question ssd drive

[rwy12 16]

Hi AllI was wondering if some one could please help me in understanding the ssd drive terminology.I have been looking at a few on ebay and they are all listed as 2.5 for laptops.Can you please tell me how to fix one of these in a desk top,where can I get the adopter from etc..Is the power rating different for the ssd drives.Also your comments on the hybrid ssd would be welcomed.Many thaks.Qas

[cmeeks 8]

My Mushkin Callisto came with a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter so that it will fit in a normal HDD bay. Whatever you get, make sure it has the SandForce controller and trim support.This one seems to be the most recommended from what I've seen. But I got this one because it claims better write speeds. Seeing as how I'm about to upgrade to Sandy Bridge, which has native SATA 6Gb/s support, perhaps the Crucial C300 would have been better.

[TechguyMaxC 516]

The cable connections are the same for both 2.5" and 3.5". If you're saying you want to be able to secure the drive in your desktop chassis somehow, then you will need to purchase a 2.5" to 3.5" drive bay adapter. As for which drive to buy, I'd suggest waiting. New products from all major vendors are just around the corner.

[Gary A 8]

The hybrids have no business in a FS machine in my opinion. The hybrid has a small electronic cache (SSD) the rest is a standard mechanical drive. The drive only reads from the SSD portion on those files it learned (thru repetition) to store there. What is not stored in cache is read from the mechanical drive. With changing scenery files running FS likely not much will be in SSD cache to help. Also SSD does not like to be defragged but the majority of the hybrid is mechanical and needs to be defragged. It is not a drive for FSX or FS9 or FS.Good in a laptop for repetitious Office programs.Buy all SSD or all mechanical, don’t mix them is the best solution. IMHO

[rwy12 16]

Thanks for your comments.I have seen this onehttp://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270687103883&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:GB:1123on ebay.I contacted the seller and he said it does have trim support but the controller is Indilux Amigos,Does it look ok.Thanks.Qas

[Guest chris493]

Personally, I wouldn't buy computer hardware from eBay, especially second hand. Yes it may be almost new, but the fact is we don't know what use this SSD has had. It could be damaged etc. I'd stick to buying hardware from newegg, OCuk etc. There are many cheap stores in the UK. I've come across them before.