mrt2 Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Ok I'm about to build a freaking speed demon of a machine and I'm wondering is dropping the money for SSD really worth it? They are so small and for a solid state drive that is 500GB it'll be at least $1400 :( I couldn't have anything lower than 500GB for my boot drive/home folder drive since all my apps will be installed there. I could move my home folder/applications folder to another drive but that would defeat the purpose of having a SSD which is that your Apps launch and run faster... thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeR Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Yes it is, I just upgraded my MacBook Pro to a SSD drive, and the speed improvement is amazing. Photoshop launches in seconds, it truly is amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Kompressor Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Yep. You could get an after market Intel 80gb or 128gb SSD for the OS and programs and also put in a 1 Tb secondary drive for storage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrt2 Posted November 19, 2009 Author Share Posted November 19, 2009 Yep.You could get an after market Intel 80gb or 128gb SSD for the OS and programs and also put in a 1 Tb secondary drive for storage. Well I'll have plenty of storage... my other 3 internal drives are going to be 2TB each. :) But 128GB isn't enough for applications IMO.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svnO.o Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 How many apps do you really have? I have more apps than most people (entire Adobe Suite, Visual Studio suite, Office 2010 suite, 3 browsers, ftp, steam, IM client, torrent client, 7zip, winrar, zune player, imgburn, microsoft security essentials, n all sorts of others, probably ~100 apps) and don't even use the full 80GB of my SSD (got 30GB left running Windows 7). I just keep games separate and my OS/main apps load super fast. Keep temporary files/downloads/docs/pictures/mp3s on another hard drive and you shouldn't need much more unless you have hundreds of apps installed. Maybe Mac OSX works differently than Windows though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason S. Global Moderator Posted November 19, 2009 Global Moderator Share Posted November 19, 2009 i only use my 30GB SSD for Windows... all apps and games are on separate hd's. i would suggest getting a 60 or 120GB SSD for use of only the OS and necessary apps. keep everything else on slower storage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeR Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 This is what I got last week: http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-SSDNow-Soli...690&sr=8-14 Its the Intel SSD, just re-branded as Kingston. It even uses the stock Intel firmware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5Horizons Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 I use a 60GB SSD (~$200) for my Mac Pro's boot drive + Applications. Home folder is on a WD640AAKS. Granted, my workflow doesn't include a ton of huge apps, but I use Aperture, Photoshop, and Illustrator along with a bunch of smaller apps. Right now I have 45 GB free on the SSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToneKnee Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 An SSD will be the biggest speed improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrt2 Posted November 19, 2009 Author Share Posted November 19, 2009 How many apps do you really have? I have more apps than most people (entire Adobe Suite, Visual Studio suite, Office 2010 suite, 3 browsers, ftp, steam, IM client, torrent client, 7zip, winrar, zune player, imgburn, microsoft security essentials, n all sorts of others, probably ~100 apps) and don't even use the full 80GB of my SSD (got 30GB left running Windows 7). I just keep games separate and my OS/main apps load super fast. Keep temporary files/downloads/docs/pictures/mp3s on another hard drive and you shouldn't need much more unless you have hundreds of apps installed. Maybe Mac OSX works differently than Windows though. I do HD movie and music editing.... Final Cut is a 50GB Install and logic is a 30GB install.... :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrt2 Posted November 19, 2009 Author Share Posted November 19, 2009 Actually I don't use ALL the tools that final cut came with so I could cut the install down considerably... and I just saw some other areas on my boot drive I could skim down... I could get away with a 256 SSD... what's the cheapest yet fastest 256 or 250 I could get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason S. Global Moderator Posted November 19, 2009 Global Moderator Share Posted November 19, 2009 OCZ Vertex...around $700 probably? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrt2 Posted November 20, 2009 Author Share Posted November 20, 2009 Those aren't as quick as the Intel/Kingston ones though right? Although any SSD would run circles around my 7200RPM drive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeR Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Those aren't as quick as the Intel/Kingston ones though right? Although any SSD would run circles around my 7200RPM drive... No they are not, here is a real good article with benchmarks that includes most of the SSD drives out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevember Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 I do HD movie and music editing.... Final Cut is a 50GB Install and logic is a 30GB install.... :( So install them 2 on another drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrt2 Posted November 23, 2009 Author Share Posted November 23, 2009 So what would be the fastest sub $900 256GB SSD? Would it be the Kingston SNV225-S2? http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-SSDNow-2-5-...7806&sr=1-4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
master2k27 Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 wow pricey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drshdw Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 http://www.amazon.com/OCZ-OCZSSD2-1VTX250G...d/dp/B001NPCTBY With 1.41 Garbage Collection firmware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrt2 Posted November 23, 2009 Author Share Posted November 23, 2009 HMMmmm.... So does Snow Leopard support TRIM or the Garbage collection feature? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drshdw Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 HMMmmm.... So does Snow Leopard support TRIM or the Garbage collection feature? No TRIM support yet. GC is native to the SSD so no need for OS support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AltecXP Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 I hate SSD's, ever try recovering the data from one after they fail? Here's an idea...IMPOSSIBLE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drshdw Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 I hate SSD's, ever try recovering the data from one after they fail? Here's an idea...IMPOSSIBLE! So backup. Recovering data from a failed HD costs between $500-1000.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timan Veteran Posted November 27, 2009 Veteran Share Posted November 27, 2009 I'm thinking of buying one for my mac pro? whats the fastest / cheapest (storage space is not a problem, it'll be for the OS and Apps only) 30gb is fine. Also what would you need to get them to fit in the mac pro bays (3.5")? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lt8480 Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Yes it is, I just upgraded my MacBook Pro to a SSD drive, and the speed improvement is amazing. Photoshop launches in seconds, it truly is amazing. As opposed to what? Minutes?? :s A ?400 PC I sometimes use with a SATA 7200rpm drive will open Photoshop in sub 3 seconds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drshdw Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 As opposed to what? Minutes?? :sA ?400 PC I sometimes use with a SATA 7200rpm drive will open Photoshop in sub 3 seconds I doubt this. Maybe if your running Photoshop 1.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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