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drjsway

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I'm thinking about upgrading to a SSD and read that SandForce just announced their new SSDs with 500MB/s read/write. Since the 2010 iMacs are still 3Gb/s, will I see any benefit by waiting for them?
 

Hellhammer

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You would get better random access etc but not really worth waiting for. I doubt you would notice any difference. Besides, first gen may have issues.
 

SpitUK

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I have just put a Patriot Inferno SSD in my iMac, just go for it. Things load pretty much instantly and I cannot see how an even faster SSD will benefit you any more in this current generation.
 

nlr

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May 27, 2010
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I would definitely wait only because prices will decrease dramatically as SSD's can be pricey.
 

bry223

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Until mac's start using SATA 6gb/s I wouldn't wait, there's a lot of good SSD's out there right now that get the job done very fast
 

drjsway

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Jan 8, 2009
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You would get better random access etc but not really worth waiting for. I doubt you would notice any difference. Besides, first gen may have issues.

Thanks. So even if I may not notice the difference, technically there should still be an improvement even on SAT 3Gb/s?
 

Hellhammer

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Thanks. So even if I may not notice the difference, technically there should still be an improvement even on SAT 3Gb/s?

Technically, yes. In real world, no. Current SF drives have IOPS of 50k, the new ones will have 60k (IOPS is a way to measure random read&write performance). Current drives can already provide 285MB/s and that is the real world limit of SATA 3Gb/s
 
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