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    Kingston SSDnow 100 V+ Raid 0 mini review

    in General hardware discussion

    Posted · Edited by SF3D

    Hi!

     

    I got these brand new SSD disks from Kingston for performance testing.

    I have been using old 250GB HDD disks in my bench setup for a long time.

    Now it is time to replace those ancient things with better solution.

     

    Kingston%20ssd%20bundle.jpeg

     

    The best thing is, that nowadays setting up RAID configurations are as easy as single disks have been.

    I am using HW raid with the mainboard. SW raid could give a littel bit better results,

    but I was very happy with performance already.

     

    Things what are hard to measure are the ones which seems to benefit most.

    I am talking about general usability of your daily machine or your bench setup.

    Everything seems to be smoother and faster with these. Even browsing internet is quicker.

    Software installation and loading times are so much faster,

    that you will not get nervous while installing same s**t again and again.

     

    Features

     

    * Innovative — uses MLC NAND flash memory components.

    * Silent — runs silent and cool with no moving mechanical parts

    * Shock-Proof — no moving mechanical parts so the SSD handles rougher conditions

    * Supports S.M.A.R.T functions

    * Guaranteed — three-year warranty, live 24/7 tech support

     

    Specifications

     

    * Form factor — 2.5"

    * Interface — SATA 1.5Gb/s and 3.0Gb/s

    * Capacities1 — 64 GB, 96 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB

    * Dimensions — 69.85 x 100 x 9.5 mm

    * Weight — 128 - 151 grams

    * Storage temperatures — -40 ~ 85°C

    * Operating temperatures — 0 ~ 70°C

    * Vibration operating — 2.7G

    * Vibration non-operating — 20G

    * Sequential Read Throughput 2 — 230 MB/s

    * Sequential Write Throughput 2 — 180 MB/s

    * Power specs — Active - 3.4W (TYP)

    Power specs — Idle - 0.05W

    * MTBF — 1,000,000 Hrs

     

    *Price in Finland: 260€ (520€ both)

     

    Setup:

    *ASUS Rampage III Extreme

    *Intel Core i7 980X @ 4GHz

    *Kingston HyperX 12GB 8-8-8-24 1T

    *ASUS GTX 480

    *2 x 1200W PSU

     

    *Kingston SSDnow 100 V+ Raid 0

    *Western Digital 250GB AAJS Raid 0

    *Gigabyte I-ram (2GB DDR)

     

    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

     

    Test results:

    Install Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit

    Win7install.png

     

    Installing Windows 7 is quite quick with SSD disks. I-ram is of course left out from this part.

    Installation is from the "Install Win 7 ..." to first time on desktop with totally ready OS.

     

    Win 7 boot time:

    Win7boottime.png

     

    This is so amazing. The difference is huge and this is average of 3 boot periods.

    Time is calculated from the beginning of load to desktop.

     

    "Game" level loading time

    I did not have time to install games to these drives,

    so i simulated the game level load situation with 3DMark Vantage.

    It is not even close, but it can give some idea about the performance.

     

    GT1/GT2:

    Vantage%20GT%201%20load.png

    Vantage%20GT%202%20load.png

     

    I-ram was strongest in this part. Normall HDD disk already made some difference,

    so in real games, difference must be a lot larger.

     

    Next tests are Futuremarks PCmark 05 and PCmark Vantage.

    PCmark Vantage is the latest systems performance test and it is clearly the best software for it.

    Too bad it is very long and very boring test.

    Futuremark also force you to buy this software to be able to see scores properly.

     

    PCmark05

    PCmark05.png

     

    PCMark Vantage PC suite

    PCmark%20Vantage%20PCmark%20suite.png

     

    PCMark Vantage HDD suite:

    PCmark%20Vantage%20HDD%20suite.png

     

    In PCmark tests, HDD performance is crucial. You can clearly see, how bad scores the basic hard drives are producing.

     

    Next I tested the typical software, which have been used to measure read and write speeds of HDD's.

     

    HD Tach 3.0.4.0

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    Atto disk benchmark (Read/Write)

    Atto%20disk%20benchmark.png

     

    Crystal disk benchmark 3.0 (Read / Write)Testi 10. Crystal disk benchmark 3.0 (Read / Write)

    Crystal%20Diskmark%203.0%20Read.png

    Crystal%20Diskmark%203.0%20Write.png

     

     

    These test are showing the difference between the old technology and new very clearly.

    When you boot up your system, install os and install a lot of software million times in a year,

    these SSD solutions are the ones, which will save your nerves a lot.

     

    Then I decided to give + and - for these SSDnow SSD drives.

