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HD vs SSD
« on: March 24, 2012, 11:31:19 AM »
Excuse a newbie question (I'm new).

I'm planning to buy an Amigaone 500 since I'm not used to put things together myself. I don't demand much of my system except that I want it to work as well as possible.

I wanted to ask what is better: to buy one with a 500 gig HD or with a 128 gig SSD?

As far as I remember Amiga files don't take up as much space as Windows, including the OS. Is the USB support well enough today to enable me to buy any external USB HD and use that if the SSD becomes full?
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Re: HD vs SSD
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2012, 12:17:27 PM »
Will as little as 50 gig be enough? I'm used to fill my PC hd with stuff, excluding mp3s and movies. How much space does AOS use?

Will a newbie like me know the difference when using an Amiga with SDD? Or are the benefits purely technical?
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Re: HD vs SSD
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2012, 12:28:16 PM »
Quote from: Duce;685059
Put a SSD boot drive in it if you like for the speed boosts, and throw a traditional HD in it for storage.

That's sounds like a good idea :)
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Re: HD vs SSD
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2012, 01:16:52 PM »
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You will want to check on the SAM 460ex machine if you need an additional SATA controller to have multiple drives.  I believe it was like that at one time.

I want to buy an Amigaone 500, since I know nothing about putting stuff together. They offer that at Acube's homepage (and hopefully also at my national retailer, they haven't answered yet since it's weekend). Are the ones Acube offer any good?
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Re: HD vs SSD
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2012, 01:26:57 PM »
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Just make damn sure you back up ALL of your files! SSD is not as good as hard drives for longevity or reliability (not yet anyway).

It isn't? I thought that was one of it's main points?
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Re: HD vs SSD
« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2012, 11:09:44 AM »
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Works fast and reliable, I turned off SWAP as I didn't want to overwrite to it and anyway, seems as fast as my old HDD if not faster even without the SWAP!

What is SWAP?
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Re: HD vs SSD
« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2012, 09:50:52 PM »
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A SWAP file is a section of a hard disk set aside to function as virtual RAM memory, should you run out of the actual physical random access memory - the system hits the hard disk.

Ah, I remember it when it was called virtual memory. Make sense what you write even though I think 2 gigs of RAM should not be drained when using an Amiga anytime soon :)
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