OCZ Vertex just ordered from the egg

FoldingAddictFoldingAddict Montgomery, AL
edited July 2009 in Hardware
Just picked up http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227393 that would be an OCZ Vertex SSD. My first choice was an Intel X25-E but F that price tag. Anyhow, I know the drive is a 2.5" form factor. Any suggestions on how to mount this bad boy into an Antec 1200 desktop case?

P.S. 3M double sided tape is an acceptable solution, just trying to find out if there is a better way out there.

~FA

Comments

  • RyderRyder Kalamazoo, Mi Icrontian
    edited June 2009
    :D

    http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/flash_drives/ocz_solid_state_drive_3_5-adaptor_bracket
  • FoldingAddictFoldingAddict Montgomery, AL
    edited June 2009
    Took me awhile to find a store that wasn't sold out on these. Newegg was unfortunately :( But! Ordered none the less from compsource.com. Thank you sir. :thumbup

    ~FA
  • FoldingAddictFoldingAddict Montgomery, AL
    edited June 2009
    Just one question for you Ryder since I know you probabvly have the answer off the top of your head. I was reading the Vertex XP 32bit setup guide on the OCZ forums. Are RAID drivers REQUIRED for the vertex to work, or am I missing something?? I don't see why they would be.

    ~FA
  • RyderRyder Kalamazoo, Mi Icrontian
    edited June 2009
    Only if you are running in Raid with multiple drives, or you have Raid enabled, but no array created (called Non-Member Raid).

    It is not necessary, however using Non-Member Raid does ensure you have the latest driver for the controller, which can produce best performance.
  • FoldingAddictFoldingAddict Montgomery, AL
    edited June 2009
    Thank you sir.

    ~FA
  • FoldingAddictFoldingAddict Montgomery, AL
    edited June 2009
    ::UPDATE::

    Well I received everything, and installed it all. This damn drive flys like the wind. Pretty much everything is an insta launch even on a fresh boot. Went ahead and installed Windows 7 to avoid all the BS that XP and Vista require when installing an SSD. My only regret is not buying a bigger one. :D

    Highly recommend one of these to anyone that wants to improve the snappiness of their machine.

    ~FA
  • lordbeanlordbean Ontario, Canada
    edited July 2009
    I had a look at the performance stats on the vertex series and was pretty amazed by the numbers. >200mb/s read on a solo drive is quite insane.

    I went the cheaper / higher storage route myself, but this also means my rig consumes more power. My setup:

    2x Seagate Barracuda 1TB 32MB drives in RAID1 boot
    3x WD Caviar Black 640GB 32MB drives in RAID0 games

    The games array is snappy, but I'm running 3 HDs to accomplish it. My sustained read from it is about 330MB/s on the ICH10R controller.

    Might grab a PCI-e hardware raid controller eventually, but ICH raid is more upgradable in the future since the standard hasn't changed in 4 generations of southbridges. And yes, I know, it's fakeraid. It still makes the CPU do work. I'm not finding it's bothering me - my CPU isn't maxed out in games anyway. Graphics isn't powerful enough.
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