I want to make sure I'm not bottlenecking a Intel X25-M if I decide to get it. What dictates this? Southbridge? Anyway, here is my current motherboard and other various parts.
ABIT AB9 Pro LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard
North Bridge Intel P965 Express
South Bridge Intel ICH8R
Western Digital Caviar RE WD2500YS 250GB
HD
3 Gigs of Patriot Extreme Performance 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
BFG Tech BFGR76256GTOCE GeForce 7600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3
So anyway, should I or do I need to be upgradin gmy motherboard before I buy this rather expensive flash drive? I want to extract full performance.
Also one other question - when loading games/OS, is there any write to the HD or is it just read? The Intel X25-M has a much slower Write speed than its SLC brother Intel X25-E. I'd gladly buy the most expensive one if I'm not going to see gains in the MLC one.
ABIT AB9 Pro LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard
North Bridge Intel P965 Express
South Bridge Intel ICH8R
Western Digital Caviar RE WD2500YS 250GB
HD
3 Gigs of Patriot Extreme Performance 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
BFG Tech BFGR76256GTOCE GeForce 7600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3
So anyway, should I or do I need to be upgradin gmy motherboard before I buy this rather expensive flash drive? I want to extract full performance.
Also one other question - when loading games/OS, is there any write to the HD or is it just read? The Intel X25-M has a much slower Write speed than its SLC brother Intel X25-E. I'd gladly buy the most expensive one if I'm not going to see gains in the MLC one.