Will a SSD drive make me go WOW?

Zarf said:
I use Windows7 sleep mode a lot, only takes about a second to enter or wake up, and it shuts down all the fans etc putting the computer in a very low power state.
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This is exactly what's stopping me from picking up a 160GB Intel X25-M for £279!! I rarely see my computer boot up (only for hardware change, overclock, etc).
I want to know - Would there be a noticeable difference in general things? like loading firefox (currently takes a ~10 secs), multiple firefox windows/tabs, email progs, etc?
 
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gee3000 said:
This is exactly what's stopping me from picking up a 160GB Intel X25-M for £279!! I rarely see my computer boot up (only for hardware change, overclock, etc).
I want to know - Would there be a noticeable difference in general things? like loading firefox (currently takes a ~10 secs), multiple firefox windows/tabs, email progs, etc?
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As soon as the windows desktop loads after boot, IE + google homepage loads inside 2 seconds. There is almost no lag.

The only problem I have with my SSD is that when I use a non SSD PC, it drives me mad waiting for windows / programs to load :p
 
gee3000 said:
This is exactly what's stopping me from picking up a 160GB Intel X25-M for £279!! I rarely see my computer boot up (only for hardware change, overclock, etc).
I want to know - Would there be a noticeable difference in general things? like loading firefox (currently takes a ~10 secs), multiple firefox windows/tabs, email progs, etc?
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Firefox loads in under 3 seconds for me, with loads of addons.
It's definitely a noticable difference, especially once your pc has been on a while and you have tons of tabs etc open. I've got an SSD in my Main PC and my HTPC (where it's massively sped up reading the XBMC local database of posters and movie info for my network folders with hundreds of films and TV eps), not to mention being silent.
I've also ordered one for my Laptop, was getting sick of all the slowdowns after seeing what SSD's did for my other PC's.
 
I'd say go for it.
I spent a lot of time wondering if I should or shouldn't, and finally did, and it certainly made me go wow.

Everything loads almost instantly, and boot/shut down happens very quickly indeed.

I came from dual Raptor x's, and my single vertex leaves them standing..
 
teknokid said:
I'd say go for it.
I spent a lot of time wondering if I should or shouldn't, and finally did, and it certainly made me go wow.

Everything loads almost instantly, and boot/shut down happens very quickly indeed.

I came from dual Raptor x's, and my single vertex leaves them standing..
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Yes it's the biggest upgrade you can do..I just don't want to go back to mechanical hard drives.
Everything happens very quickly and it's very noticeable.

Unfortunately for large storage I still have to use mechanical drives.:(

So to reiterate there is certainly a 'wow' factor with the added total silence of the drives .
My mechanical drives sound so noisy now!
 
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It does make you notice any hold ups elsewhere in your system - on powering up, it now seems to take an age to run through the BIOS, but once it gets to windows it flies!!:)
 
teknokid said:
that's just what I was told, as the constant read/writes to the SSD shorten its lifespan.
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Lifespan isn't really a concern. You'll get 5-10 years of use under any normal conditions (i.e not using it for a hardcore enterprise database) - better than you would hope for from a mechanical drive.
 
Quick question probably a bit obvious - do SSD's fit directly into passport size portable enclosures just like the 2.5" HDD's?
 
no audible noise, higher temperature threshold and cooler running
high sustainable read\writes
Makes me go WOW
If your worried about lifespan then you've missed the point
 
gee3000 said:
Quick question probably a bit obvious - do SSD's fit directly into passport size portable enclosures just like the 2.5" HDD's?
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They do fit.. I tried an SSD in a cheapo enclosure I had, it didn't seem to be working. That might have been down to the enclosure though
 
They do fit, but I'm wondering if they really *need* to go in one. There are no mechanical parts so they don't vibrate, they don't weigh much or get hot, and I ran mine perfectly well just hanging off the connectors for quite a few hours while I set it up.

What difference would it make if they weren't mounted? Is it an electrical insulation thing??
 
StuPC said:
They do fit, but I'm wondering if they really *need* to go in one. There are no mechanical parts so they don't vibrate, they don't weigh much or get hot, and I ran mine perfectly well just hanging off the connectors for quite a few hours while I set it up.

What difference would it make if they weren't mounted? Is it an electrical insulation thing??
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you'd need a USB caddy if you were on a laptop, as most laptops only have a single SATA port.
 
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