Which SSD and is it worth it?

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Current Spec of my PC:

i7 940 @ 2.93ghz
6GB Gskill 1333mhz Ram
570GTX
300GB Raptor 10K RPM for (OS)
640GB WD Cavair (Recordings of Games)
1TB Samsung F3 (Games)

now i'm thinking of getting a SSD to replace my OS drive however it averaging quite high Mbps anyway.

Burst 220mb
Average: 120mb (from what i can remember)
Lowest 70mb
Seek is quite low.

Normally i would say get SSD to anyone but do you think its worth replacing this? i know the seek time is much faster but For OS do you think its worth it?

Which one to Get? for Win7 HP 64bit.
 
MilanoChris said:
Budget?

Just get one, they're amazingly fast. I was surprised going from a Velociraptor.
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Frankly I've been disappointed so far with my SSD - any yes it's running as fast as it should - compared to a 1TB Samsung F3. Boot times are better, but irrelevant when your PC is on 24/7, and install times for apps is amazing, but using the PC for day to day tasks doesn't seem noticeably quicker.
 
If I had the money I would certainly go for a 500+ read/write SSD. Shove your OS and most used programs on there and enjoy. The only problem I see is if your putting your games from steam on it since you either have to save ALL on it or none since you cant split games accross drives.
 
DeputyDawg said:
Frankly I've been disappointed so far with my SSD - any yes it's running as fast as it should - compared to a 1TB Samsung F3. Boot times are better, but irrelevant when your PC is on 24/7, and install times for apps is amazing, but using the PC for day to day tasks doesn't seem noticeably quicker.
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Well I love mine and I wouldn't go back. I just love zero lag when opening anything that's on the SSD.
 
should i be looking at SSD's that are marvell based as that what my motherboard uses for best support?

300GB raptor for games good idea but steam folder is 700GB i guess i could put origin on there for BF3
 
MilanoChris said:
Well I love mine and I wouldn't go back. I just love zero lag when opening anything that's on the SSD.
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+1
Been using one pretty much since the first Intel G1s came out and wouldn't go back. It makes general web browsing / all applications far far faster.
 
As my PC uses S3 sleep I obviously do not notice the quicker boot times since using an SSD. Then again I used to power my PC on in the morning and go and get a brew so I didn't much notice them anyway.

For me the benefit has been the lack of mechanical hard drive noise and I suppose quicker load times for apps etc. I note "suppose" as I often use the minimise to taskbar feature rather than keep closing stuff down as I have 4GB of memory and see no real need to shut an app down when used.

I am glad that I did buy a 60GB Vertex 2E if only to get rid of that noise. I also have kept my Steam install on there (with only a couple of games installed due to room and what I'm playing) and it seems to make some difference in load times etc but again nothing radical. It was a good buy but I did not really expect much and so I wasn't that disappointed, considering how I use my PC, when I bought it.

However when I write the above I am then reminded that it "adds" to improve the overall responsiveness of a PC as I realise that when I am using computer without an SSD fitted and listen to the HD clunking away. I suppose that you just get used to how quick your own computer is and notice it more when you are using another slower computer to do stuff on.
 
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Vimes said:
I suppose that you just get used to how quick your own computer is and notice it more when you are using another slower computer to do stuff on.
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This more than anything. Get used to your PC with a SSD in it, then use a comparable system with a HDD and the difference is so noticable.

Said it before (as have others), but I'd never go back to a mechanical drive for my OS.
 
mtnorris said:
If I had the money I would certainly go for a 500+ read/write SSD. Shove your OS and most used programs on there and enjoy. The only problem I see is if your putting your games from steam on it since you either have to save ALL on it or none since you cant split games accross drives.
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i think gamesave manager can do that for you :)
 
I was underwhelmed with my Crucial M4 in the desktop after reading all the hype. Beyond faster boot up times and being able to open 25+ apps in a few seconds I found it to make very little difference in daily real world usage over a SATA III 7200RPM drive.
 
uniQ said:
I was underwhelmed with my Crucial M4 in the desktop after reading all the hype. Beyond faster boot up times and being able to open 25+ apps in a few seconds I found it to make very little difference in daily real world usage over a SATA III 7200RPM drive.
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I Guess everyone different

As am very impressed with my 128GB M4 and that after coming from a 10,000rpm 150GB raptor drive ;)
i be buying another one soon for my HTPC
 
uniQ said:
I was underwhelmed with my Crucial M4 in the desktop after reading all the hype. Beyond faster boot up times and being able to open 25+ apps in a few seconds I found it to make very little difference in daily real world usage over a SATA III 7200RPM drive.
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you must be very difficult to impress ;) :p
 
Frankly I'm also slightly unimpressed....

My boot up time isn't great... (550MBRead 480MB Write)

But saying that I have a large number of programs loading on boot up and quite a few from a secondary drive, so believe this slows the whole process down. The programs that do boot from the SSD are instantly available.

But do I really notice a noticeable difference in real life? Well yes and no.

I don't think boot up times are amazingly fast (SSD time is about 20 seconds) saying that as I've already said, my boot up is a bit of a mess, and I've had boot ups of up to 10-15 minutes before.... So in that sense, yes it is a lot faster, and I did notice the slow down when I went down to a standard 7200rpm when my SSD had to be RMA'd....

Also things like Chrome/Antivirus (the programs that run off of the SSD) are insanely quick...

Actually thinking about all of this, the reason I'm underwhelmed by my SSD is because I haven't got enough space so the applications that are going to take a long time to boot have to run on the secondary drives...

Ok, advice change:

If you're going to get a SSD (which I do recommend) get more than 60gb....

kd
 
FlukeRogi said:
This more than anything. Get used to your PC with a SSD in it, then use a comparable system with a HDD and the difference is so noticable.

Said it before (as have others), but I'd never go back to a mechanical drive for my OS.
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I have to agree with this - I hate using my work laptop, the drive is so slow compared to the SSD in my own pc.
 
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