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320 160GB or 510 120GB - Which one fits my needs best?

idata — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 01:09:50 GMT

Hey there!

I'm about to get one of the upper mentioned drives but I'm not yet sure which one.

The MOST important thing to me is the application startup performance. The faster

the application pops up the happier I am 🙂

In terms of 4k performance the 320 is better than the 510 but nevertheless the 510

boots up faster than the 320, which is afaik also a 4k related process.

I'm confused - any help?

Thanks!

Re: 320 160GB or 510 120GB - Which one fits my needs best?

idata — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 03:26:00 GMT

Boot up isn't just purely a 4K random read process though. Which reviewer has a boot time difference between the two drives? I haven't seen one so I am curious if there is a big difference.

However...first things, first... do you have a SATA 6Gb/s controller?

Re: 320 160GB or 510 120GB - Which one fits my needs best?

idata — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:29:06 GMT

320: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnND3oOJvMQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnND3oOJvMQ

510: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88j5oAfRfKQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88j5oAfRfKQ

Of course I do have Sata 6 Gb/s 🙂

Re: 320 160GB or 510 120GB - Which one fits my needs best?

idata — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 01:34:20 GMT

bump

Re: 320 160GB or 510 120GB - Which one fits my needs best?

idata — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 06:23:08 GMT

The boot times are about the same at 11s.

Re: 320 160GB or 510 120GB - Which one fits my needs best?

idata — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 20:14:16 GMT

320: 10 sec

510: 8,5 sec

=> 15% difference

Re: 320 160GB or 510 120GB - Which one fits my needs best?

idata — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:50:22 GMT

It's 2s though....

510 (6Gb/s) vs 320 (3Gb/s): http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/357?vs=359 http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/357?vs=359

510 is better at sequential but 320 is better at random.