From Win 7 32 to 64

[medbor]

that's what I did and there is 16.5 GB out of my 55.8 GB drive. It was advertised as a 64 GB SSD but it in real world it is 55.8 GB.

my 60GB is 55.8 so that is strange...

[SpikeSoprano]

LOL, in mho when it comes to ssd's and what we pay for them if it say's 60 gb there should be 60gb of useable drive, not 55.8 or even 59.8.

[N.E.A]

LOL, in mho when it comes to ssd's and what we pay for them if it say's 60 gb there should be 60gb of useable drive, not 55.8 or even 59.8.

Yeah, That's Adata for ya :S .. the same thing with the 128 of the same series of mine. the usable space is like 119 GB or something like that. Its a kind of rip off

It is not a big deal but they should never advertise the wrong capacity

[TheHippi]

LOL, in mho when it comes to ssd's and what we pay for them if it say's 60 gb there should be 60gb of useable drive, not 55.8 or even 59.8.

Technically it is: Memory makers just use 1000 as the next order of magnitude, whereas everyone else uses 1024.

[SpikeSoprano]

Technically it is: Memory makers just use 1000 as the next order of magnitude, whereas everyone else uses 1024.

 

Well then in the real world it's 1024mb to a gb, so they should sell their drives by that standard, not 1000. Just something that's been bugging me since the days of windows 95,lol !

[medbor]

but 55.8*1024*1024*1024 = 60*1000*1000*1000 not 64 anyway

 

Edit missed a 1000

Edited September 15, 2011 by medbor

[SpikeSoprano]

but 55.8*1024*1024*1024 = 60*1000*1000*1000 not 64 anyway

 

Edit missed a 1000

 

 

But didn't you know, according to hd makers 2+2=6, lol !

[Waco]

Technically it is: Memory makers just use 1000 as the next order of magnitude, whereas everyone else uses 1024.

HDD/SSD makers, yes. DRAM usually comes marked in powers of 2 just like you'd expect.

[wevsspot]

Some of the SSD's capacity is reserved and hidden for things like provisioning etc. Hence you'll never get 60 out of 60, 120 out of 120 etc.

 

You can pretty much count on anywhere from 4-9Gb being unavailable from the start depending on the size of the drive.

[Guest_Jim_*]

Some of the SSD's capacity is reserved and hidden for things like provisioning etc. Hence you'll never get 60 out of 60, 120 out of 120 etc.

 

You can pretty much count on anywhere from 4-9Gb being unavailable from the start depending on the size of the drive.

This is a good thing, as it will even out the wearing of the drive, so the whole drive should last longer, instead of having the higher traffic spots die early on.