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Is there not a Surface sub-forum here at Xtreme yet?
Surprised Xtreme (of all places) doesn't have something like that :confused:
Anandtech/Others have relevant sub-forums (usually not a dedicated...

Is there not a Surface sub-forum here at Xtreme yet?
Surprised Xtreme (of all places) doesn't have something like that :-/
Anandtech/Others have relevant sub-forums (usually not a dedicated...

Is there not a Surface sub-forum here at Xtreme yet?
Surprised Xtreme (of all places) doesn't have something like that :-/
Anandtech/Others have relevant sub-forums (usually not a dedicated...

Thanks buddy, I wasn't aware of "System Test", but I'd already found "Disk Test".
Regarding "QuickBench", yes I believe this is what you meant: http://www.speedtools.com/QuickBench.html
It actually...

Windows only? Regardless, thank-you kind sir!
I've found some decent options for OSX, but always figured there'd be more good options for Windows.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=18807763#post18807763
And...
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7763/an-update-to-kingston-ssdnow-v300-a-switch-to-slower-micron-nand

Also...

I...

Thanks UtNorris for your thoughts,
I've since posted/read much more widely & there's many who've had completely different assertions to the ones made here.
As one brief e.g: many suggested...

Notes:

I've already taken your points specific to deciding on a SSD for my Mac on-board (gratefully I might add), & placed an order for a cheap-ish Sandforce SSD.
You seem to be under the misconception...

Weird, this site seems to contradict much of what you've claimed.*
Then again, it seems to be mostly an advertising site for Amazon.

I've highlighted the remaining points below:



Why is that? Only used heavily in server environments etc?



200MB/s, that's still within the limits of SATA II which is 300MB/s.
So all the...

I don't suppose you can directly address each point & it's sub-points, that'd make things much clearer.
Hopefully that's cool with you, no rush as-to-when exactly you respond...
If it's done...

1)
What are the other major controllers in the consumer/enthusiast space?
(performance & budget oriented, leave out the real "enterprisey" stuff if you want)

2)
Okay, just their current...

1)
So Sandforce controllers dominate most SSD's nowadays, & Crucial/Samsung are the only SSD's that don't use their controller?
I'm not in North America, I'm in Australasia...

2)
All of the...

(1)
Are you sure about that? Source/proof?
Why only Sandforce & Kingston V300?

(2)
What controller does the latter use?

Proceeding on that basis...

(3)

What ever happened to this thread, miss the old days here :-/

On a side-note, if anyone can add some +ve input here it'd be greatly appreciated:...

What ever happened to this thread, miss the old days here :-/

I've been so "out of the loop" for such a long time when it comes to the best performing SSD's, hoping folks here can help.
I'm quite sure my late 09' Mac Mini (Macmini1,3) only supports SATAII (AKA...

Is this stuff still quite good, even on the latest Motherboards/CPU's?
I thought there'd be far better stuff around nowadays...
Then again, I guess RAM doesn't evolve as dramatically as other...

So does DIYHNK have website or new thread talking about their plans yet?

Thank for sharing this mate, I look forward to your findings!!! :D

Can't you get external GPU enclosures that connect via Thunderbolt nowadays?
I believe Sony even has their own iteration of Thunderbolt...
Would be a lot cleaner as the external card has it's own...

@Phatboy69

So how did you go??
I have some older gear i might try this one soon.

Damn, it's all in German, any great English threads?
The engineering put into this stuff seems remarkable!

^
I thought of that too, but most suggested IX was too specialized for CPU, & that I was best going for something else.
I would love to know the results, compared the best 'more conventional'...