will a SSD just work ?

Randall8686 · 12 Apr 2011 at 11:42

well im going to chuck in a 1.8" SSD to my machie tonight, the adapter cable has arrived from OCuk so im ready to go. will it just work like a mechanical drive or do i need to do anything special ? its a samsung disk and not in a cover so its bare pcb so i need to make sure i can sit it / mount it without it shorting on the chassis. any advise on setting up win7 on a SSD very welcome.

Thanks

lurkio · 12 Apr 2011 at 13:24

No real advice needed for a win7 install
Once you boot from dvd it will recognise you have an ssd and correctly align
the partition and start installing

Randall8686 · 12 Apr 2011 at 13:31

Thanks Lurkio, Well i shall be on a SSD by the weekend :-)

i guess i should also install Steam to the SSD so that my games can run from the SSD

Tekgun · 12 Apr 2011 at 20:34

It's a good idea to check that AHCI is enabled in the BIOS to get the best out of your SSD as well.

fross · 12 Apr 2011 at 20:57

The one thing I'd recommend with Steam is that you probably want some of your games to run off the SSD (FPSes etc), but others not (Civilisation, turn based games, etc etc) - as they are all held in the one directory, consider doing some hardlink magic to move the files to the most relevant drive but keep Steam working.

jonneymendoza · 12 Apr 2011 at 21:05

I too just bought my first ever ssd. coming tomorrow. does teh OCZ 120GB Vertex 2E SSD - Solid State Drive come with the necessary mounts to mount it in the same place where you sually store a mechanical hdd?

DragonQ · 12 Apr 2011 at 21:28

Danfoss2011 · 12 Apr 2011 at 21:58

3.5'' to 2.5'' mount should be inc unless it's an OEM drive.

I just reinstalled tonight, took ten mins! Got to love W7 & SSD!!

Randall8686 · 12 Apr 2011 at 22:28

well mine was a 1.8 out of a laptop but my adapter was wrong

so cannot install it now grrrr how annoying well should get bit this week and install it next week. im not sure if im going to see a big increase in performance and i have my pc running so nicely it seems a shame to upset it all

Danfoss2011 · 12 Apr 2011 at 22:30

Whats the specs of the SSD? You'll notice things with an SSD. Click done, installs stuff faster. I run an OCZ SSD in my rubish celly laptop. It takes all day to anything with W7 and a normal drive. It's now mentaly fast with and SSD and last all day.

jonneymendoza · 12 Apr 2011 at 23:07

a ssd really saves lots of battery life on a laptop?

Danfoss2011 · 13 Apr 2011 at 08:20

jonneymendoza said:
a ssd really saves lots of battery life on a laptop?

I get an hour extra maybe more, depens what im doing. It doesn't get hot, worry about moving or knocking it, totaly silent