I have just installed one of those. The stats are really good. WEI went from 5.9 to 7.7. I'd say the performance improvement going from a 7200rpm drive to the SSD is about equivalent to going from a 4400rpm drive to a 7200rpm drive.
T. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave Apelt Sent: Tuesday, 25 January 2011 11:40 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: Developer PC spec We have deployed Crucial C300 SSDs to the dev team. I can't remember what they cost but whatever it was it was worth it. It just makes compilation SO fast and SQL Server just rocks. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen Price Sent: Tuesday, 25 January 2011 3:35 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Developer PC spec Dell got a +5 from me when they replaced my XPS m1730 with an Alienware m17 (due to replacement parts not being available). Ended up with a free upgrade essentially. My only regret is upgrading the CPU means a whole motherboard replacement (I think. maybe i should call em to see if its possible rather than buy a new machine) On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Iain Carlin <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 for Dell service. > > Had a laptop HDD fail, one call and they organised to come and replace it. I > took the machine in to work as they said they would come there to fix it, > but then never turned up. > > Guy rang me at 5pm and arranged to come out to my house at 8pm that night > and replace it there. > > Most impressed by that. > > On 25 January 2011 12:59, Leah Garrett <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thanks for the spec and the background with the choices. Will help when I >> submit the quote. >> >> >> >> I have had good experience with Dell when dealing with them in previous >> jobs. They seem like a good choice. >> >> >> >> Thanks for all the tips! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> On Behalf Of Corneliu I. Tusnea >> Sent: Tuesday, 25 January 2011 12:49 PM >> >> To: ozDotNet >> Subject: Re: Developer PC spec >> >> >> >> I have priced a desktop for 10 years but as general rules: >> >> Go 8Gb ram (at least) >> W7 x64 (don't even consider x32 anymore) >> 120Gb+ SSD as your primary drive. Make sure you never hit 50% disk space >> usage as performance slowly drops. >> Secondary HDD 7200rpm or 10.000rpm. Don't touch rust @5400rpm as it's as >> good as dead. >> Create a 1Gb RAM Drive (free with http://www.dataram.com/ software). Move >> all your temp folders, compilation and asp.net temp files in there >> Have your VMs on the separate HDD >> >> Corneliu. >> >> >> >> PS>> I'd go for Dells. And get the 3 year next day on site support. They >> rock and when they don't they get fixed quickly. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Bill McCarthy >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Win 7 x64. >> BTW: It's interesting to note that some motherboard manufacturers such as >> ASUS, consider x86 as good as dead. For example some of the new ASUS mb's >> come with uEFI instead of classic bios, and it's all 64 bit and they only >> list 64 bit OS's as supported. Of course as developers, given how cheap RAM >> is we all want to be running x64 anyway to get past that <4GB limit. >> >> |-----Original Message----- >> |From: [email protected] [mailto:ozdotnet- >> >> |[email protected]] On Behalf Of Leah Garrett >> |Sent: Monday, 24 January 2011 12:19 PM >> |To: 'ozDotNet' >> |Subject: RE: Developer PC spec >> | >> |SSD drive as primary drive sounds like a great idea! >> | >> |From what I have read, it would definitely give the dramatic improvement >> I am >> |looking for with this new PC. >> | >> | >> | >> |Which OS do you suggest? >> | >> | >> | >> | >> |-----Original Message----- >> |From: [email protected] [mailto:ozdotnet- >> |[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy >> |Sent: Monday, 24 January 2011 12:09 PM >> |To: 'ozDotNet' >> |Subject: RE: Developer PC spec >> | >> |Absolutely !! Load times are significantly better. Just bought a new OZX >> drive >> |the other day (mainly for VM's) >> | >> ||-----Original Message----- >> ||From: [email protected] [mailto:ozdotnet- >> ||[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen Price >> ||Sent: Monday, 24 January 2011 12:04 PM >> ||To: ozDotNet >> ||Subject: Re: Developer PC spec >> || >> ||Are people going with SSD hard drives for their desktop machines these >> days? >> ||(not just laptop drives) >> || >> || >> ||On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Wallace Turner <[email protected]> >> ||wrote: >> || >> || >> || This is my summary from msinfo32. I upgraded by buying just the >> ||cpu/ram/mboard. This cost $800 about 6 months ago. >> || Insist on an SSD for your primary (OS) drive. >> || >> || >> || >> || >> || >> || On 24/01/2011 8:22 AM, Leah Garrett wrote: >> || >> || >> || >> || Has anyone speced out a new developer PC recently? Or got >> any >> ||advice? >> || >> || >> || >> || We have a new IT team so I am now able to upgrade my PC! I >> ||will also be getting an MSDN subscription and will be able to choose my >> OS. >> || >> || >> || >> || >> || >> || Current setup is Windows XP on an older PC. I develop web >> sites >> ||that run on Windows 2003 server. On my desktop I usually run >> || >> || · Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition >> || >> || · SQL Server Management Studio >> || >> || · Paint .Net (although I would also install Adobe >> Creative >> ||Suite on the new machine) >> || >> || · Remote Desktop to development server always open >> and >> ||to live server occasionally >> || >> || · Multiple browsers with dev tools installed >> || >> || · Microsoft Virtual PC for cross browser testing >> || >> || >> || >> || My preference would be to have a specification that would >> a >> ||significant upgrade without scaring the guy who has to authorize the >> purchase >> ||(he has not told me how much I can spend). >> || >> || >> || >> || >> || >> || Cheers, >> || 8-) >> || >> || Leah Garrett >> || >> || Web Developer >> || >> || >> || >> || D'FINE/CREATIVE:-D >> || >> || 42-44 Stephenson Street Richmond VIC 3121 >> || >> || Phone: (03) 8561 7474 Direct: (03) 8561 7472 >> || >> || E: [email protected] >> ||<mailto:[email protected]> >> || >> || >> || >> || >> || >> || >> || >> || -- >> || Wallace Turner | General Manager IT >> || FEX | ' 61 2 8024 5200 7 61 2 8024 5234 | | * [email protected] >> 8 >> ||www.fex.com.au >> || >> || >> || This correspondence is for the named person's use only. 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