How effective is SSD vs Sata In real situations

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So I'm just wondering if I should or should not get a SSD

So if I got a small SSD put my OS on it how fast would boot times be and any other differences I'd see

If I got a larger ssd and put games on it how would it effect gameplay and anything else

I'm asking for in real terms as in if you used to have your OS on Sata moved it directly to SSD what was time difference

Sorry if I'm not making much sense hope somone can help
 
It won't affect gameplay. What you will see is that your PC will be much more responsive and snappy with loading programs.
 
For the £/GB atm it seems more novelty nothing takes to long to load and for the amount of programs u can put on one now is small, one for just games when games are 30-40gb each now
 
It's not just about transfer speed though. They're approximately 100x faster when it comes to seek times, they're noiseless and they're more reliable.

Yes, they're more expensive, but they're better in every other respect. It's no different to anyother component. You pay more for better/faster hardware. There's nothing novelty about SSDs!
 
I would never willingly go back to HDD for the OS. Been a convert of SSDs since the original OCZ vertex. I detest the time it takes our work PCs to reboot with their clunky old drives. (For context:Machines are at least 7yrs old). Laptops with encryption are even worse.
 
it loads programs so much faster,transforms your pc compared to running windows off of a mechanical hdd

its one of THE best upgrades you can do
 
TheGentry said:
For the £/GB atm it seems more novelty nothing takes to long to load and for the amount of programs u can put on one now is small, one for just games when games are 30-40gb each now
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Not many games are 30-40GB, they would be the exception.

SSDs are also not a novelty compared to mechanical hard disks (not SATA, SSDs use SATA ports).

You don't realise just how much of a difference they make until you try one, and then have to go back to a regular mechanical drive, then you realise just how slow they are.

It makes Windows significantly more responsive, and for a game you're playing at the moment, it makes sense to install that on the SSD.
 
you can compromise a little by having large games on a storage mechanical hdd (it wont do anything to improve gameplay/fps speeds but it will improve map/game loading times)

but you want to have windows installed onto an ssd as that will benefit you the most,if you have room put one or two most played games on the ssd aswell
 
I can understand windows but till £/g comes right down U don't i don't understand people running games from them, most people 120gb with OS installed
 
Upgrading from HDD to SSD is just about the best upgrade you can do. Give me that over, say, doubling my processor speed any day.
 
I have two systems,one z68 im using a small 60gb corsair gt to cache a large 2tb mechanical hdd

this gives me ssd speeds with the storage capacity of the 2tb

then my z77 system has a 256gb Samsung 840 pro with windows on and three or four games and a 2tb storage hdd with the rest of my games/films/music on

I wouldn't buy one purely for games id want to put my os onto it first,games second

EDIT: this is the thread I posted on caching,having the os on the ssd itself is better though http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18581269
 
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Game loading depends hugely - some games see significant boosts from an SSD in reduced load times other will only be around 20-30% quicker to load.

OS Booting will be hugely faster - my laptop in sig with the same hardware and OS install swapping between hybrid mode on/off and an actual SSD takes 40 seconds to boot off pure mechanical, ~18 seconds in hybrid mode and 11 seconds using an SSD.
 
SSD's also greatly reduce in-game loading times if the game is installed on the SSD, and some constantly-loading MMO's do see performance benefits in some extreme situations.
 
Don't know guys just seems like for 100-200 quid I'd wait a few more seconds maybe OS SSD that's about it atm until prices drop, anyone running full system from SSD
 
I ditched local mechanical drives years ago. Would never go back, I had to try and recover some files off a dodgy disc and the whiny noise they make is unbearable.
 
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