New SSD
Added 2020-05-13 15:29:39 +0000 UTCThe new 2TB SSD has already arrived :D
I've chosen the Samsung 860 QVO.
Because it has a nice controller, and 2GB of DDR4 RAM.
It compromises on longevity, but 720TBW of warranty are still a lot, considering that its purpose is read-only: after I'll install my Daz library, I won't touch it much.
And, of course, it had a reasonable price.
This is a CrystalDiskMark test. I know the HDD is almost full, but it's not old. And I know the SSD could get a bit slower when I put 1,2TB of data there.
But I hope the +287-296% improvement in reading big textures, and the +870-5430% improvement in reading tiny files (like morphs or thumbnails) will reduce the loading times, which are currently very long!
In the meanwhile, it'll take an eternity to install everything. It should take 3 hours just to read the packages, before even starting the installation. I guess that's because I have all the packages on that 5400rpm HDD. Luckily I've already downloaded them, so I won't have to download anything (my internet connection is 29.66Mbps fast, so it would have taken 62 hours to download 824GB of packages at once).
I wouldn't have done this upgrade without your support, so thank you!
See you soon :D
PS: look at what has been released today: https://www.daz3d.com/vintage-psychiatry
I wish it existed when I was making Disgracing Duty, but I guess we'll find another way to use it sooner or later :)
