Question about SSD

TomProx · 2 Oct 2012 at 20:22

Hey guys, just a quick question, don't wanna sound to stupid, but do SSD'S only improve load times? Or is there anything else beneficial about them? Other than durability, cheers.

captainrobwash · 2 Oct 2012 at 20:25

Faster load times are the biggest difference for me tbh I don't know if there is anything else beneficial but saving a good amount of time during level changes or booting windows makes me smile every time.

Attu90 · 2 Oct 2012 at 20:30

Its not just the load time of windows but pretty much every programe you run, it makes your PC feel much much quicker.

TomProx · 2 Oct 2012 at 21:41

I'm thinking about purchasing one, any recommendations?

n3mss · 2 Oct 2012 at 22:39

I actually don't have Windows on my SSD (I don't give a rats about boot times). I have my most used applications and data sets on the SSD.

I'm in the minority, though. I did some tests and after Windows had booted and stablised (i.e. I did some work for 30 minutes or so after booting before I began) I began monitoring disk input/output to/from the system drive (windows 7). I monitored for 2 hours and, from memory, 99.999% of the disk activity on the windows drive were *writes*, so I figure why bother "wasting" the SSD just for fast boot times. YMMV

Deleted member 138126 · 3 Oct 2012 at 12:39

TomProx said:
Hey guys, just a quick question, don't wanna sound to stupid, but do SSD'S only improve load times? Or is there anything else beneficial about them? Other than durability, cheers.

Silent, incredibly low power consumption, cool (as in the opposite of warm).

NeverWinter · 3 Oct 2012 at 14:01

It's the seek times too... I've noticed a massive improvement in the way things load. Glad I purchased it, can't wait until they fully replace standard HDDs.

TomProx · 3 Oct 2012 at 14:18

Cheers for the reply guys, will have to wait till next payday to get one, shelled out £850 on a complete new system this month.

Amraam · 3 Oct 2012 at 14:19

Slightly off topic. Is seek time the time it takes to actually find the file it needs to read?

NeverWinter · 3 Oct 2012 at 14:34

Amraam said:
Slightly off topic. Is seek time the time it takes to actually find the file it needs to read?

Bingo. No need to spin up and find it, it's just there.

TomProx · 3 Oct 2012 at 14:41

NeverWinter said:
Bingo. No need to spin up and find it, it's just there.

Can't wait now haha, is there any you'd recommend?

Amraam · 3 Oct 2012 at 14:42

NeverWinter said:
Bingo. No need to spin up and find it, it's just there.

Cheers, thought so. Just been reading up a bit on the more in depth terminology.

NeverWinter · 3 Oct 2012 at 15:14

TomProx said:
Can't wait now haha, is there any you'd recommend?

I have an OCZ Petrol and a Vertex 2E Both 128Gb drives, I got them because they were cheap at the time. I'm considering getting a larger drive for my games I'm probably gonna go Samsung 830 series.

Amraam · 3 Oct 2012 at 15:16

NeverWinter said:
I have an OCZ Petrol and a Vertex 2E Both 128Gb drives, I got them because they were cheap at the time. I'm considering getting a larger drive for my games I'm probably gonna go Samsung 830 series.

Go for it, even at £150 when I got it, it's worth it. Think they're going for £130 now.

NeverWinter · 3 Oct 2012 at 15:48

I'm looking at moving to a i5 first.

Amraam · 3 Oct 2012 at 17:16

NeverWinter said:
I'm looking at moving to a i5 first.

My "go for it, they're worth it" statement applies to both

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