Recent content by dagoldman

dixter1 - Thanks for the helpful information. I ended up moving the SSD to the other build, the one for a new Windows 7 machine, which I run separately, not as a virtual machine. The Windows 7 boots VERY fast, just a second or two. I like that a lot, but it's hardly worth the extra cost. I...

That's what I repeatedly read in those glowing reviews I mentioned. But it misses the point that caching overrides that performance difference much of the time. I don't think this is "poorest circumstance" at all. These are not artificial tests that I devised. Yes, two of the tests repeatedly...

That's a great question. Assuming the test results I presented are correct and the SSD is wasted expense, I guess the answer is: 1) I let my false hopes get the better of me, based on the many glowing SSD reviews I saw that said adding an SSD would be the best way to improve performance, and...

I don't just "want to argue with anyone that tries to help". I want to have a discussion, and figure out if I am doing something wrong in my tests or missed something. And if the tests are correct, it's something that might be helpful to others. Am I supposed to just accept everything you (or...

Thanks much for doing the tests. That agrees with my "time cat bigfile > /dev/null" test with a 4 GB file (BTW, I may have misread, I think it was 0.4 GB but the principle is the same) after a fresh boot, where SSD is 0.76 and HDD is 3.83 seconds. But the second time (file is cached), the times...

I greatly appreciate your comments and suggestions, even though I don't think they hold water. This is very helpful getting feedback on this forum. No, I did not secure-erase the SSD before partitioning. I marked the entire SSD as one partition. I boot from the HDD, the SSD is not bootable as I...

Thanks for the response. The HTML files are each around 30 KB size. There are about 300 of them. Each one is converted through a series of about 8 steps. At each step, the script saves an intermediate file. So there a lot of file reading and writing. You're right the files are not huge. You...

I recently posted a similar message to the storage forum, did not get any replies. Here is a modified version. I am hoping some linux experts can either confirm my findings, or suggest what I am missing. ************** Introduction: I recently built a system: Supermicro X10SAE-O ATX DDR3 1600...

The other thing I should mention is that the 250 GB SSD has about 50 GB of files on it. So there is not a performance problem from the SSD approaching being full. I look forward to any responses, anyone else who has done other real-world tests, anyone who might point out something I'm missing.

Hello storage experts: ************** Introduction: I recently built a system: Supermicro X10SAE-O ATX DDR3 1600 LGA 1150 Motherboard CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 LGA 1150 RAM: Kingston KVR1333D3E9S/4G 4GB 1333MHz DDR3 ECC CL9 (2) HDD: WD WD10EZEX 1 TB, 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, SATA 6, 64 MB Cache...

So is the issue that "superdoctor iii" and "bios health status" are reporting the VRM / FIVR input voltage, as explained by InvalidError, instead of reporting the internal cpu voltage? I don't see any other cpu voltages reported, do not see a way to show the internal voltage. I do see the RAM...

I have an i3-4130 with a supermicro x10sae motherboard. I am not overclocking. The motherboard comes with superdoctor III (windows 7) which reports lots of status information. And the BIOS has a hardware health tab. superdoctor iii says that the vcore voltage "low / high limits" are 0.60 to...

I never thought of that. "make -j" "Specifies the number of jobs (commands) to run simultaneously." I use make to build lots of different things. So it sounds like that might make full use of the extra cores, as you suggest. There is also a "make -l" option to keep starting new jobs as long...

I ordered the parts. Supermicro X10SAE-O ATX DDR3 1600 LGA 1150 Motherboard http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00D656NSY http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... ~ $200 CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 LGA 1150 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EUUKVXM...

The Cooler Master case has somewhat a problem with right-angle SATA connectors (does not fit well), according to several newegg reviews. The asrock C226 WS has right-angle SATA connectors. So I switched to the supermicro X10SAE-O motherboard, with straight SATA connectors. Current config...