     

    +Small physical size

    +cool operating temperature

    +no noise

    +low power consumption

    +fast in single and raid configurations

    +durability

     

    -price in finland and in general

    -still small size (storage)

     

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    Now it is very easy decision, when I need to select drives for my daily machine or benching systems.

    SF3D - Rampage Extreme - 710.34 MHz Reference Clock

    in Result Discussions

    Posted

    if chipset is at ~room temps then this is by far the best X48 i have ever seen. How's the IMC on this board, Petri?

    Can it run stable (32M or MemTest) at 1000MHz mem (500 1:2) in dualchannel ?

     

    Well, chipset is watercooled and ambient temp is 22C° in benching room. It is quite good result if we take that in to account. I have NB pot here, so maybe I should give one more try with NB on cold as well :)

    ROC II - New era begins..

    in Extreme overclocking

    Posted

    Junksu in XS:

     

    "Thanks Guys and special thanks to Petri for being humble LN2 boy this time

     

    So this was the second ROC event (ROC = Raahe OC - Raahe is a small town in Finland). I have had a lot of OC activities after the last ROC I (April) which was my first LN2 experiment:

    April - Gigabyte Intel P55 OC Challenge with SemBer (2nd),

    June - MSI MOA European Finals with Kite (5th),

    September - MSI MOA Word finals with SF3D (6th)

     

    This time I had just 20kg of LN2 and aim to test my Asus R3E + 480 Lightning with my retail 980X! 2D tests started very nicely and I did some personal records with SP1M + PiFast. Then when it was time to test Lightning with LN2 there were some insulation problems with MB! I managed to make only one decent run with 3DMark03 before ran out of ln2! Hopefully next time better result with 3D too!

     

    My Setup: 980X 3003B320 CBB -142, no CB (with 2 mem sticks)

    Asus Rampage III Extreme

    Corsair Dominator GT

    MSI GTX480 Lightning"

     

    http://www.hwbot.org/community/submission/1069152_junksu_superpi_core_i7_980x_6sec_500ms

    junksuspm1980xroc.jpg

    roc3dm03133.jpg

    ROC II - New era begins..

    in Extreme overclocking

    Posted · Edited by SF3D

    Hi!

     

    I am just the messenger here. I was with these overclockers whole weekend, but I did not overclock at all myself. I was just trying to give useless tips and act like a pro :ROTF:

     

    This is second overclocking session what we have organized here. The idea was same as in ROC I. Guys who are not so familiar with ln2, will get more expenrience with it. The progress during this year have been awesome.

     

    The people who took part were: Asmola, Junksu, SemBer, SF3D

    80 liters of ln2. A lot of retail hardware from shops.

     

    I will add more pictures + shots as soon as I get back home. The guys should be able to show their screenshots in here at least.

     

     

    Junksu was very lucky with his retail 980X. (Week 3003B472)

    No cold bug with 2 memory sticks. Scales well with voltage and cold.

     

    Junksu is currently the 2nd overclocker here in Finland and he is familiar to some of you guys from the live oc competitions in 2010.

     

    This was his pifast result:

    junksu%20pifast.jpg

     

    http://www.hwbot.org/community/submission/1069150_junksu_pifast_core_i7_980x_13.17_sec

     

     

    More to come a bit later from the guys who continued to bench today.

     

    Some random pictures:

    The event place = Raahe (Raahe OC)

    suomen%20kartta.jpg

     

    Junksu's setup and his brand new monitor!

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    SemBer and Asmola:

    4.jpg

     

    Asmola's fiancee like to help too:

    5.jpg

     

    Sauna + alcohol

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    This was perfect weekend again. Thanks guys! :up:

    Warming up for some BIG scores!!

    in Offtopic

    Posted

    Wow.. now I know how to use watercooling with computer. I have always wondered how it is possible.

     

    If you continue to the other side of paper with copywaza C to D.. D to C you will eventually have Swedish perpetual motion machine.

     

    But wow..you guys are so much in your own league.. no way to ever get on your level Massman and Chew*

    GTX480 1/2/3/4-Way: X58 mainboards

    in General overclocking

    Posted

    Did I say anything about ASUS hehe :)

     

    The fact is, that RIIIE cost 370€ in here, which is huge amount of money. 4-way setups are mainly for top end benching, so basic players are not the target group. So, adding Xpander type extension board is good idea if we keep money in our minds. The main idea of RIIIE is to keep cost as low as possible and still offer best possible performance. Nf200 chips on board does not fit in to that idea.

     

    I am not taking any sides, but about this particular subject, it is my honest opinion that RIIIE + Xpander is better choice.

    The ones who does not need or want 4 way ability, will get really good board and they don't have to pay extra (Nvidias fault, not GB's in UD9 case)

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