Upgrade to SSD or SB?

M4 in my Dell laptop, went from a 320gb hitachi 7200rpm to a 128gb ssd Crucial M4 and it is staggering just how reliant computers are on hard drive speeds. The M4 just eats everything up with no lag. Even the speed at which the system settles after logging in is brilliant. no hour glasses, just gets on with what you throw at it.
 
brendy said:
M4 in my Dell laptop, went from a 320gb hitachi 7200rpm to a 128gb ssd Crucial M4 and it is staggering just how reliant computers are on hard drive speeds. The M4 just eats everything up with no lag. Even the speed at which the system settles after logging in is brilliant. no hour glasses, just gets on with what you throw at it.
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Yup, they're great for laptops, where you want a quick return to desktop from sleep or boot.
 
Check the firmware version, on the rear of the drive.
Enable ACHI, install OS

When in windows you can update firmware (nice and easy from HERE). This is none destructive so your OS remains intact :)

(from another thread)
 
IvanDobskey said:
Although another part of me is thinking I may as well do the whole lot and be done with it, lol. I can afford £400+ for a 2500k, board, ram and SSD no trouble :)
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There's no stopping an itch but if like me and you're dreading the re-install then an SSD as readyboost / temp files would be an awesome upgrade.

Check this thread
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18307976

I've done this along with having 8gig of RAM and can't see myself upgrading any time soon ;)
 
Thanks for all the advice guys! Much appreciated. Will the drive not come with the latest firmware? Are there issues with older revs? I'll disconnect all other drives, enable AHCI mode, then install windows before reattaching. Sounds good :)
 
Just been doing a bit of reading. It seems you need to buy an adapter bracket. Hmmm, you'd have thought for the price these things go for they would include one in the box! Bit tight from crucial that!
 
IvanDobskey said:
Ok, will check the firmware level then. Anyone know if it comes with a bracket for fitting? Or can I put it in an old floppy bay or something?
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Mine didnt come with one, so ended up buying 2 adapters. One to get it to 3.5 and then another to go from 3.5 to 5.25 for it to fit (used up all my slots apart from the 5.25" bays :rolleyes:)
 
IvanDobskey said:
Just been doing a bit of reading. It seems you need to buy an adapter bracket. Hmmm, you'd have thought for the price these things go for they would include one in the box! Bit tight from crucial that!
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just lay it on top of your storage drive or your DVD drive...there pretty small and weigh nothing...mine sits on my 2tb storage drive ;)
 
Buchanan0204 said:
None... Get a Samsung F3 and a fresh install of Windows 7... then you will the snappyness everyone speaks of when they install an SSD. (because it's a fresh install and they want to justify 120 quid)

Then get a fancy new keyboard and mouse, or even better... some fancy speakers :)
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F3 as fast as an SSD, where can I download the overclock tool you used ?

MW
 
I think my Q9550 at 3.4GHz still cuts it for games. I never feel like the CPU is holding back my GTX480 anyway. Lets face it, most games are console ports these days anyway. And I know for fact my Q9550 absolutely slaughters the PS3 / Xbox processors!
 
To the OP.

I would upgrade memory while it's cheap. Windows 7 will prefetch / cache files, and other then boot times, in many situations more memory will be worth more than SSD.
 
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