Kingston unveils SSDNow V Series 40GB Boot Drive

User Comments: 11

1. October 26, 2009 2:34 PM
   Guest said:

   For 85 bucks each, I'd be inclined to pick up two and throw them in a RAID 0 array... then you end up with 80 GBs of storage, and fast as hell - while still being plenty cheaper than most single 80 GB SSDs.

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2. October 26, 2009 2:40 PM
   guyver1 said:

   any gamer worth his salt NEVER ever install or keeps his games on the OS partition.

   I havent re-installed Steam in 10 years of using it. It sits on a dedicated seperate HDD. and everytime i change OS or simply do a clean install all you need to do is delete ClientRegistry.blob, start Steam.exe and your good to go, no need to backup or reinstall.

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3. October 26, 2009 3:28 PM
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   Rick, TechSpot Staff, said:

   guyver1 said:

   I havent re-installed Steam in 10 years of using it.

   From Steam:

   September 12, 2003, 2:04 am - Greg Coomer - General Announcement

   The Steam client has been released. Please check the "Get Steam Now" page for download locations.

   Interesting.. I'm also curious, how big is that hard drive you've got Steam on? ;-)

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4. October 26, 2009 3:30 PM
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   Per Hansson, TS Server Guru, said:

   Hahaha rick, yea, that caught my eye too

   Some things are not worth bragging about with old farts as us about

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5. October 26, 2009 3:37 PM
   guyver1 said:

   Ive got about 90+ games on my steam account taking up just over 400Gb

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6. October 26, 2009 3:41 PM
   guyver1 said:

   well 7 years then (sure i used it during beta during 2002, but cant really remember that far back), either way comments still stand, never re-installed it, just moved the entire folder from one hdd to another as its grown of the years.

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7. October 26, 2009 7:22 PM
   

   Tekkaraiden said:

   Hmm at $85 that'd be really temping.

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8. October 27, 2009 12:57 AM
   

   Wendig0, TechSpot Paladin, said:

   I picture this drive being more suitable for gaming consoles with its small capacity. I agree with the consensus that this is a very tempting offer @ $85.

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9. October 27, 2009 8:40 AM
   Richy2k9 said:

   hello ...

   i just can't wait for a PS3 Firmware update that will allow the use of these SSDs ...

   cheers!

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10. October 28, 2009 7:54 AM
    

    Souljacker said:

    Finally, a reasonably priced ssd boot drive. Probably still cost a fortune over here in the UK Americans are lucky!

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11. October 28, 2009 9:34 AM
    Docnoq said:

    guyver1 said:

    any gamer worth his salt NEVER ever install or keeps his games on the OS partition.

    I havent re-installed Steam in 10 years of using it. It sits on a dedicated seperate HDD. and everytime i change OS or simply do a clean install all you need to do is delete ClientRegistry.blob, start Steam.exe and your good to go, no need to backup or reinstall.

    Guyver1,

    I'm curious as to what you are doing exactly. Seeing as I am awaiting my copy of Win7 to arrive (M$ shipped it to Colorado, I'm in Florida -.-), it would be great to not have to re-download all of my Steam games. What I am currently planning on doing is copying my entire Steam folder from my C: drive to my D: drive, then installing Steam on Win7, closing it, and copying my folder back over. Are you running Steam from your secondary hard drive or doing what I mentioned? Space is not *that* much of an issue as my C: drive has 250GB while my D: drive has 1TB.

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