Gigabyte add built in SSD to motherboard

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#1 Gl3ny
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Gigabyte has come up with, what I think is, a pretty good idea! They've added a built in SSD to one of their upcoming motherboards! I might include something like this in my next build if it gets popular. What do you guys think?

http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/28/gigabyte-bolts-an-ssd-to-a-motherboard-so-you-dont-have-to/

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#2 LordRork
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It's a nice idea. Although I think I'd prefer to buy a "proper" SSD with a larger volume so I can store more than just Windows on it.

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#3 istuffedsunny
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Looks like a gay leprechaun threw up all over the box... I think this has something to do with SSD caching, which to me sounds about as appealing as those Seagate Momenthus drives :P
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#4 JigglyWiggly_
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Do want
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#5 JohnF111
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Maybe 30Gb to ensure i can put a bunch of decent apps on it as well... This will probably become similar to integrated graphics, good and helpful but will be replaced rather swiftly.
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#6 NamelessPlayer
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20 actual GB is the typical size of a Win7 installation. I don't see it making a practical boot drive because of that, although other OSes would fit. It'll also drive the price up quite a bit, because it's Intel and it's SLC instead of the usual MLC, but you get what you pay for. I still foresee people just sticking with typical 2.5" SSDs if they want one (most desktops have the space, after all), but this could come in handy for cases with few 3.5" bays (if it were to be coupled with several HDDs), or if someone needs that mSATA slot to diagnose a notebook's mSATA SSD (though I'm pretty sure there are adapters for that).
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#7 JigglyWiggly_
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This isn't for storage really, it's meant for caching files lol.
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#8 NamelessPlayer
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I've read a bit more about it, and it's like making a Seagate Momentus XT out of any HDD/SSD combination...but the SSD cache only goes up to 64 GB. Unlike the Momentus XT's built-in SLC cache, it caches both reads and writes. (Unfortunately, it's limited to certain Intel chipsets despite not looking like something that should be limited to those chipsets. Planned obsolescence at work again, I suppose. *glares at X18-M G1 and its TRIM-less firmware despite having the same controller architecture*) At the very least, it looks like it would make for a nice scratch disk for those into Adobe CS and other such apps.
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#9 edinsftw
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Thats nice, too bad i already bought a ssd for cache(which helps alot btw)

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#10 fishing666
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i wouldn't buy it...i prefer to have all my programs and os on a single ssd and media/install files on hdds
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#12 Blue-Sky
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It's just a good idea at an entry level.

I'll definetly buy once they fit 120GB +

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#13 JigglyWiggly_
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Why are you guys thinking it's for being used as a disk drive? It's meant to act as a cache.
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#14 fishing666
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Why are you guys thinking it's for being used as a disk drive? It's meant to act as a cache.JigglyWiggly_
20gb as cache? then what is ram and video ram for?
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#15 JigglyWiggly_
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[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]Why are you guys thinking it's for being used as a disk drive? It's meant to act as a cache.fishing666
20gb as cache? then what is ram and video ram for?

Heh? This isn't that either really, it's just acting as a cache for most used files, windows startup files, and w/e you use. This is non-volataile, so that's one of the big differences right there lol.
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