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<blockquote data-quote="vansmith" data-source="post: 869715" data-attributes="member: 71075"><p>My bad, I was reading another article at the same time :Blushing:. <a href="http://www.storagesearch.com/easyco-flashperformance-art.pdf" target="_blank">Here</a> is the link to that article. <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=storage&articleId=9080838&taxonomyId=19&intsrc=kc_feat" target="_blank">Here</a> is another one. </p><p></p><p>Regardless of whether or not they are faster, or better yet noticeably faster to the naked eye, the excessive prices are not worth it. Especially since web development will likely require smaller writes to the disk.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps they are a lot cheaper but I can find a <a href="http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284" target="_blank">1TB WD Caviar Black 7200RPM</a> 3.5" drive for $110 CDN. Or, I found this <a href="http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136344" target="_blank">2TB WD Caviar Green</a> 3.5" drive for $320 CDN. Better yet, let's compare 2.5" drives. Compared to this 2.5" <a href="http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220389" target="_blank">128GB Patriot SSD</a> for $429 CDN, I can get a <a href="http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148374" target="_blank">500GB Seagate Momentus</a> 7200RPM 2.5" drive for $140 CDN. Per GB, the SSD is $3.35/GB while the Seagate is $0.28/GB. Can you really justify a HD that is ~12x more expensive per GB that has negligible speed benefits (not to mind the quality issues).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vansmith, post: 869715, member: 71075"] My bad, I was reading another article at the same time :Blushing:. [URL="http://www.storagesearch.com/easyco-flashperformance-art.pdf"]Here[/URL] is the link to that article. [URL="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=storage&articleId=9080838&taxonomyId=19&intsrc=kc_feat"]Here[/URL] is another one. Regardless of whether or not they are faster, or better yet noticeably faster to the naked eye, the excessive prices are not worth it. Especially since web development will likely require smaller writes to the disk. Perhaps they are a lot cheaper but I can find a [URL="http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284"]1TB WD Caviar Black 7200RPM[/URL] 3.5" drive for $110 CDN. Or, I found this [URL="http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136344"]2TB WD Caviar Green[/URL] 3.5" drive for $320 CDN. Better yet, let's compare 2.5" drives. Compared to this 2.5" [URL="http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220389"]128GB Patriot SSD[/URL] for $429 CDN, I can get a [URL="http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148374"]500GB Seagate Momentus[/URL] 7200RPM 2.5" drive for $140 CDN. Per GB, the SSD is $3.35/GB while the Seagate is $0.28/GB. Can you really justify a HD that is ~12x more expensive per GB that has negligible speed benefits (not to mind the quality issues). [/QUOTE]
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