The fastest SATA hard drive ever!

[ElementalDragon]

osnnraptor: i actually have one of the OCZ Core v2 30GB drives (on Newegg for $69 and also a $20 MIR to make it $49). Booting.... very freakin nice. Think last i tested, Vista Ultimate x64 after a relatively clean install (after installing video drivers, sound, mouse, and a few apps) was booting in about 30 seconds. I've heard that XP can boot in almost half that. Probably slightly quicker in RAID. I can tell you though..... if those OCZ Vertex drives come out, and can be had on Newegg for a decent amount less than what that article quotes (which tends to happen between the MSRP and the internet prices), i'm probably gonna buy two and eBay the one i have.... or both that i'll have if i get one for xmas too.

 

[American Zombie]

osnnraptor: i actually have one of the OCZ Core v2 30GB drives (on Newegg for $69 and also a $20 MIR to make it $49). Booting.... very freakin nice. Think last i tested, Vista Ultimate x64 after a relatively clean install (after installing video drivers, sound, mouse, and a few apps) was booting in about 30 seconds. I've heard that XP can boot in almost half that. Probably slightly quicker in RAID

I dual boot XP/Vista on my VelociRaptor (non-raid) and XP boots in at about 10 seconds while Vista comes in at about 25.

 

[ElementalDragon]

.... how the crap did this show up in my User CP as having activity lately? hell, it's coming up on the 1-year anniversary of activity.