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Since speed seems to be of interest here, has anyone tried installing their operating system to an i-RAM SATA DDR Hard Disk Drive? Gigabyte make one with 4 DDR slots, you can pretty cheaply install XP into 4GB. It claims to boot into XP in 1/13th the time of a ...


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Old 25th Feb 2008, 19:57
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Since speed seems to be of interest here, has anyone tried installing their operating system to an i-RAM SATA DDR Hard Disk Drive? Gigabyte make one with 4 DDR slots, you can pretty cheaply install XP into 4GB. It claims to boot into XP in 1/13th the time of a standard 7200rpm unit.

If not, why not?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-RAM discusses it.
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I can boot into XP in about five seconds with my current setup on a regular 7200RPM disk. The slow write times and high cost turns me off to solid state. If I was creating a server or a comp that did a constant read application 24/7, I'd consider it, but even Raptors are a better deal for the money atm.
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but then again with a server you would also need fast read times, which solid state has, why not have a ssd thats big enough for your os and then use a hard drive for all the files, fast boot but also fast write
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Old 26th Feb 2008, 01:27
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That's what I said in my post :p If I was going to do that, I'd get a Raptor with similar or better price per GB, no worry about volatile storage, and with faster write speeds. But like I said, I boot into Windows in 5s or less anyway so it doesn't matter.
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Haven't used one myself yet, like Carbon ... the price is still a deterrent.

I would be interested to know more, especially on reliability ..... if they come down in price, which no doubt they wiil, I may have a little dabble.
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Come on, this price excuse is pretty naff. You can do this for £150, that's the price of a return train ticket to London these days.
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Old 26th Feb 2008, 06:30
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I could also buy two more monitors, or a 8800GT, or...

Not going to pay that kind of cash for a couple seconds off loading times.
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Old 26th Feb 2008, 07:32
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LOL .... you're being ripped off m8y ..... Manchester to London £12 with Virgin - £24 return trip.

Have you tried one yourself ? .... or are you hoping to find some guinea pigs ?
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Old 26th Feb 2008, 07:47
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Good lord, guinea pigs of course. This entire rig cost me less than sixty quid. All my software's legal too. The i-RAM caught my eye, I thought it sounded neat, and this is after all a site for dedicated speed freaks.
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.... I think I'll pass on this one
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