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1138939	2010-09-22 08:19:00	Does anyone have experience with upgrading to an SSD? I am contemplating this for use as a drive for my OS and then using a second HDD as a data drive. Just wondering what peoples experience has been, as I believe their is a significant speed boost when accessing programmes on an SSD.	davehold (13001)
1138940	2010-09-22 08:28:00	Wratterus has one in his machine but i think he is away at the Metallica gig	gary67 (56)
1138941	2010-09-22 09:49:00	It's lightning fast, all your apps and programs will benefit from it. When I use my normal HDD (a Black Edition 640GB WD) to open a large PDF file it would take around 5 seconds to a scrollable state, but with my Intel X25-M G2 it's pretty much instant. If you're not a gamer and don't do CPU-intensive stuff, have at least 2GB RAM (which you do) an SSD would be a much better upgrade than 4GB RAM or even a Core i7.	qazwsxokmijn (102)
1138942	2010-09-22 09:53:00	Not personally, but several colleagues at work have them and they've said the performance difference is massive (also Intel X25-M G2). The main difference is in boot times, app startup, and just general responsiveness - i.e. installing something like Office, the bar just goes from left to right in a matter of seconds and the installer finishes.	somebody (208)
1138943	2010-09-22 20:00:00	They're a huge upgrade imo, the Corsair Force series are incredible (blow the X25's - which are bloody good in their own right - out of the water, esp on write speed).	inphinity (7274)
1138944	2010-09-22 22:22:00	Does anyone have experience with upgrading to an SSD? I am contemplating this for use as a drive for my OS and then using a second HDD as a data drive. Just wondering what peoples experience has been, as I believe their is a significant speed boost when accessing programmes on an SSD. Me, Me, Me!!!...hehe...My old NX6320 has a Sandforce w\ 1200 controller. Not much power saving however the system is a lot soapier! Thumbnail for pictures are just there, unless watching them load...and of course if you have a heap of music, 10k+, WMP doesnt lag when scrolling thru the library. Only trouble is though with lappies going to sleep is that the SF controller doesnt do well at this with Windows 7...doh! So if you use sleep mode at all, dont get a Sandforce derivative...Get Intel G2, Indillix (sp) are okay, but not as fast as either.	SolMiester (139)
1138945	2010-09-22 22:43:00	should read 'rather than watching them load'	SolMiester (139)
1138946	2010-09-23 03:56:00	If you're not a gamer and don't do CPU-intensive stuff, have at least 2GB RAM (which you do) an SSD would be a much better upgrade than 4GB RAM or even a Core i7. I'm curious (and forgive me for half-jacking your thread OP) but you mention here "if you're not a gamer", from what I've read isn't an SSD a boost to games as well? Ok it might just be in terms of load times, but is there a reason they will slow down general gameplay? This has got me thinking that's all, because my rig does alot of gaming and according to the Windows Experience Index the HDD are my slowest area (even though it's a RAID array)	Halwende (3418)
1138947	2010-09-23 07:50:00	I'm curious (and forgive me for half-jacking your thread OP) but you mention here "if you're not a gamer", from what I've read isn't an SSD a boost to games as well? Ok it might just be in terms of load times, but is there a reason they will slow down general gameplay? This has got me thinking that's all, because my rig does alot of gaming and according to the Windows Experience Index the HDD are my slowest area (even though it's a RAID array) That depends on how the game was coded. I've heard that games like GTA IV stream the game from your HDD, so little is actually put onto your RAM. Personally the few games I play are Crysis, Bioshock 1 & 2, and now L4D2 but if I were to be blinded in a blind test I would be hard pressed to tell the difference most of the time. There are some instances where using the SSD things are smoother, but for a novice, it won't be as noticeable.	qazwsxokmijn (102)
1138948	2010-09-23 20:15:00	That depends on how the game was coded. I've heard that games like GTA IV stream the game from your HDD, so little is actually put onto your RAM. Personally the few games I play are Crysis, Bioshock 1 & 2, and now L4D2 but if I were to be blinded in a blind test I would be hard pressed to tell the difference most of the time. There are some instances where using the SSD things are smoother, but for a novice, it won't be as noticeable. But games like Crysis, StartCraft2 (both of which loads very slowly on my HDD but runs smoothly on the machine once loaded) will benefit from a better loading time with a SSD upgrade right? Isn't it the point for us gamers?	powerover (12121)
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