Interesting new item

[rickss69]

Sure everyone has seen the new Matx case from Silverstone but they have a new item available now to combine a ssd with a standard hdd. I may give this a try when I do the micro build. :)

http://upcoming.current.com/items/1266437_best-view-ive-seen-of-the-silverstone-sg07-miniitx-case.htm

http://www.silverstonetek.com/products/p_contents.php?pno=HDDBOOST&area=

[rickss69]

Got one coming from Tiger - What would be a reliable app to test before/after results?

[Assassin48]

Got one coming from Tiger - What would be a reliable app to test before/after results?

HDtune comes to mind

maybe Pcmark 05

[Kal-EL]

I like it, good stuff from silverstone.

[rickss69]

More info...

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/29176-silverstone-hddboost-review.html

[GFDuke]

I'd like to see some PC05, HDTune and Atto bro. Looks like a neat piece of hardware.

[Neuromancer]

More info...

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/29176-silverstone-hddboost-review.html

WTF? They started off comparing it to a velociraptor, and half way through the tests dropped it out and put in a 640GB drive?

Looking at that article, I don't think the technology is ready yet.

But TBH I am not that impressed with my SSD either.

[Jor-El]

More info...

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/29176-silverstone-hddboost-review.html

Do a PCM5 HDD tests and a Vantage HDD test suit to compare before and after. :thumbsup:

[Assassin48]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DFQ1JeqNoI&playnext_from=TL&videos=_Nq5fCk00Rg&feature=sub

[rickss69]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DFQ1JeqNoI&playnext_from=TL&videos=_Nq5fCk00Rg&feature=sub

Is that guy jacked up on caffiene or what? :blink:

[FACE]

"1... 2.... Thr..... "


:laughing:

[Neuromancer]

OMG how freaking annoying.

Would be great.. if you are going to pronounce S-ATA you pronounce it correctly. He even says SATA DATA cable, pronouncing both words complete differently so its not some regional accent.

[rickss69]

Test bed:

Xeon 3580 @ 4.3 GHz
Saaphire 5870 @ default settings
Evga Classified mb
Corsair GTX CMG6GX3M3A2000C7 7-8-7-20 1T
Seagate 80GB HDD
SuperTalent 30GB SSD
Win7 64 PRO

Benchmarks:

Vantage (CPU)
PCM05 (HDD and CPU)
HD Tune
CineBench (CPU)
Atto


Vantage -

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq69/rickss69/th_Vantage-HDD.jpg (http://s434.photobucket.com/albums/qq69/rickss69/?action=view&current=Vantage-HDD.jpg)

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq69/rickss69/th_SSD.jpg (http://s434.photobucket.com/albums/qq69/rickss69/?action=view&current=SSD.jpg)

A nice increase in performance with the ssd enabled.

PCM05 -

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq69/rickss69/th_PCM05.jpg (http://s434.photobucket.com/albums/qq69/rickss69/?action=view&current=PCM05.jpg)

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq69/rickss69/th_PCM05-1.jpg (http://s434.photobucket.com/albums/qq69/rickss69/?action=view&current=PCM05-1.jpg)

The ssd blistered thru PCM05 compared to the hdd alone.

HD Tune -

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq69/rickss69/th_HDTune.jpg (http://s434.photobucket.com/albums/qq69/rickss69/?action=view&current=HDTune.jpg)

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq69/rickss69/th_HDTune-1.jpg (http://s434.photobucket.com/albums/qq69/rickss69/?action=view&current=HDTune-1.jpg)

The ssd still shows improvement but notice the sharp drop...I believe this is because of the small size of the ssd. You make the call.

CineBench -

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq69/rickss69/th_Cinebench.jpg (http://s434.photobucket.com/albums/qq69/rickss69/?action=view&current=Cinebench.jpg)

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq69/rickss69/th_Cinebench-1.jpg (http://s434.photobucket.com/albums/qq69/rickss69/?action=view&current=Cinebench-1.jpg)

Unsure of the CineBench results...

Atto -

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq69/rickss69/th_ATTO.jpg (http://s434.photobucket.com/albums/qq69/rickss69/?action=view&current=ATTO.jpg)

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq69/rickss69/th_ATTO-1.jpg (http://s434.photobucket.com/albums/qq69/rickss69/?action=view&current=ATTO-1.jpg)

The Atto test revealed a gain for the ssd, tho not as great as expected.

Conclusions:

I am not sure if I included the correct tests or not. There does seem to be gains with the ssd "piggy backed" to the hdd. Is it worth the effort? I will let other's more knowledgable than myself make that decision. I do like how the ssd wakes up the always sluggish Win7 OS...I think I will be using this on my upcoming micro build. :thumbsup:

[Kal-EL]

Kool stuff Rick, thx for sharing :good: