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Hey all!
Before I take the plunge and buy a new PC gaming set up I would like to try to eek out as much performance as I can from my current PC.
At present, I'm at the limit in terms of what I can change/add due to motherboard limitations (shuttle system).
I've decided that the "bottleneck" in my system is my hard drive, which is a slow and antiquated affair. If I were to buy [insert brand here] of SSD hard drive, would I see much in terms of performance? Bearing in mind my motherboard only supports SATA II and not the later SATA III.
From what I understand of SSD, even though the interface speed will be the same (3 GB/sec), the access/seek times of SSD will be infinitely faster than my current POS.
Bonus point is: I can always take the SSD with me when I do eventually start building my new rig.
In short:
SSD massive improvement or not.
Do I need to defrag the SSD like you would a more traditional HDD?
Before I take the plunge and buy a new PC gaming set up I would like to try to eek out as much performance as I can from my current PC.
At present, I'm at the limit in terms of what I can change/add due to motherboard limitations (shuttle system).
I've decided that the "bottleneck" in my system is my hard drive, which is a slow and antiquated affair. If I were to buy [insert brand here] of SSD hard drive, would I see much in terms of performance? Bearing in mind my motherboard only supports SATA II and not the later SATA III.
From what I understand of SSD, even though the interface speed will be the same (3 GB/sec), the access/seek times of SSD will be infinitely faster than my current POS.
Bonus point is: I can always take the SSD with me when I do eventually start building my new rig.
In short:
SSD massive improvement or not.
Do I need to defrag the SSD like you would a more traditional HDD?