Need advice on new SSD
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All ssd's are totally silent! There are no moving parts in any of them, hence the term 'solid state drive'.
Get the 128gb crucial m4, its the best drive for the money currently.
Get the 128gb crucial m4, its the best drive for the money currently.
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I have one, slightly complicated install in an iMac, halved my boot times and increased program load times noticeably.
No noise at all.
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They wont make any noise. They are just super fast flash memory essentially. Unlike old mechanical drives which store everything on a spinning magnetic platter.
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You mean reduced program load times
yes my bad
MS office programs were the worst offenders. XL down from about 25 seconds to <5
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yes my bad
Easy slip to make
I knew what you meant, was just being anal Thanks guys! So you really don't think it's a good idea to get a smaller SSD than 128 GB?
Just to be sure, is this the one you guys are talking about: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-009-CR
Just to be sure, is this the one you guys are talking about: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-009-CR
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60gb is barely enough to install the OS and a few programs. Go for 128Gb minimum.
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Final question: does having an SSD improve the speed that a program runs at? So, for example, if I'm playing BF3 will having an SSD improve quality of gameplay and speed?
no,not gameplay but loading the game and levels ect will be quicker if on an ssd,
Crucial M4 128GB SSD is the one and only one I recommend at this current time. The best you can get for the price.
I wouldn't really recommend running games on an SSD though, it'll just end up wearing down the read/writes a hell of a lot faster. I primarily use mine for OS boot, programs, for adobe creative suite, scratch disk.
Never for gaming.
Having an SSD will definitely improve the speed that a program opens and saves. For instance, on my caviar black, photoshop would open in about 20 seconds, on the SSD it opens in about 5 seconds, if not instant.
I wouldn't really recommend running games on an SSD though, it'll just end up wearing down the read/writes a hell of a lot faster. I primarily use mine for OS boot, programs, for adobe creative suite, scratch disk.
Never for gaming.
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Final question: does having an SSD improve the speed that a program runs at? So, for example, if I'm playing BF3 will having an SSD improve quality of gameplay and speed?
Having an SSD will definitely improve the speed that a program opens and saves. For instance, on my caviar black, photoshop would open in about 20 seconds, on the SSD it opens in about 5 seconds, if not instant.
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Corsair M4. great piece of kit . . . .
sorry I meant Crucial M4
I replaced a crucial c300 64GB with the crucial M4 128gb as I was running out of space on the system drive.
I now use the c300 as a games drive and the speed boost is noticable. As long as it is reading from the drive in the majority of instances then I can't see it affecting the drive in a negative way.