SSD Advice

magpie1966 · 24 Feb 2011 at 11:42

Hi,

I have an Asus Rampage II Extreme Intel X58 , love the Mobo btw.

I'm using a raptor as my o/s hard drive,

I'm using Vista 64 atm. and tbh been solid as a rock .

but i'm toying with the idea of a SSD, and banging Windows 7 on it.

2 questions...

1. What Improvements will I see?

2. will I need a Sata 3 adaptor or something to get best speeds out of
a good SSD.

I was looking at this Crucial RealSSD C300 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC128MAG-1G1) (is this any good) I know 3 questions lol

and this if needed ....

Asus U3S6 USB3.0 & SATA 6Gbps PCI-Express Controller Card [U3S6]

Thanks in advance for your advice.

justintime2001 · 24 Feb 2011 at 11:45

You won't regret going for Crucial C300 SSD. I have just built a new system using the 64Gb version and the SSD speed is amazing, one click and an app is open. I would certainly recommend an SSD anytime.

Ginger-Menace · 24 Feb 2011 at 11:47

you will see a massive difference (i did)if your going for that ssd it would be better to get a sata 3 card, but this ssd http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-060-OC&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1427 is good vast improvment over hdd imo

RedGooner · 24 Feb 2011 at 11:49

I have same mobo as you.
I have an OCZ 3GB Sata SSD as drive C: and a Raptor as Drive D:
Also run XP and Win 7 64Bit.

Crucial SSDs are fast reading (355Mb/s), but SLOW writing (140Mb/s)unless you go for the big drives.
OCZ SSDs read (285Mb/s) and write (275Mb/s) speeds are around the same.

Biggest Improvements, are Boot times, an general speed access when running off the SSD...

magpie1966 · 24 Feb 2011 at 14:44

Thanks for advice,

so will I need an adapter for best speeds or not?

I wasn't sure from the responses

RedGooner · 24 Feb 2011 at 15:56

You will need an adapter for Sata 6GB/s

You will NOT need an adapter for Sata 3GB/s
Its up to you...Your mobo supports Sata 3GB/s I know i run a SSD of it...

Cleeecooo · 24 Feb 2011 at 16:04

I would wait a month until the vertex 3 is supposed to come out. Prices will probably fall

Stryda09 · 24 Feb 2011 at 17:18

My M225 SSD recently started to die/died. Crucial sent me a C300 replacement and it is noticeably better than my old ssd so it must be a massive jump from HDD to an SSD.

magpie1966 · 24 Feb 2011 at 23:49

Thanks for the replies guys, i'm probably going to wait until April.

Then look at it again.

Many Thanks

anuraj · 24 Feb 2011 at 23:59

Hope your wait is worthwhile.