Solid State Drives (SSD's) explained

KIA · 30 Oct 2015 at 17:27

wigster said:
Ive not seen much talk about the SSHD,As im going to be using my pc to convert videos and edit photos would a SSHD be better?

How much data do you have?

I wouldn't bother with SSHD.

wigster · 30 Oct 2015 at 17:37

Im actually going to now get a ssd for the primary, but im not sure what im going to get for the secondary either a mechanical or ssd this would be for storing music etc and video converting,editing.

Hessian · 3 Jan 2016 at 16:36

Is there a practical use for a secondary SSD? I've just bought a bigger SSD so wondering what to do with the one to be replaced? I assume there's no advantage to installing Steam games on to it, or other software if it can all fit on the primary? I've got a 4TB HDD for all my media also.

Disco_P · 3 Jan 2016 at 18:52

Hessian said:
Is there a practical use for a secondary SSD? I've just bought a bigger SSD so wondering what to do with the one to be replaced? I assume there's no advantage to installing Steam games on to it, or other software if it can all fit on the primary? I've got a 4TB HDD for all my media also.

Unless you are likely to be frequently doing very read or write intensive tasks in parallel then there isn't really any benefit except for more space.

weyland yutani · 7 Mar 2016 at 22:17

I've ordered my first ever SSD (850 Evo 500GB) and plan to clean install Windows 10 onto it.

Is enabling AHCI beforehand the one important thing to do before installing OS onto a ssd? Thanks.

Emlyn_Dewar · 8 Mar 2016 at 00:04

You can enable it afterwards, but there is no point NOT doing it before the OS install!

weyland yutani · 8 Mar 2016 at 01:12

Thanks. Looking forward to switch to SSD, not only to see what the perfomance is like but the noise my HDD makes has been me grating for a while.

Kimi · 30 Mar 2016 at 09:51

I seem to be going round in circles and confusing myself.

Simply, my HDD in my 6 yr old Dell XPS has failed, I would like to fit SSD for a bit of performance. Do i just plug it in like a normal HDD and reinstall Windows?

lude1962 · 30 Mar 2016 at 10:07

Kimi said:
I seem to be going round in circles and confusing myself.

Simply, my HDD in my 6 yr old Dell XPS has failed, I would like to fit SSD for a bit of performance. Do i just plug it in like a normal HDD and reinstall Windows?

yes, check sata mode in bios is set to ahci before installing

Kimi · 30 Mar 2016 at 10:19

Thanks Lude, just wanted to check :cool:

Kimi · 1 Apr 2016 at 15:08

My drive came yesterday, 500GB Samsung EVO, i didn't have time to install but i did have a look in my BIOS. I cant seem to find AHCI option.

Ive got a Dell XPS 430.

If i don't have this option, am i right in thinking that it will run anyway but just not at the 6gbs SATA III speed?

Kimi · 2 Apr 2016 at 10:44

All up and running, i cant believe how much quicker a SSD is

Captain_Bosh · 2 Apr 2016 at 11:00

Kimi said:
All up and running, i cant believe how much quicker a SSD is

Yeah they are a no brainer nowadays, I wouldn't run any system without one

mateusvbx · 8 Jun 2016 at 02:42

informative post

XRoyalT · 11 Jul 2017 at 21:46

Awesome post thank you very much!

theoneofgod · 1 Aug 2019 at 03:47

I remember when I first bought my SSD, 6+ years ago. Baby sat it for a long time afterwards, reducing writes, etc. Turns out there was no need and now I simply forget about it. Still going strong.

ic1male · 24 Aug 2019 at 14:01

So perhaps this question would go nicely in here. Is it worth paying more for the Samsung EVO drives than the QVO? Primary usage will be playing games from the device.

PiKe · 24 Aug 2019 at 14:22

No, you won't notice any real difference.

ic1male · 24 Aug 2019 at 15:25

PiKe said:
No, you won't notice any real difference.

Cool! I'll treat myself to a new 1TB QVO one then.

mustachee · 7 Feb 2020 at 09:25

I changed my HDD to SSD a long time ago. I have it on my computer and PS4 console. Thanks to it, the PC and PS start working quieter. I recommend it!