OCZ Vertex 2 SSD - Loading 10 Programs Simultaneously - Testing for on3network.co.nz

[thelucaweb]

che programma e' quello che fa scorrere i programmi aperti?

[TheAslanDA]

OCZ Vertex 2 120GB 2,5" SSD

Read: 207.3

Write: 139.1

Is these numbers good or bad?? Those numbers was the best i got...

[TheAslanDA]

Is there any minimum requirements of the processor before you can use this SSD drive in your laptop, i have a Intel Core i7 QM 720 processor, is it clever to buy this SSd drive for my laptop with this processor inside?

Sorry if this question sounds silly but i'm a noob...

[mongohotline]

@TheAslanDA There aren't any minimum specs to use this - even slow Atom based nettops systems benefit from an SSD. However more powerful processors will be able to make full use of the power of it. As the QM 720 is a very fast (laptop) CPU, yes a good SSD would make a *huge* difference in your case.

As you likely have SATA II (3Gb/s) rather than the new SATA III (6Gb/s) ports, either a Vertex 2 (not Vertex 3), or an Intel 320 series would be the best option for you :) All the best!

[TheAslanDA]

@mongohotline Thanx you so so much for such an informative reply! I truly appreciate this so much my friend! Thank you!!

[mongohotline]

@suopo34 faggots who view tech videos and complain about the music annoy me. Go listen to some indie rock and have a fuckin cry about it.

[mongohotline]

@suopo34 Good for you - it's not a music video. The only retarded thing here is people treating it as such.

[mongohotline]

@suopo34 unpopular? Well I do literally have a hundred times as many views as your videos. Then again I guess watching you be distinctly average at COD isn't all that fun. I think the music suits the video, sorry if you've heard it before, I hadn't lol.

Again, it isn't a music video - if some people don't like the music it's their business so long as they don't spam up the page with crap.

[mongohotline]

@suopo34 Might have something to do with my not releasing videos beyond the three last year. I don't seek subscriptions, I'm a tech person who did some videos because they were the best way to demonstrate the abilities of SSD's, & I still did an unintendedly successful job. Quality not quantity lol?

re discussions, we had 2 pages of useful ones, followed by a 12 spam comments about music; I do enjoy trolling the latter.

[sangolt88]

Laggy video

[mongohotline]

@sangolt88 Not exactly 'laggy' - although the screencap software locked in at ~15 FPS, which was annoying as hell :/

[deano22lfc]

if u play this song u r now gay

[mongohotline]

@deano22lfc Are you hitting on me?

[tijs14tijs]

Where is the buy button :(

[mongohotline]

@tijs14tijs all over the net ;) Tho the Vertex 3 (and other equivalent Sandforce 2xxx drives) are out now, and are a lot faster if you have SATA 6 Gb/s...

[netkongen]

Crap music, hate that fucking tune. Gonna shit you in daaaaaaaaaaaaaaa face.

[mongohotline]

@netkongen - forget you

[TheAndroidUser]

@GarrettBMXes I do my best to mute it while I direct Windows Media Player to a more pleasant tune.

[mongohotline]

@ducktape696: well your mum is all over xtube.

[ducktape696]

@mongohotline

So, a thought crossed your mind? Must have been a long and lonely journey.

[mongohotline]

@ducktape696: thanks for the big brain compliment. Tho in future we'd prefer it if your comments aren't copypasted from (all over) the internet.

[Sergiocrivelin]

I watched your review about normal HDD doig the same test. is the SAME machine u runed it?

[mongohotline]

@Sergiocrivelin : It was the exact same machine yes, the specifications are in the video description.

[mongohotline]

@freiermuthj

No sleeping with someone of the same gender is gay and there's nothing wrong with it, so don't worry bout those feelings you have k?

I'm sorry if the next concept is even more complicated - but music taste is relative - as evidenced by the number of people asking for the songs name on previous pages. For someone to come along to a tech video and go to the effort of posting to say their taste isn't towards the music is a bit sad. Use mute xox.

[roeylennon]

I have purchased the OCZ Vertex 2e 120gb model and it should have arrived yesterday no thanks to DPD. Useless. It better come tomorrow. I want to see how it will get on with my Core i7 920 D0@ 4ghz and 6gb DDR3 ram @ 1600mhz.

[GoldenbanjoDJ]

@roeylennon

DPD are being really bad recently

my coolermaster haf x case took an extra 3 days to come.

u get it from overclockers.co.uk?

