Solid State Hard Drives

[westside]

I have been hearing that solid state drives are the way to go with FSX. I am looking to upgrade to Windows 7 and use a fresh copy of FSX gold. I was thinking if I was to get into a software update like that two solid state drives would

[ozzy72]

I've been using solid state at work and the performance is AMAZING 8-) I've not tried with FSX yet but if the boss goes away....

[Skittles]

I don't know much about them. I hear FSX scenery files should be "defragged" by name order and SSD's DO NOT get defragged.


Here's a couple reviews...
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3812/the- ... ssd-c300/1
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3636/west ... nd-600gb/1

[Slotback]

I recommend getting one large SSD for Windows and FSX because the larger the SSD the faster it is, so I would expect that a single really big and fast SSD would be faster than two smaller and slower ones.

Best SSD's are the moment are Corsair Performance 3, Corsair Force series, OCZ Vertex 2, any SSD with a Sandforce-1200 controller, Crucial C300, Crucial C400 (when that comes out)..... some newer stuff will be coming out in the coming months through that will kill pretty much anything I listed... prices should also be coming down soon as they move to a better manufacturing process.

[FLFlyGuy]

I have tried FSX on two brands of SSD, OCZ Agility2 (120G) and Intel X25-M (80G).

[westside]

Thanks for that FLFlyGuy

That drive looks like a good one.

Mark

[FLFlyGuy]

My pleasure I had intended to write up for the forum on my experience with a new build, two brands of ssd, and specifically what happened with different drivers
and configurations, so your post was timely and halted my procrastination.

I had been without a desktop computer for roughly nine months.

[Slotback]

Depends on what intel versus what ocz. Intel X25M G2 will outperform the OCZ Agility 2 but it will certainly not outperform the OCZ Vertex 2. Both have similar prices.

Nick said here that AHCI is better for newer SSD...:

http://www.simforums.com/forums/ahci-or ... 33163.html

Although if you're getting better performance then IDE is certainly worth a try...

[Flight Ace]

[quote]I have been hearing that solid state drives are the way to go with FSX. I am looking to upgrade to Windows 7 and use a fresh copy of FSX gold. I was thinking if I was to get into a software update like that two solid state drives would

[FLFlyGuy]

Flight Ace how is your ssd installed, ide, ahci?

[Flight Ace]

Flight Ace how is your ssd installed, ide, ahci?

FLFlyGuy,

My SSD is an OCZ 120GB Vertex 2 series and my BIOS SATA configuration is set at ADVANCED not IDE.

Out of the box, I put my new SSD in my computer case, connected it to my motherboard with a SATA cable and its been running great ever since. My computer boots super fast as well as greatly improved startup times for FSX. Again, I have reserved this drive for Windows 7 and FSX and FSX add-ons. Of the 120 GBs I have approximately 20 GBs left in reserve. For me, it added a spark to my computer and well worth the investment.

Regards,

FlightAce

[Slotback]

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?o ... itstart=12

Both Vertex 2

[Flight Ace]

[quote]http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=505&Itemid=38&limit=1&limitstart=12

Both Vertex 2

[Flight Ace]

[quote][quote]http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=505&Itemid=38&limit=1&limitstart=12

Both Vertex 2

[Slotback]

Yes, it was the manual for the ASUS P6T Deluxe Version 2, however the manual is dated to December 2008. It was the manual from the ASUS website, here:

http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=iRlP8RG9han6saZx

Section 3.3.6, page 84, page 14 of chapter 3 aka 3-14.

I am on a crappy Gigabyte P35-DS3P (REV 2.1) as in my signature. Might be a year or more before it's replaced since I don't have the money. Donations appreciated.