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  1. 03-23-2009, 04:54 PM #301
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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.
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    I heard the new 30GB and 60GB models had the higher cache. Is this true?
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  3. 03-23-2009, 05:21 PM #303
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    all models have 64Mb cache
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  4. 03-23-2009, 05:22 PM #304
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    Quote Originally Posted by annihilus View Post
    all models have 64Mb cache
    What he said.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zaskar View Post
    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.
    Give other OCZ customers another month or so before you buy to find all the problems in the latest firmware. Then make your decision.
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  6. 03-23-2009, 05:57 PM #306
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    Quote Originally Posted by annihilus View Post
    all models have 64Mb cache
    I thought the 120gb and 240gb had a higher cache amount then the 30 and 60 ones?
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  7. 03-23-2009, 06:01 PM #307
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zaskar View Post
    I thought the 120gb and 240gb had a higher cache amount then the 30 and 60 ones?
    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.
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  8. 03-23-2009, 06:03 PM #308
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    Quote Originally Posted by lowfat View Post
    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.
    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?
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  9. 03-23-2009, 06:10 PM #309
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zaskar View Post
    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?
    Yes that is definitely wrong.
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  10. 03-24-2009, 09:50 AM #310
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    So why do I keep hearing that the 120GB model is faster than the 30GB and 60GB models?
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    Quote Originally Posted by ExodusC View Post
    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.
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    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.....
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    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.

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    According to everything I've seen on OCZ forums, you want to run your SATA controller in RAID mode, even if not using RAID.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fallwind View Post
    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lowfat View Post
    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.
    Perhaps I am wrong, but I always believed enabled RAID automatically enabled AHCI?
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  16. 03-24-2009, 11:32 PM #316
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    Quote Originally Posted by cantankerous View Post
    Perhaps I am wrong, but I always believed enabled RAID automatically enabled AHCI?
    It likely does, but it doesn't offer any benefit either
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  17. 03-25-2009, 02:38 AM #317
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    Quote Originally Posted by lowfat View Post
    It likely does, but it doesn't offer any benefit either
    It offers the ability to make a raid array within minutes.
    AHCI = RAID
    Even intel recommends to use raid mode for future compatibility.
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    Quote Originally Posted by scottc19 View Post
    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.....
    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.

    Suggest you test it for yourself and see how it goes.

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    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?

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  20. 04-21-2009, 02:13 PM #320
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    update firmware. 1199 is absolute garbage. It will almost for sure solve your issues.
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    Oh no this thread is back...
    Was kinda happy/sad when I saw that it has disappeared... don't know why.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lowfat View Post
    update firmware. 1199 is absolute garbage. It will almost for sure solve your issues.
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    Quote Originally Posted by XS Janus View Post
    Oh no this thread is back...
    Was kinda happy/sad when I saw that it has disappeared... don't know why.
    Too bad it's back to its week before the crash state There were some good posts here. Oh well...

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    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. I can't imagine how long the 120GB is going to take.
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  25. 04-25-2009, 10:42 PM #325
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    Quote Originally Posted by lowfat View Post
    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. I can't imagine how long the 120GB is going to take.
    Should be about a minute depending on how full the drive is!
    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.
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