Some help please

ntemples1 · 14 Aug 2009 at 09:20

Hi there,

I have the below rig and I am thinking of getting a SSD as I am tired of hearing the HD i have crunching away all the time when I am trying to work.

I wanted to ask the following questions:

1. What settings in Bios are optimal (for any Sata drive), at the moment I think it's turned off in bios and the drives are shown as IDE devices on bootup. Will this be slower?

2. I am using Win 7 RC so is it just a case of a reinstall? but with the ACHI enabled in bios?

3. Which are the best SSD's at the moment <128gb

Thanks in advance!

ntemples1 · 14 Aug 2009 at 13:09

anyone?

Greebo · 14 Aug 2009 at 14:59

1. Sata ACHI is best for ssd

2. Reinstall or use cloning software like acronis to copy your op system across.

3. Intel are without doubt the best followed by G Skill as they both excel in IOPS (don't go solely on sequential read/write rates). The bargain but great preformance crown go to the Crucial atm.

ntemples1 · 14 Aug 2009 at 15:34

Greebo said:
1. Sata ACHI is best for ssd

2. Reinstall or use cloning software like acronis to copy your op system across.

3. Intel are without doubt the best followed by G Skill as they both excel in IOPS (don't go solely on sequential read/write rates). The bargain but great preformance crown go to the Crucial atm.

Thanks very much!