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| Thread ID: 139012 | 2015-02-23 20:49:00 | Samsung SSDrives | rumpty (2863) | PC World Chat |
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| 1394968 | 2015-02-23 20:49:00 | Should we users of the Samsung 840 SSD be panicking, after reading this article? www.pcworld.co.nz Certainly the HD Tach measurement on my drive looks a bit of a mess. |
rumpty (2863) | ||
| 1394969 | 2015-02-23 21:24:00 | Wow. I've got a Samsung SSD drive, 500 gig not sure what model. I was going to buy another one in the next few days. I had better check before I do... |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1394970 | 2015-02-24 19:38:00 | Should we users of the Samsung 840 SSD be panicking, after reading this article? Yes, the author's can't spell :D 6235 I have a 120GB EVO 840 and cant say i've come across the issue yet. Then again, mine doesn't get used a heck of a lot. |
autechre (266) | ||
| 1394971 | 2015-02-24 19:54:00 | That test doesn't look great, my 830 series 256 tests way better than that as does the crucial MX100 I added as a 2nd drive, within 5-10% of claimed numbers usually. I haven't tried HD Tach though, might give it a whirl tonight if I think about it. Another issue for some people with SSDs is partition alignment, I cloned a normal hdd onto my crucial SSD in my 2nd machine and it was misaligned. Testing showed some speeds noticeably degraded. After finding a tool to identify and fix the issue and retesting the numbers were as expected. This should not be an issue if you've installed onto a new SSD without partitioning first as windows installer gets it right, but if like me you've used cloning tools it's worth checking. whirlpool.net.au Fixing it can take some muck9ing about though. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1394972 | 2015-02-25 02:36:00 | I'm fairly sure that the partition alignment is right, although the OS is a restored image off an HDD. Mini Tool Partition Wizard reckons it is, although the offset is 2048, not 4096. My SSD is not in the best situation though. The MB does not support AHCI, and the OS is WXP. Mind you, compared with the degradation that is the subject of this thread, that probably doesn't matter much. |
rumpty (2863) | ||
| 1394973 | 2015-02-25 07:08:00 | @Rumpty Just a question, why do you have leading edge SSD and yet you have an old motherboard and an even older OS? |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1394974 | 2015-02-25 07:10:00 | I imagine it still makes a more noticeable performance increase than new motherboard + cpu. | icow (15313) | ||
| 1394975 | 2015-02-25 07:30:00 | @Rumpty Just a question, why do you have leading edge SSD and yet you have an old motherboard and an even older OS? Well, this machine is the number one computer in the house, so I thought I would like to try an SSD in it. At present there is very little possibility of my wife accepting a shift to W7, so that's how it is. |
rumpty (2863) | ||
| 1394976 | 2015-02-26 17:49:00 | 1 Get a new wife or 2 Ask her what will she do when Windows 10 comes out this year, then 11 and 12 ? |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1394977 | 2015-02-26 17:51:00 | Getting back to those Evo drives. I must admit that I was never really impressed with mine. Its a 500 gig one that I use as my C drive. May be mine is one of those Monday ones.... |
Digby (677) | ||
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