Administrators Nathan Posted May 23, 2012 Administrators Share Posted May 23, 2012 Well I lost my main hard drive this morning. It was old anyways. I was trying to decide if I should go with a SSD, but they are still pretty expensive. So I chose a hybrid, they are supposed to be only a few seconds slower than a SSD at a fraction of the price. The SSD 80 Gig HD was $199 The Hybrid 750 Gig HD was $189 So far I can tell a night and day difference, it's like having a new computer all over again. With my old drive my CPU usage never went over 7%-8%. Now with this hard drive it should put the bottle neck back towards the CPU were it belongs. I also have had some issues lately with maxing out my 4 gigs of ram so added another 8 gigs. (12 gigs total now) Marc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHiLL Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 (edited) Nice buys, but I'm curious where you've been looking at SSD prices. newegg.com has a OCZ Agility 3 120GB for $109.99. http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820227726 Or a Corsair Force Series 3 for $79.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233223 Edited May 24, 2012 by CHiLL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Nathan Posted May 24, 2012 Author Administrators Share Posted May 24, 2012 Ah yeah, I only had Best Buy to choose from, since the drive crashed I had to get my computer right back up for work as I work from home. I couldn't wait on something to be shipped, but newegg is my fav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlyn73 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Ah yeah, I only had Best Buy to choose from, since the drive crashed I had to get my computer right back up for work as I work from home. I couldn't wait on something to be shipped, but newegg is my fav My last US based IT gig was for Best Buy's Geek Squad, and I can say that I am surprised they didn't try to up-sell you an entire new build over your dead hdd. But in truth, the new Geek Squad guys (post 2006) probably scurry away when they find out they are talking to someone with actual knowledge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Leigh Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 I am curious about the hybrid drive. How much of the capacity is in ram? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tetutato Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Hmm not sure about your choice with Hybrid. I think you should go for the "true" SSD unless you need the additional space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Nathan Posted May 27, 2012 Author Administrators Share Posted May 27, 2012 I am curious about the hybrid drive. How much of the capacity is in ram? 8 gigs, here is the video on it: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xde4gc_momentus-xt-benchmarks_tech/ Hmm not sure about your choice with Hybrid. I think you should go for the "true" SSD unless you need the additional space. I did, after all my programs and windows was installed I was using 103 gigs, so really needed this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tetutato Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Well let me know how it is once you get it and use it. I'm looking for another HDD/SSD upgrade in the near future so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Nathan Posted May 27, 2012 Author Administrators Share Posted May 27, 2012 Well let me know how it is once you get it and use it. I'm looking for another HDD/SSD upgrade in the near future so... Did you read the post? I've been talking about it above and even said in the first post I installed it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Microsuck Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 That's a really neat hybrid! I am curious to know what data is written to the disk portion and what data is written to the flash portion. Really neat idea, I might have to purchase one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Leigh Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 8 gigs, here is the video on it: http://www.dailymoti...enchmarks_tech/ I did, after all my programs and windows was installed I was using 103 gigs, so really needed this one. I see. So a hybrid is basically a mechanical hard drive with a very big buffer. Can you choose what to load into the ram part of the hard drive or is it all handled automatically? btw Windows 7 wouldn't fit into that 8 gigs, would it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Nathan Posted May 29, 2012 Author Administrators Share Posted May 29, 2012 It's handled all automatically in real time, you don't install on the 8 gigs, it's allocates it to programs as needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tetutato Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Did you read the post? I've been talking about it above and even said in the first post I installed it... Oh oops, I read it up to "Well I lost my main hard drive this morning. It was old anyways. I was trying to decide if I should go with a SSD, but they are still pretty expensive. So I chose a hybrid, they are supposed to be only a few seconds slower than a SSD at a fraction of the price. The SSD 80 Gig HD was $199 The Hybrid 750 Gig HD was $189" so I figured you just chose it but didn't buy it yet. Sorry about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Nathan Posted May 29, 2012 Author Administrators Share Posted May 29, 2012 Ah yeah no prob. I have it up and running, it's a huge difference from my mechanical drive and I feel like I have an entirely new computer. That old drive didn't let me use any of my computers potential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tetutato Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Ah yeah no prob. I have it up and running, it's a huge difference from my mechanical drive and I feel like I have an entirely new computer. That old drive didn't let me use any of my computers potential. Hmm you really do make it sound tempting for me to get the drive... And also, this is desktop that you have this installed in right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Nathan Posted May 29, 2012 Author Administrators Share Posted May 29, 2012 Hmm you really do make it sound tempting for me to get the drive... And also, this is desktop that you have this installed in right? Yes....why would I be talking about a desktop in this thread that I didn't install this drive in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tetutato Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Yes....why would I be talking about a desktop in this thread that I didn't install this drive in? Not that, I was told that these hybrid drives have a form factor that matches laptops and you need an adapter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Nathan Posted May 29, 2012 Author Administrators Share Posted May 29, 2012 Ah ok, nope all SSD and hybrids are 2.5" hard drives, no adapter needed, it's just normal SATA data cable and power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Microsuck Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 That old drive didn't let me use any of my computers potential. Not many consumer-machines are ever used to their full-potential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tetutato Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Not many consumer-machines are ever used to their full-potential. Haha that's a very good point. I'm sure even now, Nathan, you aren't using that computer to its full potential. Only the most power demanding softwares that aren't average consumer programs could consume so much power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Nathan Posted May 30, 2012 Author Administrators Share Posted May 30, 2012 What I mean is the bottleneck is no longer at the hard disk. It's back on the CPU where it belongs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tetutato Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 I still don't believe that a HDD can bottleneck such a system... I mean even if it's 5400RPM. :/ It might be faster when you use the hybrid drive but the 5400RPM/7200RPM drive probably wasn't really "bottlenecking" your computer. You know what i mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Nathan Posted May 30, 2012 Author Administrators Share Posted May 30, 2012 Yes it was the bottleneck as CPU utilization never went over 7-8%. Now it gets into the 60% range. The speed is night and day difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tetutato Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Yes it was the bottleneck as CPU utilization never went over 7-8%. Now it gets into the 60% range. The speed is night and day difference. Well I'll admit that is some impressive increase in the percentages but may I ask, where can I check this CPU utilization stats? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Nathan Posted June 2, 2012 Author Administrators Share Posted June 2, 2012 I use Rainmeter. You can read more about it in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.