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Having a Maximum PC mindset might not always mesh with what's left in your bank account at the end of the month, and so sacrifices have to be made. Do you raid the kids' piggy banks to fund that swank solid state drive upgrade, or try and get by with a mechanical hard drive that offers a fraction of the performance but tons more space per dollar? Thanks to Gigabyte, the latter option looks a little more attractive when paired with its new Z68XP-UD3-iSSD motherboard than it otherwise would be.
Just as the model name implies, Gigabyte's Z68XP-UD3-iSSD is based on Intel's Z68 Express chipset and comes bundled the chip maker's 20GB Solid State Drive 311 Series. Before you "pshaw" and "as if!" the idea of a paltry 20GB, understand this isn't meant to replace your primary storage option, but supplement it.
Gigabyte's bundling Intel's mSATA-based single level cell (SLC) SSD to allow users to take advantage of Intel's Smart Response Technology right out of the box. The tiny module is cleverly located between the CPU socket and top PCI-E port and doesn't appear to interfere with anything.
Intel's Smart Response Technology is supposed to accelerate overall system performance by putting frequently used blocks of disk data on an SSD. It's like having a super large cache for your hard drive, and according to Intel, you can expect "overall system responsiveness similar to what an SSD-only system provides."
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ALmokhlsany
October 21, 2011 at 11:19am
i work as network engineer i use applications like vmware or any app. like this
pc not for games
i need pc components for virtualization technology
price:max 800$ without vga( i have got xfx 9500)
i think gigabyte motherboard is great,intel i7-2600 is great too.
what do you think?
ALmokhlsany
October 21, 2011 at 11:16am
i work as network engineer i use applications like vmware or any app. like this
pc not for games
i need pc components for virtualization technology
price:max 800$ without vga( i have got xfx 9500)
i think gigabyte motherboard is great,intel i7-2600 is great too.
what do you think?
Supermonkey
May 30, 2011 at 8:16pm
I'm very interested.
Like to know about how well it works MaximumPC.
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maddingo
May 28, 2011 at 1:03pm
some seem to be missing the point of the 20GB ssd
it isn't to use like a normal hd it is for the smart response SSD Cache
unitymind
May 27, 2011 at 5:42pm
Great idea...would be nice if there was another one the size of an operating system between it as well. Also it is a great place to store virus and malware :0
mt_mike
May 27, 2011 at 9:07am
Since I only mentioned it to one or two people, though, I guess they couldn't have known...
I want a Micro ATX board (I'm lookin' at you ASUS and MSI) with most of the SATA ports replaced with onboard SSD/Flash storage...with a Micro board and a small case I would only need 2 max SATA ports, maybe none - PCI-E SSD, external USB 2/3 optical drive.
JohnP
May 27, 2011 at 2:06pm
Onboard ANYTHING is always a bad idea. Things go out of date so quickly that onboard SSD/flash is already outdated by the time you can BUY the damn stuff... No, there is a reason why PCs have always been modular...
maleficarus™
May 28, 2011 at 6:16am
Outdated and actually needed are two very different things John...
