SSD - Fi
Oct 19, 2008 at 6:57 AM Post #16 of 53
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Originally Posted by hempcamp /img/forum/go_quote.gif
May I ask where you purchase your SSD drives?

I'm looking for a good deal on an SLC SSD, 2.5" (or 1.8" that can be rigged), IDE drive.

--Chris


The 64GB Samsung SATA II SSD was an Open Box deal (it's gone) from Newegg.com

The 1.8" PATA SSD I got from eBay.

I'm thinking of getting another 16GB PATA 1.8" SSD and using this adapter.
1.8 Hard Drive to 3.5 IDE Adapter for Toshiba 20-482 - eBay (item 180293853834 end time Oct-26-08 08:17:06 PDT)

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There's a 1.8" to 2.5" PATA adapter here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/For-Toshiba-1-8-...d=p3911.c0.m14

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-Ed
 
Oct 19, 2008 at 2:12 PM Post #17 of 53
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Originally Posted by Edwood /img/forum/go_quote.gif
eBay. From an Australian seller. Will end up costing about $95. It's cheaper if you buy 10 at a time. The seller has tons of them. Want to go in on a group buy? Would end up costing about $60 each plus shipping. Well, depending on how the exchange rate is, it's been fluctuating a lot lately.

-Ed


You mean this one? 10x Samsung 16GB Solid State Disk (Flash SSD) !NEW! - eBay (item 250307608464 end time Oct-22-08 04:46:20 PDT)

Hmm... I could use them in a few devices but not sure I want to spend that much yet. How many would you get and do you know others who maybe interested?
 
Oct 19, 2008 at 4:49 PM Post #19 of 53
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Originally Posted by lan /img/forum/go_quote.gif
You mean this one? 10x Samsung 16GB Solid State Disk (Flash SSD) !NEW! - eBay (item 250307608464 end time Oct-22-08 04:46:20 PDT)

Hmm... I could use them in a few devices but not sure I want to spend that much yet. How many would you get and do you know others who maybe interested?


Ack. Price jumped a bit. It was under $600 for the 10 of them when I last checked it.
I'd want two or three. I know someone else that wants one. So that's Four so far. We just need enough people for 6 more. How many would you want.
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Keep in mind these are the first gen Samsung SSD. Even they are SLC, they are half the read/write speed of the latest SSD drives. They'll be fast compared to older IDE PATA drives, but not much faster than the latest SATA drives (much faster access speed still, though. OS and Application loading will still be faster.).

So they're not as fast as the latest SATA desktop drives in sustained Read and Writes. But general use is snappier and much more responsive. The reason I'd be interest in these 1.8" Samsung PATA SSD drives is to use them in older machines that don't have SATA. 16GB is too small for Vista, but for Windows XP and other OS's it's large enough.

-Ed
 
Oct 20, 2008 at 4:05 PM Post #20 of 53
Oct 21, 2008 at 2:41 PM Post #21 of 53
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Originally Posted by Edwood /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Ack. Price jumped a bit. It was under $600 for the 10 of them when I last checked it.
I'd want two or three. I know someone else that wants one. So that's Four so far. We just need enough people for 6 more. How many would you want.
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I could use a few also. One in my laptop, Ipod, and somewhere else.
 
Oct 21, 2008 at 4:05 PM Post #22 of 53
Oct 26, 2008 at 2:38 AM Post #23 of 53
Well, I pulled the trigger on a 32GB Samsung IDE 2.5" SSD drive. I think I'm set for SSD drives now.
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This one is an older first gen SLC based drive, so it's the same speed as the 16GB 1.8" SSD I have in my Fujitsu P1610. I'll be using this 32GB drive in my Mini ATX based Pentium M computer. It will be completely passive. No fans whatsoever (well, except for that tiny fan inside the power brick). And the addition of SSD will make for a dead silent system.

-Ed
 
Oct 26, 2008 at 3:01 AM Post #24 of 53
anyone know how supertalent SSD drives are? They were pretty interesting, I own one of their usb drives (usb pico) and it's quite well built. Of course, it's quite a difference between manufacturing usb drives and SSD drives. Just curious on how they're doing now
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Oct 26, 2008 at 3:27 AM Post #26 of 53
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Originally Posted by Edwood /img/forum/go_quote.gif
I think I'm set for SSD drives now.
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Group buy is still on right? RIGHT?
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Oct 26, 2008 at 7:38 AM Post #27 of 53
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Originally Posted by Edwood /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Well, I pulled the trigger on a 32GB Samsung IDE 2.5" SSD drive. I think I'm set for SSD drives now.
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Nice! You are not the only one who look into SSD today and for the future...
 
Oct 27, 2008 at 8:27 AM Post #29 of 53
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Originally Posted by lan /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Group buy is still on right? RIGHT?
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LOL, the AUD fell even more compared to the USD this weekend. Only a matter of time and the drives will be $20 each after shipping.
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-Ed
 
Oct 27, 2008 at 1:27 PM Post #30 of 53
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Originally Posted by Edwood /img/forum/go_quote.gif
LOL, the AUD fell even more compared to the USD this weekend. Only a matter of time and the drives will be $20 each after shipping.
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-Ed


Indeed the 10 pack got cheaper. Next year is only Jan 1 anyway if you don't want to stick with your "this year" thing.
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