What do you guys think is faster/better.
2x 60gb vertex drives in a raid 0 (onboard raid) or 1 of the 120gb vertex drives which has the higher cache. Both setups are about the same cost.
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What do you guys think is faster/better.
2x 60gb vertex drives in a raid 0 (onboard raid) or 1 of the 120gb vertex drives which has the higher cache. Both setups are about the same cost.
I heard the new 30GB and 60GB models had the higher cache. Is this true?
all models have 64Mb cache
What he said. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by annihilus
Give other OCZ customers another month or so before you buy to find all the problems in the latest firmware. Then make your decision.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zaskar
I thought the 120gb and 240gb had a higher cache amount then the 30 and 60 ones?Quote:
Originally Posted by annihilus
nope. They all have 64mb. Personally I'd go with one 120GB. As often (from my prospective) RAID doesn't benefit most real world tasks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zaskar
Cool, i just read on newegg under comments for the 30gb that it says 64mb cache but it was actually 32mb for the 30gb and 60gb models, thats definitely wrong right?Quote:
Originally Posted by lowfat
Yes that is definitely wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zaskar
So why do I keep hearing that the 120GB model is faster than the 30GB and 60GB models?
NAND cell density in the 120 & 250 + a slightly different design because of it. This is why I bought the 2 of the 120's.Quote:
Originally Posted by ExodusC
Anyone have any findings on whether to use AHCI yet? I am getting ready to put in my dfi-p35 and still unsure whether to use ACHI or IDE.....
The 30 and 60GB models were "suppose" to have 32mb cache, but were released with 64mb. Most sites just haven't updated their info. But the 30 and 60GB models are slightly slower because they have less "channels" between the NAND and the controller.
scottc19,
According to everything I've seen on OCZ forums, you want to run your SATA controller in RAID mode, even if not using RAID.
which doesn't make sense. If offers no benefit to performance. Personally I'll stick with AHCI. I am not about to cripple the rest of my system just because a Vertex doesn't support all the AHCI functions. Either way AHCI has been working fine for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by fallwind
Perhaps I am wrong, but I always believed enabled RAID automatically enabled AHCI?Quote:
Originally Posted by lowfat
It likely does, but it doesn't offer any benefit either :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by cantankerous
It offers the ability to make a raid array within minutes.Quote:
Originally Posted by lowfat
AHCI = RAID
Even intel recommends to use raid mode for future compatibility.
Some boards will limit your sustained read at 166MB/s per drive when ICH is in IDE mode. I solved it by enabling RAID+Native Sata+Write-back cache in Intel Matrix.Quote:
Originally Posted by scottc19
Suggest you test it for yourself and see how it goes.
So major problems with this drive on ASUS Crosshair II formula and win7. I can install win7 on it, but always within 3 or more reboots something is wrong and it can no longer boot from the OS, this is not happening with my mechanical seagate drives. Anybody seen anything like this?
System in sig, and it's the 1199 firmware.
update firmware. 1199 is absolute garbage. It will almost for sure solve your issues.
Oh no this thread is back... :D
Was kinda happy/sad when I saw that it has disappeared... don't know why. :)
Fixed everythingQuote:
Originally Posted by lowfat
Too bad it's back to its week before the crash state ;) There were some good posts here. Oh well...Quote:
Originally Posted by XS Janus
How long does the wiper program take to complete? At the rate it is going, it is going to take 3 hours to wipe a 30GB drive. :down: I can't imagine how long the 120GB is going to take.
Should be about a minute depending on how full the drive is!Quote:
Originally Posted by lowfat
Edit: It took about 1 minute 40 Seconds on an empty drive.
Should take about 6 mins on an empty 120gb drive, Allot less if half full.
Just got the drives flashed with the 1370 firmware and installed Windows 7. Here is a quick test.
http://i471.photobucket.com/albums/r...hat859/hdd.jpg
Should I buy 2x Vertex 60gb and put them on RAID 0 or just pick up one 120gb Vertex? If I put those 60gb ones in RAID 0, is it 120gb then?
Thx!
Yep you will get 120GB with 2x 60Gb drives in raid 0.......It's doubtful that you will see any real tangible speed increase from a raid 0 set up however and more importantly you will not be able to use the TRIM tool in raid, so chances are that a raid 0 array will end up being a lot slower. Maybe TRIM will be supported in raid at some stage but that's not the case currently.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saimo
You also have more chance of a data failure in a raid 0 array if one of the drives goes bad.