PHOTOFAST G-Monster 1.8 IDE 64GB

[miltontsai]

i'm considering to replace my IBM X40 hard drive for a SSD. and wondering if that's gonna speed up the windows boot up.

i found this on a online shopping in Taiwan.
PHOTOFAST G-Monster 1.8 IDE 64GB
http://shopping.pchome.com.tw/?mod=item&func=exhibit&IT_NO=DGAG1N-A39724243&SR_NO=DGAG1N&ROWNO=2

it's around AUD 240, freight i would say around AUD 20
a total AUD 260 for a 64GB SSD
it says max read 80MB/s, write 45MB/s
if the figures are true, i would bring me double the performance of what i had now.

do you guys think that this is a good option? worth ?

 

[BoBzzz]

i'm considering to replace my IBM X40 hard drive for a SSD. and wondering if that's gonna speed up the windows boot up.

i found this on a online shopping in Taiwan.
PHOTOFAST G-Monster 1.8 IDE 64GB
http://shopping.pchome.com.tw/?mod=item&func=exhibit&IT_NO=DGAG1N-A39724243&SR_NO=DGAG1N&ROWNO=2

it's around AUD 240, freight i would say around AUD 20
a total AUD 260 for a 64GB SSD
it says max read 80MB/s, write 45MB/s
if the figures are true, i would bring me double the performance of what i had now.

do you guys think that this is a good option? worth ?

You can find conventional 7200rpm hard drives that are faster than that.

I don't know how the availability is where you live but if I remember correctly I think the WD caviar black series are all close to 100MB/s read

 

[richwang]

I don't think there's any conventional 1.8" hard drive that has 7200rpm. If there is, please let me know!

 

[mcnuggetofdeath]

Seagate 7200.12. $60 at newegg.com

Im averaging 130mb/s read and write. With peaks at 150mb/s.

Single platter. Awesome drive.

 

[Xenonvector927]

Aren't those IDE though? Not sure if you would be able to reap the full benefits of the speed of the drive if the interface was the lowly IDE.

 

[richwang]

I guess many of you are missing the point here...

IBM X40, X41, X41T can only take 1.8" 44pin IDE HDD (unless you add a modded adaptor into that tiny HDD compartment).

Please only respond to the original poster if you know what we're discussing here.