Win 7 setup - should I get an SSD HDD

Mel_P · 5 Oct 2009 at 11:28

Setting up a new i7 system for Win 7. Not really thought about this but should I buy on of these:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-003-CS&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=910

to load windows onto and then use the 1TB WD HDD (out of stock still!) for storage.

Is 32 GB big enough for windows?
Is there a finite life to SSD drives?

Questions, questions.............

Mel

Mel_P · 5 Oct 2009 at 11:37

Have just read this article:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18040306

Thanks OCUK forums. The intel is recomended:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-002-IN&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=910

PS - links in this article don't work.

BUT at £599 not sure I can justify that.....

Mel

PiKe · 5 Oct 2009 at 11:49

Crucial ones are 114 quid and are Ok for what you want to use it for.

Spit · 5 Oct 2009 at 11:53

I have the 4ghz i7 mate and have the 128Gb Crucial and a WD 1TB drive for storage.

go for it, they rock, everything loads instantly its amazing.

You will be letting your i7 down if you dont.

bledd · 5 Oct 2009 at 11:54

going to get a 128gb crucial myself

Mel_P · 5 Oct 2009 at 12:27

Hurry up and get them in stock then! Crucial have them BUT £142 + post +VAT!!!!!!!

Mel P

bledd · 5 Oct 2009 at 12:30

pre-orders often ship out as soon as they come in, so the site may say 'pre-order' for a while, whilst they will be getting stock in, and sending straight out to the pre orders

UKDTweak · 5 Oct 2009 at 12:31

For Windows 7 you need at least a 64gb SSD, 32gb will Not be enough.
I have it installed on my 64gb Falcon, with office 2007 and a few other apps and a 6gb page file, I have only 26gb of free space left!

reflux · 5 Oct 2009 at 12:33

Yeah, you want 64gb really. I have Windows and all my apps barring games installed on my 64gb drive and I have 21.5gb free. That's with the page file on a seperate drive and hibernation turned off!

Mel_P · 5 Oct 2009 at 12:39

Perhaps it's the 128GB and no pocket money till Christmas then!?

Mel_P · 5 Oct 2009 at 14:33

I cannot decide which to "preorder" for my Win 7 install.

64 GB (and regret it later)
128 GB (and bite the bullet!)

Any views please?

Audigex · 5 Oct 2009 at 15:39

Bite the bullet.

32gb will do, if you keep apps to an absolute minimum, but I don't see the point in using an SSD for the OS only. 64gb should do most people, unless you have a lot of games or large apps after 2 years of use my vista partition took up 70gb, and although it's fairly bloated and win7 is better, I'd still want 128 to have a "install it and leave it" situation.

Richy1204 · 5 Oct 2009 at 15:42

Bite the bullet if you have the cash

linktoinsanity · 5 Oct 2009 at 15:45

I am on a 128GB Corsair SSD for Windows myself and it flies. I highly recommend getting an SSD for Windows 7.

bledd · 5 Oct 2009 at 15:56

Mel_P, the 128gb is faster than the 64gb model, the read/write speeds are better in the 128

Mel_P · 5 Oct 2009 at 16:07

OK - I am persuaded - will pre-order 128GB. No pocket money for months!

(PS - just stopped using my PIII as a windows home server - this came with a 10 GB HDD for EVERYTHING!!)

Thanks all.

Mel

Mattus · 5 Oct 2009 at 23:49

If you're just using the SSD for Windows, I'd say 64GB would be enough. My Vista has been installed for about a year and is 30GB including pagefile - 7 will be a bit less. You just have to be careful about where you install programs - I barely have any apps installed to the system partition.

If you want your commonly-used programs on the SSD as well, 128GB might be better, especially if you have a big pagefile and a hibernation file.

Stelly · 6 Oct 2009 at 01:09

a lot of things I have read tell you to switch off the pagefile, what do you guys think??

Stelly

bledd · 6 Oct 2009 at 09:37

they say you should move it to a normal hard drive, not disable it, that's the best idea

jas72 · 6 Oct 2009 at 10:57

how much faster we talking about considering they are 8X more expensive than normal drives.