This computer is fucking me off

[Gremlin]

ADATA S510

Corsair Force 3

Intel 330

OCZ Agility 3

Crucial M4

Intel whatever... they're proving to be the reliable options at the moment.

[SMOKEU]

BTW, whichever drive I choose must be a SATA 3 since my motherboard has a SATA 3 controller (all the SSDs I listed are SATA 3).

[Brian d marge]

Same here. Had a windows machine that had a HDD failure. Win had been preinstalled and both the supplier and Microsoft wanted more cash for a copy of the operating system I had already bought and paid for.

So I put Ubuntu on.

It installed perfectly. Found all its drivers itself, and hasn't caused me any grief at all.

I can't fault it, its stable, fast and looks great.

The bummer is a dependence on windows based invoicing and CAD apps which I cant find Linux versions of, and I haven't (yet) got reliable under WINE.

Varicad , I have a copy u can have + CAELinux,,, yes here we Do have a magor flaw in linux , the programs a free, and work and can be chopped around , BUT for top end cad work , sadly lacking

Varicad , Blender ( getting good now) meshlabs salome .... I wish there was a solid works for linux , or catia work on a linux platform


Stephen


PPPPSSSS ....virtual box with windows ( yik) is a good way ...wine just never seems to play ball ...except sketchup 8

[sil3nt]

BTW, whichever drive I choose must be a SATA 3 since my motherboard has a SATA 3 controller (all the SSDs I listed are SATA 3).

Crucial and Intel would be the only ones I would touch.

For me it was between the M4 and the 320. No idea what the 330 is like!

[Usarka]

BTW, whichever drive I choose must be a SATA 3 since my motherboard has a SATA 3 controller (all the SSDs I listed are SATA 3).

It doesn't have to be sata3, you can still use a sata2 drive.

Intel 330 has 3 year warranty (not sure why but eek!). The 320 and 520 have a 5 year warranty (woohoo). 320 is only Sata2. = Intel 520

[Akzle]

BUT for top end cad work , sadly lacking

send letters/emails to the harware manufacturers to release opensource OR compatible hardware drivers for linux OSes. the only way the hardware shits in bed with M$ will change is when the consumers demand it.

[davereid]

Varicad , I have a copy u can have + CAELinux,,, yes here we Do have a magor flaw in linux , the programs a free, and work and can be chopped around , BUT for top end cad work , sadly lacking

Thanks very much for the offer, but you need to be way smarter than me to do top end mechanical CAD, I struggle with the sketchy programs....

I am currently migrating all my PCB designs to Designworks, which runs on both Linux and Doze.

Its ideal for me, as I often do design at customers premises on customer machines and they are gmint depts, which means Windows.

After reading the thread I downloaded and installed Virtual Box.

I am disappointed to report it downloaded, installed, self configured and ran perfectly.

I installed WINXP in it. And even when XP crashes VB shrugs it off. So I can run my old invoicing program. And it will do.

Thanks much

[SMOKEU]

It doesn't have to be sata3, you can still use a sata2 drive.

Intel 330 has 3 year warranty (not sure why but eek!). The 320 and 520 have a 5 year warranty (woohoo). 320 is only Sata2. = Intel 520

I currently have a SATA 2 SSD, but I don't want to buy another one seeing that a SATA 3 SSD is only going to be around $30 more.

There has been quite a bit of discussion on the SF2200 controllers failing, and since the Intel drive that I mentioned uses that specific controller, I'm wondering what the reliability will be like. Intel drives do a pretty good reputation, though.

[Akzle]

I am disappointed to report it downloaded, installed, self configured and ran perfectly.

I installed WINXP in it. And even when XP crashes VB shrugs it off. So I can run my old invoicing program. And it will do.

XP shouldn't be crashing in VB (any more than otherwise) adjust your config, make windows page file happy. also if you're porting your drives (HDD, optical, floppy whatever) windows sometimes shits through VB, there's always a workaround. check out the developers pages and/or the buntu help forums.

[SMOKEU]

I ran Memtest86+ with both DIMMs and the results are here. I didn't want to embed the pic in case the mods get shitty due to the resolution. At least RAM is cheaper than a SSD, so that's some good news.

[SMOKEU]

I tested each stick individually with Memtest 86+ 4.20 for at least 5 hours and didn't get any errors. I only get errors when I'm running both sticks simultaneously.

[steve_t]

I tested each stick individually with Memtest 86+ 4.20 for at least 5 hours and didn't get any errors. I only get errors when I'm running both sticks simultaneously.

Are the sticks identical?

[scracha]

Adata S510 or S511. They come with a nice copy of Acronis too so you can easily clone your disk. Fast and not stupid priced. Have had no issues with them.

[SMOKEU]

Are the sticks identical?

Yes, both sticks are identical. They came in a dual channel kit.

[steve_t]

Yes, both sticks are identical. They came in a dual channel kit.

So you'll be looking at new sticks or a new mobo again I guess