SSD and i-RAM vs Traditional Hard Disk Drives

jmke · 28th April 2008, 10:05

In this article we are going to introduce to you two solid state drives from Samsung and a unique data storage solution from Gigabyte aka i-RAM. Let check out their performance compared to that of conventional hard disk drives.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/sto.../ssd-iram.html

28th April 2008, 10:31

I bet that article is paid by Seagate, considering they took the crappy Samsung SSDs.

jmke · 28th April 2008, 10:33

I bet you are completely incorrect

anyway, we what we should hope for is I-RAM device with DDR2 support, 4 slots, up to 8gb/slot

28th April 2008, 14:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmke

I bet you are completely incorrect

anyway, we what we should hope for is I-RAM device with DDR2 support, 4 slots, up to 8gb/slot

You end up in a price realm of SSD HDs too fast. When I-Ram launched, it was interesting for a few users but now it simply is not competitive with SSDs.

I can only point at the fast 64 Gb OCZ SSD Disk that goes for only 1000$ at Newegg. That fits even an XP install and most WORK porgrams.

jmke · 28th April 2008, 14:29

what would you pay for a RAM disks which uses PCI Express ?

28th April 2008, 14:34

I can only see very expensive 4 GB modules, 4 GB (2x2) costs 63$ so that would still make 1008$ for 64 GB DDR2.

jmke · 28th April 2008, 14:40

Aim for 8Gb of RAM disk which boots your PC instantly, good tradeof with cost

28th April 2008, 20:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rutar

You end up in a price realm of SSD HDs too fast. When I-Ram launched, it was interesting for a few users but now it simply is not competitive with SSDs.

I can only point at the fast 64 Gb OCZ SSD Disk that goes for only 1000$ at Newegg. That fits even an XP install and most WORK porgrams.

i agree rutar... i have a 36.7gig raptor and it's a little on the small side for all my game installs and what not... but 64 gig's would be quite nice. anything smaller and it's just not enough. especially with these darn near 10 gig games these days

jmke... if they could do that and make a slot on a motherboard that's actually designed for that it would be great... however i won't have jack for pci slots after i get sli since i already ahve a soundcard.

28th April 2008, 23:28

Hm, Velociraptor costs $300... same price would give 20GB of DDR2.

I would suspect that a new and improved (IE current) drive microcontroller + SATA II interface + DDR2 would greatly improve the RAM drives's performance. Plenty of room for more memory if adding a low RPM fan.

5th May 2008, 06:34

that was def. over my head kougar.

28th April 2008, 10:05	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	SSD and i-RAM vs Traditional Hard Disk Drives In this article we are going to introduce to you two solid state drives from Samsung and a unique data storage solution from Gigabyte aka i-RAM. Let check out their performance compared to that of conventional hard disk drives. http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/sto.../ssd-iram.html __________________

28th April 2008, 10:33	#3
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	I bet you are completely incorrect anyway, we what we should hope for is I-RAM device with DDR2 support, 4 slots, up to 8gb/slot __________________

28th April 2008, 14:29	#5
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	what would you pay for a RAM disks which uses PCI Express ? __________________

28th April 2008, 14:40	#7
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	Aim for 8Gb of RAM disk which boots your PC instantly, good tradeof with cost __________________

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28th April 2008, 10:31	#2
Rutar Posts: n/a	I bet that article is paid by Seagate, considering they took the crappy Samsung SSDs.

28th April 2008, 14:34	#6
Rutar Posts: n/a	I can only see very expensive 4 GB modules, 4 GB (2x2) costs 63$ so that would still make 1008$ for 64 GB DDR2.

28th April 2008, 23:28	#9
Kougar Posts: n/a	Hm, Velociraptor costs $300... same price would give 20GB of DDR2. I would suspect that a new and improved (IE current) drive microcontroller + SATA II interface + DDR2 would greatly improve the RAM drives's performance. Plenty of room for more memory if adding a low RPM fan.

5th May 2008, 06:34	#10
jakebot Posts: n/a	that was def. over my head kougar.