USB keys are not the same as a SSD drive. The NAND flash in them is usually cheap poor quality, and slow(Like worse than a HDD + the speed limitations of the USB bus).
Your best way to a cheap solution, would be to get a Compact Flash card and a CF to IDE adapter. Have a look here for any information about card speeds. http://www.hjreggel.net/cardspeed/ http://www.hjreggel.net/cardspeed/cs_udmacf.html Also USB drives for comparison: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/data-transfer-run,1037-10.html -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jed Sent: Monday, 8 December 2008 9:34 AM To: Discussion of Half-Life Programming Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Anyone using an SSD Drive for compiling? Does running the compiler and storing the code on a 8Gb USB stick count as an SSD drive? :D - Jed 2008/12/8 Andrew Ritchie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'd imagine you might see some improvements with intelisense if you're using > Visual Studio, and probably a bit of an improvement on the compiling when > it's creating and reading the obj files, but have no hard evidence. > > You may have the honour of being the first one to actually put it to the > test. > > On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 11:00 PM, Matt Hoffman > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> I don't see how a SSD Drive would improve compile times at all. Most of the >> compile times is just crunching numbers, not read/write. Cannot remark on >> the coding aspect though. >> >> On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Minh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > Hope this isn't too off topic but I'm considering purchasing an Intel >> > X25-M SSD drive in hopes of improving my compile times and general coding >> > experience (I do a lot of stop/edit debugging and constant searching in >> > files). >> > Does anyone have any experience using SSD drives? Is it noticably >> faster >> > when compiling your binaries? >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> > please visit: >> > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >> >> > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
