Finally joined the ssd club

After all the back and fourth I decided enough is enough and just blooming buy one, so I did, it's a used item from a 2nd hand shop, I fitted in to an old dual core Inspiron 1501 I purchased Saturday, as I'm away for 2 weeks and it's what's with me, Windows 7 didn't take long nor did some apps, bare in mind this laptop came with 768mb ram and still has it lol.



Cost £32, but I had a few 360 games I was getting rid of and trade value was £30 so technically only paid 2 quid, but it should be just ideal for my computer when I get back, 8.1 should fly on if.

Might not be the best model, but i was keen and they had to me crappier brands with same or more storage for more money.

Bout time

You will love it, i build my parents an i3 PC similar to yours and its super quick.

Ha yeah it is about time.

Ideal, mean my computer was quick before all the crap on it lol, so Windows only ssd should be super quick as you state and I would benefit from a 1tb storage drive

768MB?

I wouldn't anything over Windows XP with less than 2GB as an absolute minimum.

SSD's are so good to be honest, I had that exact SSD but it died on me thankfully i had another SSD i could use but once you start using it you'll never want anything other than a SSD

Don't forget to backup.

I bought my first SSD, a Crucial M225 128GB in 2009, for £220. It failed 2 & 1/2 years later.

bledd said:

768MB?

I wouldn't anything over Windows XP with less than 2GB as an absolute minimum.

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lol it came with it and I sold my spare 2gb kit weeks ago before I decided to sell my 1545 model, just finding where and having the time to get better ram.

As crappy as this laptop is I read it takes up to 8gb with bios update so I'm intrigued.

Overall this ssd is okay, 32bit win 7 installed pretty quickly as did some programs, but doesn't feel as quick as it should still which is likely from lack of ram and a chipset that either has 16mb or 64mb vram(monitor properties state 16 but gpuz states 64), but I'm sure when I i put it in my computer like intended I should see the full benefits.

First SSD!? Pfft! I'm currently looking at a 6 year old OCZ Vertex 50gb drive that I've just taken out of my mum's PC. Windows 7 has finally reached bloated its way to capacity.

Damn reliable drive though, especially as it hails from the 'wild west' period of SSD's. It will be a shame to get rid of it.

Anyway, welcome to the club. SSD's are where it's at, mate. I've said it for years.

Lunatic Dreyfus said:

SSD's are where it's at, mate. I've said it for years.

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Yes indeed - I've slowly upgraded my personal laptop, work laptop and gaming PC. Sweet spot for price seems to be 250GB, I'm looking forward to the larger drives coming down in price in a couple years.

I bought my first SSD on Feb 23rd 2010 prompted by this thread - https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18114081&page=1

I still go wow.