Quick SSD question - being totally thick....

iv-tecman

iv-tecman

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Right… Sorry but this is going to be perhaps the stupidest question you’ve ever had. But my google skills fail me totally…

Am I right in thinking, as I’ve got Windows 7 64bit, and a motherboard with SATA connector and SATA power connectors I can simply either place an SSD drive (80GB SATA III) in my system and then use this as a boot device for Windows 7, and Windows 7 64bit will just optimise for the SSD, all I’ve got to do is re-install the O/S or replace an existing SATA HDD?

I’m missing something simple here, I don’t need anything other then a board that supports SATA III (which is pretty much most boards since, well ages) lol..

Thanks..
 
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Thank you... Ooo so which one to buy... Think I'll go with the Intel SSD, 80GB will be more then enough for Windows 7 64Bit and applications...

Read somewhere its not a good idea to keep a swap file on a SSD?? Anyhow, long as it boots Windows 7 up quicker and gives Windows a bit of a boost, then money well spent..:p
 
It's not a bad idea to have the swap file on the SSD but i'm paranoid about it wearing out plus it frees up room for apps and stuff so have it on a HDD, when you get the drive remember to disable hibernation, that will free up a few more GB's.
 
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It doesn't hurt to have the swap on SSD. Just make sure you have enough RAM so that you aren't constantly swapping. I almost never use more than 40% of my memory, so the swap never gets touched really. Hibernation is a good point, haven't needed to worry about the disk space on a 120GB SSD tho.
 
Anyhow, long as it boots Windows 7 up quicker and gives Windows a bit of a boost, then money well spent..
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Just don't expect miracles with the boot times and you may not see a vast improvement over a good HDD. Windows though, and your apps...well, you'll see! ;)
 
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