SSD - Quick question

rlculver · 25 Jul 2010 at 17:16

Hi,

I am looking at getting one of these SSD drives (Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB) from OcUK.

I am using a Gigabyte EP45-DS3P and was wondering if it is worth it, due to running in SATA 2 mode.

Is their any problem with this and will I notice a performance increase? I will be running Windows 7 64BIT.

Thanks!

Temi_D · 25 Jul 2010 at 17:29

You will, in reality, only notice the the difference in benchmarks. For normal use, you should notice a massive difference. Becides, SATA 2 is 3Gb/s so thats 357MB/s. The maximum speed for the crucial is 355MB/s right? I see no problems there

macfanuk · 25 Jul 2010 at 19:40

I've read that the drive only runs at 285MB/s on SATA II, Can anyone with one of these drives please confirm?

Temi_D · 25 Jul 2010 at 23:41

Oh my bad then. I based mine on the principle that 3Gbps/8 = 375000000B/s
375000000/(1024+1024)= 357MB/s

I guess it will be slower in reality. But still 285MB/s vs 355 will be unnoticable in reallife

Atom · 26 Jul 2010 at 00:02

Getting 267 mbs on mine connected to a H55 mobo..

chippy08 · 26 Jul 2010 at 01:20

Atom said:
Getting 267 mbs on mine connected to a H55 mobo..

Sorry to jump on the thread op but what didfference have you noticed since going from standard hard to ssd Atom ?

lukext · 26 Jul 2010 at 09:36

Everything loads MUCH faster. Windows for example, with my F3, a pretty fast hdd, the desktop would appear but be pretty unresponsive to anything for 10-15secs if not more before I could load up firefox for example. with my ssd, the moment the desktop appears, its 100% responsive and will load progs near on instantly without pausing to think. Getting to the desktop is also a bit quicker. Also use it for FSX and textures load much faster so a lot of stuttering in game has been eliminated.

chippy08 · 26 Jul 2010 at 16:26

lukext said:
Everything loads MUCH faster. Windows for example, with my F3, a pretty fast hdd, the desktop would appear but be pretty unresponsive to anything for 10-15secs if not more before I could load up firefox for example. with my ssd, the moment the desktop appears, its 100% responsive and will load progs near on instantly without pausing to think. Getting to the desktop is also a bit quicker. Also use it for FSX and textures load much faster so a lot of stuttering in game has been eliminated.

Thanks im looking at getting one for my next build i7 920 or sandy bridge.