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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1915132" data-attributes="member: 190607">Well, that author's opinion has changed, I'm not sure if everyone else's has.&nbsp; Once again, note that is a Samsung Web page and the author is an unknown.&nbsp; You've once again cited to a shill site Patrick.I more or less agree with the article though.&nbsp; If you are comparing the speed of an SSD with a RDHD, the SSD is almost always faster.&nbsp; If you are content with your SSD just being faster than a RDHD, and you don't want to pay a bit more for extra performance, a DRAM-less SSD is fine.Just about every SSD mechanism on the market today cuts some corners to achieve a lower price.&nbsp; An SSD might lack DRAM, it might lack over-provisioning, it might use a less expensive type of memory, it might have poor cooling that leads to thermal throttling, or it might not support the OS's implementation of TRIM.&nbsp; The thing to watch out for is if a given SSD does without two or more of these things.&nbsp; That will make the SSD unusually slow.&nbsp; (e.g. some Samsung SSD's do without BOTH DRAM and over-provisioning.&nbsp; That's why they've put that Web site up, to try and get you to purchase their slow models anyway.)On another list we've been talking about these SSD's that you see from China that are advertised on places like Facebook.&nbsp; They offer huge amounts of storage capacity for what seems like a stunningly low price.&nbsp; Unfortunately, if you get one, and you manage to even get it to format, it will be as slow as a USB flash drive.&nbsp; That was the tradeoff you made for the low price.Meanwhile, if you purchase a blazingly fast Intel or Angelbird SSD, it will be about three times the price of, for instance, a Samsung SSD of the same capacity.&nbsp; So, in the end, you can shop for any combination of performance, reliability, and price that you want.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1915132, member: 190607"] Well, that author's opinion has changed, I'm not sure if everyone else's has. Once again, note that is a Samsung Web page and the author is an unknown. You've once again cited to a shill site Patrick. I more or less agree with the article though. If you are comparing the speed of an SSD with a RDHD, the SSD is almost always faster. If you are content with your SSD just being faster than a RDHD, and you don't want to pay a bit more for extra performance, a DRAM-less SSD is fine. Just about every SSD mechanism on the market today cuts some corners to achieve a lower price. An SSD might lack DRAM, it might lack over-provisioning, it might use a less expensive type of memory, it might have poor cooling that leads to thermal throttling, or it might not support the OS's implementation of TRIM. The thing to watch out for is if a given SSD does without two or more of these things. That will make the SSD unusually slow. (e.g. some Samsung SSD's do without BOTH DRAM and over-provisioning. That's why they've put that Web site up, to try and get you to purchase their slow models anyway.) On another list we've been talking about these SSD's that you see from China that are advertised on places like Facebook. They offer huge amounts of storage capacity for what seems like a stunningly low price. Unfortunately, if you get one, and you manage to even get it to format, it will be as slow as a USB flash drive. That was the tradeoff you made for the low price. Meanwhile, if you purchase a blazingly fast Intel or Angelbird SSD, it will be about three times the price of, for instance, a Samsung SSD of the same capacity. So, in the end, you can shop for any combination of performance, reliability, and price that you want. [/QUOTE]

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