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post #11 of 18

8/13/12 at 6:21pm

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Wow, I didnt realize they were that little. I just checked ebay and they're only selling for $40. For that price I might as well hang onto them. Always nice to have a spare HDD around.

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8/13/12 at 8:10pm

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Yeah, unless really hard up for a little cash you might as well hang onto them. Never know when they might just come in handy.

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8/13/12 at 8:15pm

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Are they not much better than 7.2kRPM drives or something? Or is it that SSDs have kind of killed their reason for being?

PS: I'm asking because I'm shocked at the low price too.

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Acer Aspire TimelineX 4830T
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4GBs of Adata 1333	WD Caviar Black 500GB	Hitachi Deskstar 1TB	Kingston HyperX 3k 120GB
Optical Drive	Cooling	OS	OS
LG 8X BDR (WHL08S20)	Cooler Master Hyper 212+	Kubuntu x64	Windows 7 x64
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Bodhi Linux x64	Acer G215H (1920x1080)	Seasonic 520	HAF912
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N450 1.8GHz AC and 1.66GHz batt	ASUS proprietary for 1001P	GMA3150 (can play bluray now!?)	1GB DDR2
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160GB	LGLHDLBDRE32X	Bodhi Linux	Fedora LXDE
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Kubuntu	SLAX	1280x600 + Dell 15inch	Excellent!
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4GBs of Adata 1333	WD Caviar Black 500GB	Hitachi Deskstar 1TB	Kingston HyperX 3k 120GB
Optical Drive	Cooling	OS	OS
LG 8X BDR (WHL08S20)	Cooler Master Hyper 212+	Kubuntu x64	Windows 7 x64
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Bodhi Linux x64	Acer G215H (1920x1080)	Seasonic 520	HAF912
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160GB	LGLHDLBDRE32X	Bodhi Linux	Fedora LXDE
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Kubuntu	SLAX	1280x600 + Dell 15inch	Excellent!
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8/13/12 at 8:19pm

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older (2008 i think models) as people would buy newer drives.. SSD's prices nowadays might have something to do with it too

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Samsung 830 128GB	Plextor M5p 128GB	2 x WD 500GB Blues	LG
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Crucial M4 64GB	WD black 500GB	Liteon	Coolermaster Hyper 212+ EVO
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Samsung 830 128GB	Plextor M5p 128GB	2 x WD 500GB Blues	LG
Cooling	Cooling	OS	Monitor
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Corsair AX850	Coolermaster HAF 912 advanced (Asia version)
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Crucial M4 64GB	WD black 500GB	Liteon	Coolermaster Hyper 212+ EVO
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Win 7 ultimate	Samsung Syncmaster 932gwe+	OCZ ZT series 550W	Coolermaster 410
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1.67Ghz Atom	stock	1GB DDR2	2 x 500GB Western Digital Cavier Blacks [RAID 1]
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8/13/12 at 8:20pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Rookie1337

Are they not much better than 7.2kRPM drives or something? Or is it that SSDs have kind of killed their reason for being?
PS: I'm asking because I'm shocked at the low price too.

They're better at sequential reads/writes than 7200rpm, but not much better at random read/write. Even a first gen SSD will slaughter these drives in random read/write.

I remember I had two 150gb Raptors in Raid 0 back in 2007... Great back then... not so much anymore.

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8/13/12 at 8:27pm

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Alright...man times sure more fast on some things.

Sorry if I hijacked didn't mean to just say this and wondered...

CPU	Graphics	RAM	Hard Drive
Core i3 2370M	Intel HD3000M	Eplida 4GB DDR3 1333	Toshiba 5400RPM
Optical Drive	OS	OS	OS
Generic DVDRW	Kubuntu 13.04 64bit	Win7 Home Premium 64bit	Bodhi Linux 64bit
Case
Acer Aspire TimelineX 4830T
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AthlonIIX4 640 3.62GHz (250x14.5) 2.5GHz NB	Asus M4A785TD-M EVO	MSI GTX275 (Stock 666)	8GBs of GSkill 1600
RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
4GBs of Adata 1333	WD Caviar Black 500GB	Hitachi Deskstar 1TB	Kingston HyperX 3k 120GB
Optical Drive	Cooling	OS	OS
LG 8X BDR (WHL08S20)	Cooler Master Hyper 212+	Kubuntu x64	Windows 7 x64
OS	Monitor	Power	Case
Bodhi Linux x64	Acer G215H (1920x1080)	Seasonic 520	HAF912
View all

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
N450 1.8GHz AC and 1.66GHz batt	ASUS proprietary for 1001P	GMA3150 (can play bluray now!?)	1GB DDR2
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	OS	OS
160GB	LGLHDLBDRE32X	Bodhi Linux	Fedora LXDE
OS	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
Kubuntu	SLAX	1280x600 + Dell 15inch	Excellent!
Power	Case
6 cells=6-12hrs and a charger	1001P MU17 Black
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CPU	Graphics	RAM	Hard Drive
Core i3 2370M	Intel HD3000M	Eplida 4GB DDR3 1333	Toshiba 5400RPM
Optical Drive	OS	OS	OS
Generic DVDRW	Kubuntu 13.04 64bit	Win7 Home Premium 64bit	Bodhi Linux 64bit
Case
Acer Aspire TimelineX 4830T
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AthlonIIX4 640 3.62GHz (250x14.5) 2.5GHz NB	Asus M4A785TD-M EVO	MSI GTX275 (Stock 666)	8GBs of GSkill 1600
RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
4GBs of Adata 1333	WD Caviar Black 500GB	Hitachi Deskstar 1TB	Kingston HyperX 3k 120GB
Optical Drive	Cooling	OS	OS
LG 8X BDR (WHL08S20)	Cooler Master Hyper 212+	Kubuntu x64	Windows 7 x64
OS	Monitor	Power	Case
Bodhi Linux x64	Acer G215H (1920x1080)	Seasonic 520	HAF912
View all

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
N450 1.8GHz AC and 1.66GHz batt	ASUS proprietary for 1001P	GMA3150 (can play bluray now!?)	1GB DDR2
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	OS	OS
160GB	LGLHDLBDRE32X	Bodhi Linux	Fedora LXDE
OS	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
Kubuntu	SLAX	1280x600 + Dell 15inch	Excellent!
Power	Case
6 cells=6-12hrs and a charger	1001P MU17 Black
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8/13/12 at 11:29pm

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$40 each individually. Bundled for $30.

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8/14/12 at 11:00am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Rookie1337

Alright...man times sure more fast on some things.
Sorry if I hijacked didn't mean to just say this and wondered...

No problem, Im as surprised as you are, but there have been some good points made, 128gb SSDs can be had for cheap now, and are much faster than traditional drives. Couple age, with the disk technology used, and the options available right now... Yeah, $40 actually makes sense. On the other hand, given the performance of the drive as it stands, you can get quite a great piece of tech for $40! (someone can, Im not selling mine

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2x 160gb Velociraptor Raid 0	2x Samsung 18x DVD-RW	Windows Vista Ultimate X64	2x 22" ACER X223WBD
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Logitech G15	Corsair 750TX	CoolerMaster Stacker 810	Logitech MX518
Mouse Pad
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Hard Drive	Optical Drive	OS	Monitor
2x 160gb Velociraptor Raid 0	2x Samsung 18x DVD-RW	Windows Vista Ultimate X64	2x 22" ACER X223WBD
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Logitech G15	Corsair 750TX	CoolerMaster Stacker 810	Logitech MX518
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