Gigabyte Sticks 20GB SLC SSD On Z68 Mobo

[tuannguyen]

It's not often that the ubiquitous motherboard gets considerable attention.

Gigabyte Sticks 20GB SLC SSD On Z68 Mobo : Read more

 

[yzfr1guy]

Great Idea! 20Gig is perfect for OS install.

 

[applegetsmelaid]

I want one.

 

[Transsive]

My Windows 7 folder (2 years old) is 22GB... maybe perfect for XP.

 

[kilo_17]

This is a pretty cool idea from Gigabyte

 

[avi0013]

[citation][nom]yzfr1guy[/nom]Great Idea! 20Gig is perfect for OS install.[/citation]Is 20G enough with windows bloat? Or how about dual boot?

 

[pabeader]

win 7 OS is only 3.5 gig. just make sure everything else goes to data drive.

 

[sceen311]

perfect place for my Photoshop cache? and the files I'm currently working with? how bout upgradeable swapable?

 

[fir_ser]

Good feature in a motherboard and I believe the SSD is upgradable.

 

[Horhe]

[citation][nom]pabeader[/nom]win 7 OS is only 3.5 gig. just make sure everything else goes to data drive.[/citation]How did you manage to trim it so much? Mine's 17.7 GB (only the Windows folder) and it is a recent installation (about 3 months). Windows 7 Professional x64

 

[thrasher32]

I really like Gigabyte, their mobos are top-notch, and they are true innovators. This is a good example of that innovation at work.

 

[belltollsforthee]

I want one, and man gigabyte is getting on the ball!

 

[alidan]

i wondered why this kind of thing didn't happen sooner. i had this idea about 5 years ago

i have always wanted something like this.

expect to see os bundles where os is preinstalled, which may be a bonus.

 

[belltollsforthee]

I want one, and man gigabyte is getting on the ball!

 

[legacy7955]

I like this idea, you know that just down the road higher storage numbers will be available at about the same price so if we bide our time plenty of affordable versions of this implementation will be available .

I wonder if the OEMs like HP, Lenovo, and others will be far behind in offering this in their laptops?

 

[fir_ser]

[citation][nom]Transsive[/nom]My Windows 7 folder (2 years old) is 22GB... maybe perfect for XP.[/citation]
Its true 20GB isn’t enough for everyone.

 

[malphas]

Presumably the idea is for it to be used in tandem with the z68 chipset's SSD caching abilities, rather than as a system drive.

 

[Guest]

am i the only one that thinks it's so damn close to the CPU and primary gfx slot, some serious thermal abuse there.....

 

[avi0013]

[citation][nom]malphas[/nom]Presumably the idea is for it to be used in tandem with the z68 chipset's SSD caching abilities, rather than as a system drive.[/citation]Exactly.

 

[legacy7955]

[citation][nom]ThermalAbuse[/nom]am i the only one that thinks it's so damn close to the CPU and primary gfx slot, some serious thermal abuse there.....[/citation]

Good point, the proximity is awfully close.

 

[geekapproved]

cool idea but my first thought was it's gonna run much hotter than it would in a drive bay.

 

[Guest]

wow... I little late on news?

 

[amk-aka-Phantom]

At last someone did it! And who cares that it's only 20GB, it's a start... soon many manufacturers will do the same and more on their premium boards.

 

[dgingeri]

nice...

 

[Guest]

Will buy most definately!