Gigabyte Sticks 20GB SLC SSD On Z68 Mobo

[zorky9]

I would like to see W7 preinstalled. Maybe that'd would lower overall system cost with with an OEM OS with no bloatware.

 

[Guest]

@Horhe: Maybe he got rid of shadow copies, software distribution cache, and other redundancies? There's a lot of duplication in that folder that you might not need if your go-to solution for issues is to reload/reimage (and that's a good option if your important stuff is already segregated from the OS drive).

 

[memadmax]

NICE, SSD is too small, but still NICE.

 

[borisof007]

That would be a really, REALLY fast bootup.

 

[alcalde]

[citation][nom]Transsive[/nom]My Windows 7 folder (2 years old) is 22GB... maybe perfect for XP.[/citation]

openSUSE install is 3GB including a full office suite, Firefox, GIMP image editing, bittorrent client, java, e-mail/contact management/calendar, media player, etc. I think a lot of that 22GB is probably just page file, which I saw witch a Win7 virtual machine install. If it's not all page file, I can't imagine what you've got in there.

 

[Transsive]

Nope, the pagefile.sys file is in the root of the drive.
As far as I know the size of the windows folder in vista and 7 is a bit inaccurate. (2-5GB less in reality)
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/e7/archive/2008/11/19/disk-space.aspx

I've gotten to 22GB due to all the security updates, not the mention that I've upgraded to SP1.

I'll do a clean install of SP1 soon enough.

 

[warmon6]

20gb is small although....... if you get the version that doesn't come with the sdd , you could possibly add your own thats much larger (might come at a higher price though.)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100008120%20600038517&IsNodeId=1&name=Mini%20PCIe%20%28SATA%29

 

[joshyboy82]

Seems like all of you are missing how 'Smart Response' works. It works in conjunction with the HDD not as a stand alone SSD. It allows windows to better predict what the processor is going to ask for and moves it to the SSD for 60% improved response on reads and still uses the standard spinning hard disk for writes.

Link for your knowledge:
http://www.anandtech.com/print/4329

 

[joshyboy82]

A quote from Intel:
"* Intel Smart Response Technology combines SSD and Standard HDDs into a single volume for fast performance while maintaining large storage capacities. Intel Smart Response Technology utilizes a portion of your SSD drive for caching frequently used applications to improve your overall system performance and responsiveness. A minimum of 20GB of SSD storage space will be used and dedicated to caching but allocated cache size is adjustable. By utilizing the Intel Smart Response Technology, your system response will outperform HDD-only systems by up to 60%!"

 

[Guest]

[citation][nom]joshyboy82[/nom]Seems like all of you are missing how 'Smart Response' works. It works in conjunction with the HDD not as a stand alone SSD. It allows windows to better predict what the processor is going to ask for and moves it to the SSD for 60% improved response on reads and still uses the standard spinning hard disk for writes.Link for your knowledge:http://www.anandtech.com/print/4329[/citation]

Well I believe all of us do know how Smart Response works but some of us prefer the os on the boot drive.

 

[shin0bi272]

MOTHERF*CKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had put this idea in my ideas for asrock and did I win the prize noooo of course not... now what Asrock?

 

[koga73]

if they expanded that to 32gb that would suffice.
and needs dual boot!

 

[jestersage]

whoever thought of it first... Very cool idea!... If I could afford it, I'll get one and, when the warranty expires, I'll dunk it in oil.

 

[rantoc]

That SSD isn't as fast as the latest performance SSD's, its however a excellent chooice for use in conjunction with the Z68 HDD caching and i'm considering this board due to price/performance. For max os/app performance its better to have a good ssd like the Vertex 3 hooked up on that smooking fast sata3 port!

 

[apache_lives]

[citation][nom]Transsive[/nom]My Windows 7 folder (2 years old) is 22GB... maybe perfect for XP.[/citation]

WTF xp is dead, no trim either

 

[slyphnier]

mine ... Windows7 64bit SP1 (Folder) 25GB
not including pagefile and hibernate

 

[joshyboy82]

hence why your OS doesn't go on the included SSD. It's a caching location, so the smart response technology will put parts of it on for faster boot.

 

[joshyboy82]

My Vista 64 install is 31.3 Gb with all updates.

 

[alcalde]

[citation][nom]joshyboy82[/nom]My Vista 64 install is 31.3 Gb with all updates.[/citation]
Does that include all of the software you've installed on there since then or not???

 

[stalker7d7]

If I'm right, you can just buy the standard mobo and fit an SSD with enough storage for your needs?

 

[11796pcs]

If I was Gigabyte, I would have put a 30 GB on there. 20 GB is just too snug for comfort. Yeah, maybe the page file is factored into the 20 GB for an install but you can always move that part.

 

[11796pcs]

My OS is at 17.9 GB and I installed it early March- so it's doable I suppose.

 

[eddieroolz]

I love you, Gigabyte. Though 20GB may be cutting it a bit close.

 

[Guest]

One can use the System memory[ram] for caching or as a pagefile, if there's enough.
4gigs + of ram is more than likely sufficient on a 64bit system.

 

[valu3hunt3r]

Be nice if it could be used as an OS drive for say a basic file server; more so with unRAID or whatever your non MS flavor of OS as IMO it is a bit small to fit Redmond varieties on there comfortably.