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Re: improving disk data transfer rate

hey .. i've only started looking around at various SSD's and trying to compare the prices and speed they offer and value.

I rain the HD Tune Utility on my computer and my xfer rates were only hitting 91 MB/sec average. Not sure if that is good for a 500 g 7200 disk. I was hoping for faster performance. Is this normal or only so/so? DarkLogix has some amazing speeds on his posts.

I've read about OCZ Vertex SSD drives seeing they offer fast speeds as well, but do you think the INTEL makes better ones? Would they work fine on an AMD based setup?

also what size would be good for me to go with? How much free space is needed to be left on the primary disk for optimal performance?
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the drive in my old computer (750GB seagate 7200 managed about 60-80MB/s)

the storage drive in my new computer (2TB Seagate 7200) manages about 90-140MB/s

the ssd is being used as my OS drive (and app install drive) its one of the few available SATA3 SSD's and is connected to a sata3 controller

I'm sure that a sata2 ssd would be plenty fast (I just had waited so long I wanted to go as highend as I could)

I've heard good things about the intel ssd's
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aha, I was wondering about the 7200 read-speed so I guess what you are saying then 90mb/s is about normal for me for what i have right now.

yea I was curious about your speeds going over 300mb/s so i figured it had to be SATA3 since SATA2 maxes out at 300mb/s, I was curious if you were using the new asus or gigabyte boards that have SATA3 and USB 3.0 ports on them, but I guess your using a SATA3 controller on a SATA 2 board? Is it a pci-ex x1 controller card slot? I dont know too much about these things (yet)

and the temperature on your drive runs hot 128C is that normal? or is the sensor of the program not reading the drive correctly because its SSD? I'm curous about that ... lol

so I guess I should look into the Intels as well. What about kingston brand? There is one in my area going for $280 for 128GB. But I dont want to go cheap-o

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Its a gigabyte board with sata3 on it
heres a list of what it has
»secure.newegg.com/WishLi ··· 17842388

the gigabyte board has 6 sata 2 ports from the intel ich10r northbridge, 2 sata3 ports from the marvell chip, 2 from a jmicron chip labled gigabyte2, and 2 sata2 esata ports

the 128c is not accurate (i used an inferred thermometer to check its no where near 128c and the temp reading doesn't change even if the room is 64F)

so I don't know what HDtune is reading the temp from for the SSD but its not a temp sensor
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Yea cool, I was kinda thinking in the back of my mind if anyone was trying out those new giga-boards I saw at my local computer shop 2 weeks ago. Sweet, nice rig setup there looks very tasty.

hmm, have you tried updating your HD Tune program to latest version 4.01? maybe your 2.55 version doesn't have SSD support and is reading some retarded number.

anyways, nice system there man. Looks like nothing but positive comments from the people that purchased that SSD that you have in there, but man $500 is a nice chunk of dough for a 128GB SSD, ouch.

and 64F in your room? brr thats 17.5C ... you must be freezing in there. LOL. I know I would.

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said by DarkLogix:

the 128c is not accurate (i used an inferred thermometer to check its no where near 128c and the temp reading doesn't change even if the room is 64F)

so I don't know what HDtune is reading the temp from for the SSD but its not a temp sensor
It's a bug in HDTune. Most SSDs don't have a thermistor in them that's tied to a SMART attribute (usually SMART attribute 194). HDTune doesn't appear to handle that situation correctly.

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the HDtune I downloaded was from HDtune's site last week (but its the free trial version)

and I like 64F (I turn it up to 69F when I'm at work)
jcoutos
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yea i went to the store today to have a look around, they have these intel ones here going for about $275 ... 80GB

Intel X25-M Mainstream 80GB 2.5" SATA2 Solid State Drive
»www.canadacomputers.com/ ··· =HDD.859

Kingston has a 128GB version for $10 more, any reviews on this one? is the intel version better then this drive?

Kingston SSDNow V-Series G2 2.5", 128GB, SATA Solid State Drive 200MB/sec. read; 160MB/sec. write
»www.canadacomputers.com/ ··· =HDD.859