oh. hdd is a perfect example when technology is mature: very affordable, but going nowhere. as long as it does the job, i think it should be fine.

raid can boost speed alright. it's a good choice for those who need it. however to me (as a home user), even a single sata ssd is fast enough hehe

it's always like that, whether we like it or not :/

i think these two booths are the only few that are worth visiting. is there any other attractions?

hopefully i will get something for my desktops there today.

haha if that's the case this will be a very quick trip, like last year.

er.. 2015 might be too early for ssd's to get cheaper but it might happen haha

yeah actually the price has dropped significantly compared to last year or two.

with the (almost, still slightly on the high side) same price for 256gb previously, we can get a 512gb now. the future might be very bright

Oh just do upgrades at your own pace there is no need to rush also. By the time w10 is out maybe there will be other surprises as well.

These days there is not much exciting news about sata ssd's. I guess its price will continue to go down following moore's law.

yes the difference between ssd and hdd is still night and day, even if ssd is connected to sata2.

thanks for the heads up this is one of the things i am waiting for. although it might take a while to populate, at least it's here soon hahaha!

hopefully this also move us away from things like bad usb.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpxZFoNiQ10
https://github.com/adamcaudill/Psychson

right. in general hdd is still king in storage in terms of costs. however, it's also nice for me to have a speedy external ssd storage with a capacity of more than 512gb that i can carry around, without worrying about catastrophic failures because of my carelessness hehe

pcie ssd is already good as fixed drives in a system.

yes i had a pretty bad experience before. the whole set of data in my external hdd was gone because of my carelessness. luckily i had a complete backup.

transcend ssd 370 512gb is now at MYR 689.00. since it's for data storage, it doesn't need to be super performing.

edit: let's see if this happens in 2016 and beyond

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/42280/expert...yond/index.html


This post has been edited by horns: Dec 29 2014, 01:01 AM

yes. speed is one advantage. the main thing to me is still relative data safety hehe

after the incident of failed hdd, i switched to usb sticks also. however usb sticks are slow for large files.

my simplified comparison is this: for 256gb, you need 4x 64gb usb sticks. i use sandisk ultra usb 3.0 64gb for comparison here. (there are options with faster speed but the price is quite high) the total cost is like MYR 440.00. in terms of speed, it is said to have up to 100MB/s.

now you get a 256gb ssd plus a common external enclosure, say, ssd for MYR 380.00, and external hdd enclosure, MYR 70.00. the total is about MYR 450.00. the price is almost the same. the speed for ssd in external enclosure is about 190MB/s.

this is why i think it's a viable option to me.

yes it's true ssd's still costly for large and fixed storage. i still prefer hdd because it's still the cheapest option, and it's good enough if large files are accessed one at a time.

like chocobo7779 suggested, intel 530 240gb should be a good buy.

sata ssd's started to run at almost top sata3 speeds since two year ago. for reliability's sake, you can choose from older models that have good records. for now only intel 530 has a good price tag with long warranty period.

imo the better size of ssd should be at least 240gb. in general, 240-256gb range is the sweet spot for many things in a ssd as a system drive. it usually has the speed of higher capacity variants. also, you have more space to play with. you can use some of it for over provisioning to further prolong lifespan of nand flash and boost performance.

there is no msata in 850 pro.

finally it's the time of the year. ces 2015 has a bunch of stuff that are worth waiting for.

in terms of ssd technology, controllers for nvme ssd are now ready. it seems that overheating is no more an issue with the new controller by marvell. (meaning heat sinks are not needed anymore, especially for high-speed data transfers)

hopefully we can see some actual products in retail soon lol!

well. yeah. imo it's better to plan the next purchase for best bang for bucks.

i'm sorry but maybe it's time to shift our way of thinking from 'why do we earn so less?' to 'how can we earn more?'

cheating is a bad practice in everything. however to say no cheat no profit is kind of exaggerating imo. there are many ways to do business honestly and still earn a good margin. (not as good as cheating, but good enough to let you sleep well at night hehe) you need to think and work hard for it.

i rather think more about how i can earn more, because in the end of the day, only consumers will keep the money flowing, and everyone is happy.

yeah seldom we have people talking about plextor. maybe the previous product recalls on m6pro which lacked of follow-up updates had something with this. it's not the best but it's still one of the better ones, at least to me. i have older m5pro and m5m, and i am quite happy with them.

new products from crucial:

1) MX200
http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/storage-ssd-mx200

2) BX100
http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/storage-ssd-bx100


finally the office toolbox software for crucial drives:
http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/support-storage-executive

overview:
http://forum.crucial.com/t5/The-Cru/An-Ove...ive/ba-p/163301

edit:

now news from samsung, this is why you should make sure your next purchase has a pcie 3.0 x4 m.2 slot, or get a compatible pcie adapter if you don't hehe

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/2015...ast-Low-powered

This post has been edited by horns: Jan 8 2015, 10:49 PM

yeah i learned it from my dad and seniors that had done well in their careers and businesses. tbh to say it is easy, but you really need to work hard to make it real. (i'm working on it lol) again, i think it's better to pick things up along the way. the shortcut is apparently jumping here and there, but there will be something more valuable missing if you go along that line.

this world is fair in the sense that everyone is equal in terms of time. we all have the same 24 hours a day. the question is, how do you make the most values out of it?

damn i am way off-topic.

edit:

notes on Crucial Storage Executive software: it's a big 150MB java-based Web GUI package, supports m500 and onwards.

what i think weird is that with such large package we don't have a tool that we can create bootable media for sanitation of a compatible drive (i think it's secure erase in another name). for w8/8.1 the drives are TCG-enabled by default so you cannot sanitize them. you can however perform a psid revert (i.e. returns a drive to its factory default state in the event a password-protected TCG-enabled drive's password is lost)

This post has been edited by horns: Jan 9 2015, 11:58 AM