graphics card/processor help!

[Kiara]

My friend personally had problems getting the Vertex 3 boot from the southbridge J-Micron controller on his Sandy Bridge mobo. He's now kinda weary of OCZ because of that.

Hi Bahn,

In layman's terms (sorry (^_^;, does this mean OCZ Vertex 3 SSDs are problematic in general? Or that it's potentialliy problematic only with regards to this "Sandy Bridge" config?

Thanks.

[Zorlin]

Hi Bahn,

In layman's terms (sorry (^_^;, does this mean OCZ Vertex 3 SSDs are problematic in general? Or that it's potentialliy problematic only with regards to this "Sandy Bridge" config?

Thanks.

OCZ Vertex are the SDD with best reviews around the internet have one myself on a sandy bridge MB(asus p8z68-v pro) works wonders. Also OCZ been leading the SDD market for awhile.

To bahn

With a sandy bridge chipset you dont really need to use JMicron since the chipset(H61,H67,P67 and Z68) itself have atleast 4 SATA ports so unless yr driving 4+ HDD/SDD i wouldnt use the JMicron ports and even if you are running that amount of SDD/HDD use one of the intel chipset ports for the boot SSD.

[Coldfire]

Just for your information: Most SSDs use exactly the same Flash Memory and exactly the same Sandforce Controller. The problems that occur are usually the mainboards fault(if the SSD is not broken in which case you should get it replaced right away).
And a good SSD really can remove the stuttering in town and other loading lags by 99% (it's not just the transfer speed but also the seek time which is only like 1/1000 of a normal HDD).

[Aenarion]

OCZ Vertex are the SDD with best reviews around the internet have one myself on a sandy bridge MB(asus p8z68-v pro) works wonders. Also OCZ been leading the SDD market for awhile.

wasn't there some issues with the sf2000 controllers? not sure if that's been fixed yet. AFAIK intel drives still have the best reliability record, though the sf based drives are faster.

Just for your information: Most SSDs use exactly the same Flash Memory and exactly the same Sandforce Controller. The problems that occur are usually the mainboards fault(if the SSD is not broken in which case you should get it replaced right away).

I wouldn't say they're all the "same", intel has their own controller, crucial uses marvell, and kingston has jmicron controllers etc.

[ispano]

wasn't there some issues with the sf2000 controllers? not sure if that's been fixed yet. AFAIK intel drives still have the best reliability record, though the sf based drives are faster.



I wouldn't say they're all the "same", intel has their own controller, crucial uses marvell, and kingston has jmicron controllers etc.

All Kingston SSDs, at least in the past, have been rebranded Intel drives. Maybe that's different with the newest one, I haven't looked into it just yet. Actually their newest uses Intel Chips, but a SF controller.

[neorei]

so i got a radeon 6850 for about 120.00 though i had to get a new PW supply because it needed 6 pins, with this i'm running everything on standard and 2msaa AO and Depth at 60 FPS, i can push it for more, but i'm very very happy with what i got. thank you everyone for the suggestion.


actually i stayed at frys for over 1.5 hours debating on a 560TI and 6850, but when it came to it. the price matter the most to me. cause i'm not in the mood to eat ramen noodles for the next few weeks.

[neorei]

NOW i'm thinking about getting SSD,

[Kiara]

OCZ Vertex are the SDD with best reviews around the internet have one myself on a sandy bridge MB(asus p8z68-v pro) works wonders. Also OCZ been leading the SDD market for awhile.

To bahn

With a sandy bridge chipset you dont really need to use JMicron since the chipset(H61,H67,P67 and Z68) itself have atleast 4 SATA ports so unless yr driving 4+ HDD/SDD i wouldnt use the JMicron ports and even if you are running that amount of SDD/HDD use one of the intel chipset ports for the boot SSD.

Hi Zorlin, Coldfire,

Ah nice. ^^ OK, so great SSD with a newer Intel Motherboard / Chipset would be pretty safe / stable then?

[Bahn]

NOW i'm thinking about getting SSD,

"I'm not in the mood to eat ramen noodles for the next few weeks"

Then you say this.

The heck?

[Coldfire]

Compared to normal HDDs SSDs are pretty cheap now :P
And the new ones work pretty well. But if you don't buy an Intel (they test them before shipping it seems) you should be prepared to have it replaced for a working one lol