Solid State Drives

lake2k · 17 Jan 2010 at 22:41

Hi I am wondering if ssd drives are worth it at the moment with them being so expensive, I was thinking of looking at either 32gb or a 64 gb version

I am wondering if i use the ssd drive just for installing windows and general internet and installing my games on a normal HD drive will it affect performance as a ssd drive will be to small to install many games etc

Any guidance would be appreciated

Thanks

markiejt · 18 Jan 2010 at 18:46

might want to move to harddrive forum

PhillyDee · 18 Jan 2010 at 19:35

SSD's are faster and have near zero access times, so yes, you will see an improvement. Same way I get better performance on the Velociraptor. Things will be more responsive.

However, is it worth the price? Not yet. What OS are you using?

lake2k · 20 Jan 2010 at 01:31

I am using windows 7 64 bit on a i7 920 oc to 3.5gb with 6 gb of ram and have windows on a 500gb hard drive and a second 1 tb drive

vandiesel · 20 Jan 2010 at 12:15

I was almost tempted to go with 1 of the kingston drives but have decided to wait just a little longer.

Aberfala · 21 Jan 2010 at 09:31

I've spent £1000's on PC upgrades since my first PC many many years ago and I can honestly say that installing a SSD has made a bigger improvement to overall system performance than any other upgrade I've ever done.

ScarySquirrel · 21 Jan 2010 at 14:01

Is it worthwhile for just installing OS, and then maybe apps that I use a lot and require a lot of power, like Photoshop? And perhaps a few select games?

rz30 · 21 Jan 2010 at 14:16

ScarySquirrel said:
Is it worthwhile for just installing OS, and then maybe apps that I use a lot and require a lot of power, like Photoshop? And perhaps a few select games?

Depends on your definition of worthwhile. It will be faster. Almost instantaneous. You could argue though there would be 2 types of user of SSD at the moment, those with more than enough money to spare and those that benefit from the speed for for their job.

reflux · 21 Jan 2010 at 14:18

IMO, it's worth it. I have a 60GB drive for Windows and Apps and things run nice and snappy.

petriodet · 21 Jan 2010 at 14:37

definitly worth the money,snappy response times,quick os loading and a nice new gadget to play with.

sonteq · 21 Jan 2010 at 14:48

I upgraded to an X25-V and I've got to say it's most definately a great upgrade, but since I really only surf the net and watch a few movies using my PC I'm not benefitting from it much. Although bootup and shutdown times are quicker this never really bothered me in the past anyways.