[mongohotline]

@roeylennon

Have fun with that man - if you haven't used on before they're absolutely amazing - it should play pretty well with such a powerful PC too, the rig will be able to keep to stretch its legs with the data throughput from a Vertex 2 :)

[nikchris69]

i hate this song.

Nevertheless, i have purchased this SSD and waiting for it to arrive.

[mongohotline]

@GarrettBMXes

Your face makes your mum not watch.

[GarrettBMXes]

@mongohotline Makes my mom not watch what? There must be something.

[Milesprower2305]

@mongohotline lol

[freiermuthj]

@mongohotline no seriously this song is fuckin gay.

[BooteyMasta]

I travelled into the future 7 years and your SSD was still running.

By the way clear off some of that MILF porn allocated to too many blocks.

[123qwerty]

i love this music, what' it called?

[Ravenex2]

Question: How long will a SSD last compared to a standard 7200 HDD?

[vadrae2121]

@Ravenex2 Given you have a newer ssd, it could write 100gb per day and last 5 years, which is more then long enough to upgrade again. Also an ssd is still usable after it "dies" it just cant be written to anymore, but you could still access stuff on it. whereas a normal hdd you'd lose all your data.

[Ravenex2]

@vadrae2121 Wow....that's so awesome! Man, I can't wait until SSD technology becomes standard. People will no longer have to be as serious about losing data, although you should always backup anyway.

[mongohotline]

@Ravenex2

It's a complex question. Typically the 'weakest link' parts of current gen memory chips will start 2 fail after ~4 years of typical usage. However unlike HDDs which 'kill' data an SSD will reallocate failing blocks of data 2 spare memory (they have 10%-25% of their capacity set aside) . So with typical usage you shouldn't really see proper data loss for > 5 years and will be warned b4 it truly dies.

This is all theoretical of course, as there are no 5 year old current-gen drives...

[SOF006]

@mongohotline Surely it would last longer though considering it uses less power and has no moving parts. No moving parts means less chance of a failure, correct me if im wrong please. I plan on buying a 32GB SSD soon to replace my 80GB HDD.

[mongohotline]

@SOF006

Yes and no.. Unlike HDDs SSDs have a definite lifetime - currently about 5000 writes per block. They however have less chance of catastrophic random failure that HDDs have (as you say no moving parts). So whilst they prob wont die randomly, the will die at a certain predetermined point.

[barf245]

@Ravenex2 all manufacturer's say 1.5 million hours to 2 million hours for SSD drives that is a long time. The Western Digital HDD MTBF specification is 300,000 hours

[OutofBoxExperience]

@Ravenex2

Vertex and Vertex 2 drives seem to be very dependable unless you try all the OCZ tweaks and update the firmware

From all the complaints at Newegg and the OCZ Forum, it looks like firmware updates are the number 1 cause of bricked drives or drives losing data

Bios settings and OCZ "Tweaks" compete for the number 2 spot in losing all your data!

Hope that helps

[madzane94]

omg.... how much youtube vids use this one song. ahh! :@.

Nice vid tho, had to mute volume xD

[matteo4m]

Hello, what song is this??? Thanks :)

[mongohotline]

@matteo4m - The song is called 'Breath Machine'.

[asddsaaassddd]

@mongohotline isnt it 'dreamscape'?

[mongohotline]

@asddsaaassddd

Yeah - my bad: it's Dreamscape *by* Breath Machine

[Slip92KoRn]

@mongohotline

I think you mean 009 System...not Breath Machine

xD

[mongohotline]

@Slip92KoRn

I really don't give a flying frack about the song beyond its utility as this isn't a music video. AFAIK they're pseudonyms or something, youtube certainly credits Breath Machine.

[Slip92KoRn]

@Slip92KoRn

However,i want Just clarify ^^

Nothing Personally ^^

[Slip92KoRn]

@asddsaaassddd

This Song is called DREAMSCAPE by 009 Soundsystem ^^

[XyloN4Min]

How do u put the programs side by side??? please tell me.

[mongohotline]

@XyloN4Min - Open up Notpead and then add the programs you wish to start like this:

start /d "C:\Windows\System32" calc.exe

Just replace the C:\Windows\System 32 with the file path you want (e.g. C:\Games\Bad Company 2) and replace the calc.exe with the executable file (e.g. BC2.exe). Repeat the process for each program you want to start, then save as a .con file using 'File ==> Save as'.

If you watch my video in HD, at ~9 seconds you can see how the .bat file should look.

Hope this helps!

[mongohotline]

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