331

Quote:

Originally Posted by StickyRICE

Ok, so the people that have only one vertex, is the stuttering is an issue?

There is no stutter.
03-22-2009, 03:45 PM
StickyRICE

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hoss331

There is no stutter.

Awsome, looks like I will be budgeting for some of these next.
03-23-2009, 11:22 AM
Kersh

Hi!

one doubt.

Last week I see a comparative between vertex and intel, and the guy who makes the comparative, also make another comparative between stripes sizes, I was looking for 2 hours but I dont see that post, anyone have the link?

Thanks
03-23-2009, 12:22 PM
trueplaya4ever8

I have 3 30gb Vertex coming my way... I hate ordering on fridays though!
03-23-2009, 02:02 PM
Dazog

Firmware 1275 is out

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/fo...ad.php?t=52848

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