Comments on: A new build http://blog.orphi.me.uk/archives/692 Science, mathematics and computing for geeks and muggles alike! Sun, 20 May 2012 18:32:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: FlipC http://blog.orphi.me.uk/archives/692#comment-735 FlipC Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:52:01 +0000 http://blog.orphi.me.uk/archives/692#comment-735 A quick check and the index only goes up to 7.9 and used to be 6 so I'm guessing they had to hoik up the max due to processor changes and not hard-drive ones hence it staying 'the same'. 400KB/sec is what I'm getting when lucky. A plethora of BT Openreach vans around at the moment on my side of the river so fingers crossed for this summer. A quick check and the index only goes up to 7.9 and used to be 6 so I’m guessing they had to hoik up the max due to processor changes and not hard-drive ones hence it staying ‘the same’.

400KB/sec is what I’m getting when lucky. A plethora of BT Openreach vans around at the moment on my side of the river so fingers crossed for this summer.

]]> By: Orphi the AweKid http://blog.orphi.me.uk/archives/692#comment-734 Orphi the AweKid Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:55:45 +0000 http://blog.orphi.me.uk/archives/692#comment-734 Both my drives are 7200 RPM. They're also both connected to a SATA 6GB/s controller. (Whether they support the new SATA speed is another matter…) So I can only imagine you need an SSD to get a number better than 5. :P And yes, I was quite surprised to be getting 4MB/sec. (That's useful data actually transferred, not line speed rating.) Especially since 8PM on a Sunday night is probably not the quietest time. Before the upgrade, 400KB/sec was about the best. When I originally purchased Crysis, it took several hours to download. And <em>playing</em> it is faster now too. ;-) In all honesty, this is the first time I've actually noticed a change in speed. For surfing the web or reading your email, the extra speed makes no difference at all. And the fastest connection in the world won't help you download your motherboard drivers because <em>the server is in China!</em> :( Both my drives are 7200 RPM. They’re also both connected to a SATA 6GB/s controller. (Whether they support the new SATA speed is another matter…) So I can only imagine you need an SSD to get a number better than 5. :P

And yes, I was quite surprised to be getting 4MB/sec. (That’s useful data actually transferred, not line speed rating.) Especially since 8PM on a Sunday night is probably not the quietest time. Before the upgrade, 400KB/sec was about the best.

When I originally purchased Crysis, it took several hours to download.

And playing it is faster now too. ;-)

In all honesty, this is the first time I’ve actually noticed a change in speed. For surfing the web or reading your email, the extra speed makes no difference at all. And the fastest connection in the world won’t help you download your motherboard drivers because the server is in China! :(

]]> By: FlipC http://blog.orphi.me.uk/archives/692#comment-733 FlipC Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:21:24 +0000 http://blog.orphi.me.uk/archives/692#comment-733 "It’s not like harddrives come in different speeds or anything…" Yeah except the 5400rpm or the 7200rpm models; differences in seek times; solid state drives etc :-) "The entire 7GB download look about 15 minutes on our new super-fast broadband" Now seething with jealousy; supposedly we getting fibre-optic in my town though as we're divided by a river whether it makes it to my side or not is a question not being answered. “It’s not like harddrives come in different speeds or anything…” Yeah except the 5400rpm or the 7200rpm models; differences in seek times; solid state drives etc :-)

“The entire 7GB download look about 15 minutes on our new super-fast broadband”

Now seething with jealousy; supposedly we getting fibre-optic in my town though as we’re divided by a river whether it makes it to my side or not is a question not being answered.

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