why ssd?

xtremepc · 27 Apr 2011 at 11:15

I have searched like 5-6 pages,did not find a similar thread,i know it exists somewhere...

As a user that plays games everyday and does a little bit of surfing on the net,will a SSD be useful at anything? I currently have 2 500GB Drives at raid, and besides saving a couple of seconds when i turn on the pc, will i see any other difference?

Semple · 27 Apr 2011 at 11:24

Bit less noise, heat and power consumption

GeezerButler · 27 Apr 2011 at 12:32

I found it made a difference in games that load a lot in game like fsx and stalker

Philtor · 27 Apr 2011 at 12:34

Yeah it made a big difference to FSX on my rig and the whole OS now feels much more responsive too.

5er driver · 28 Apr 2011 at 09:41

They are stupid fast. After post, W7 x64 needs only 11 seconds to boot to a usable desktop on my systems. Click the Shut Down button, the computer is off in 4 seconds. Loading programs/games is very quick, snappy surfing is also a plus. I don't know of anyone who got an SSD and isn't happy with it, unless of course it is/was defective.

Wyrdo · 28 Apr 2011 at 09:48

I got my first SSD a few weeks ago and am very impressed with it, I guess it depends on the games you'll be playing but it's made a difference for me. I'm more impressed with the response of my system as a whole.

DiCe! · 28 Apr 2011 at 10:39

I have an SSD for boot and its amazing the speed in which you get to a desktop and can do everything you want, My games run off a Raptor 10kRPM disk and that has always been fast enough for me, so cant really comment there. But as said above the whole OS feels "sharp" but then again that might just be that W7 is a great OS