I've been up about 3 weeks with the new system.  Two weeks "burning in" and installing programs.  One week as my new operational system.  I did the first recording session with it last week.

Let us know how long it lasts, that is the only thing keeping me away from SSD's at this point.

Alegria


I'd say that the differences go a little deeper when talking about the Vertex 4. 

IOPS @120,000 and the new Indilinx Infused Everest 2 platform backed by a..., 5 year warranty. And the price for the 256GB model (under $300.00 USD). Regardless of the brand I/you favor, it's starting to look real good for an SSD only system.

Explain that last sentence to me like I'm your bank manager and you want me to loan you the money for a new machine.

I can't see where I can justify the current at least 10X price over conventional drives in the storage role. That's not even factoring in the annual cost of ownership increase due to that fact the SSD's ARE still less reliable than conventional drives. The best case scenario is on the OS I get that some are getting 70% increase in speed perfomance at boot time and 128Gb would actually cover me even for my current dual boot setup, ALL the apps I use and the paging file. 

I can see the appeal there, but what would be the actual real-world benefits of 3Tb of SSD space to warrant the roughly $3600 using the figures you mention in order to do it?

So you say, "starting to look good for an SSD only system", to me it seems like there is still a long way to go unless:

A/ You have money to burn.

B/ You have need to win pointless wee wee contests against other users. (nothing wrong with that btw.)

C/ You have a specific application where the extra speed warrants the large additional $ per Gb. (which I don't currently)

djwayne


MicroCenter has OCZ 128 gig SSD's on sale for $84.99 and you get a $20 rebate from OCZ. I need to upgrade one of my ssd's as it was only a 64 gig drive and I need 77 gigs for the complete Ivory II program. I was only using two of the piano sets, but with theis larger ssd, I'll have all three piano's on the drive.
 
I thing $65 bucks for a 128 Gig SSD is a great deal !! They used to be a lot more than that !!!
 
OCZ offers you a faster rebate if you'll accept $18.00. So for two dollars you don't have to wait 2 months. So I got the SSD for $67 after rebate. Still a great deal !!
 
Here's a link to it....
 
 
 
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0381969
 
 
 
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Thanks Wayne, now that IS starting to look appealing.

"Jonbouy"
Explain that last sentence to me

If I thought that you were genuinely interested, that would be an easy one to explain.

"jonbouy"
B/ You have need to win pointless wee wee contests against other users. (nothing wrong with that btw.)

Jeez, is this the best you can come up with? Really? It's interesting to read where your mind is at. I don't participate in "wee-wee" contests as I believe it brings the worst out of people (seriously). And at my age, "shrinkage" is a much bigger concern. But I'm up for a yellow snow calligraphy contest..., if you are? Heck, I'll even supply the snow.

If I thought that you were genuinely interested, that would be an easy one to explain.

Trust me I am.  My enquiry was genuine enough.

I can see the appeal there, but what would be the actual real-world benefits of 3Tb of SSD space to warrant the roughly $3600 using the figures you mention in order to do it?

The deal the OP is flagging up makes it appealing to me as far as an OS drive goes for the cost per Gb, I can't see beyond that.

I know my delivery style isn't usually the most popular as far as certain individuals go but I would imagine that many here interested in the subject, including myself, would appreciate your views.

I genuinely believe that one of the main reasons for going for an SSD only system, at this stage, to cover the storage requirements most of us need would likely be for the bragging rights and you'd still be paying a big premium for those.  If I'm mistaken I'd be glad to be put right.

Fair enough Jon. I'll be back a little later when I have the time. The numbers are even better than I originally thought.

Well here's an update.... A month later and the ssd is still working fine. My Ivory II samples load up very quickly and play with no problem. I already recieved my rebate and used it to beef up my food storage program.

My older ssd is still working fine too.

djwayne


Well here's an update.... A month later and the ssd is still working fine. My Ivory II samples load up very quickly and play with no problem. I already recieved my rebate and used it to beef up my food storage program.

My older ssd is still working fine too.

I have no doubt.

I also take Scotts view that good customer turnaround is paramount in his situation. For the money though this drive is looking attractive to me just now.

Scott mentioned OCZ's customer service and reliability.

So far the Vertex 4 SSD is OK. 

However, I also had an OCZ ZT 750 power supply, that is a fully modular and the reason I bought it.  The fan in the power supply would spin up and get noisy after a short period.  I opened a Tech Support ticket with OCZ this past Thursday and in less than 6 hours I had response that it was a known problem in one batch of power supplies and they issued an RMA to return it and replace with a newer model that the fan controller circuit works properly.  They even sent (e-mail) me a pre-paid UPS label to ship it back.  When I updated the ticket that it had been dropped off at UPS for return they didn't wait to get it back, they released the replacement unit.  I don't have the replacement yet as this all happened Thursday and Friday, and the replacement was shipped out Friday.    I had a new power supply, an Antec HG620 that I was going to use in a new PC I'm building for my daughter, I have it installed in my new system and will use the replacement OCZ in my daughter's new build.

On another subject in the trials and tribulations of building PC's, I used a Corsair H80 liquid cooler for the CPU.  It does its job and keeps the CPU temps generally in the low 30's (C) (and even dips into the upper 20's) but the OEM Corsair fans are noisy (too noisy for a recording studio).  According to other posts this is an issue.  I got some "Nexus real silent case fans" and replaced the OEM Corsair fans and took care of that issue. 

I've been building PC's since the 286/386 days and its a lot easier now with parts that are more compatible.  Just the hassles with defective components such as the noisy fans I had to deal with.  The previous build I did a couple of years ago, the case (an NZXT) had a defective front panel assembly - the USB ports were flakey and NZXT sent a new front panel assembly.