Actually, if was going to build a computer that was not for gaming - say a laptop for school or work i would get a SSD aswell. Only exception would be computers that are "multi purpose" with a very strict budget.
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explicit
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Actually, if was going to build a computer that was not for gaming - say a laptop for school or work i would get a SSD aswell. Only exception would be computers that are "multi purpose" with a very strict budget. | ||
Ownos
United States2147 Posts
I'm talking about noticeable in human terms. Things loading in half the time. Improvements measured in actual seconds not nanoseconds. Sorry that I'm gushing all over the thread. But I <3 my SSD. Invest in at least a 80GB because Win7 will take up about 40 of that. T^T | ||
Jago
Finland390 Posts
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IPS.ZeRo
Germany1142 Posts
I think the difference is much more noticable when the system gets older. A SSD will still react instantly after you copied/deleted a lot of stuff. A HDD on the other hand will get more and more fagmented and react slower. Defragmentation helps but after some time it just gets more and more messed up. My PC with ssd always reacts instantly. The laptop i am using right now often freezes for a second when i want to save a file, which can drive me mad sometimes. | ||
Patriot.dlk
Sweden5462 Posts
To explain why I don't have any numbers or so, it's just that when windows is booted up there's nothing going on, no loading of programs to wait for etc I can just instantly click firefox and begin browsing. Small difference in time and wait here and there.. It's kinda like having good internet connection that instantly loads pages at all times and having internet that sometimes need to buffer vids, needs to load some etc, even if it's very slight it's nice to get rid of | ||
Marcus420
Canada1923 Posts
Loading and exiting the game. Loading a custom game(not online which waits for the other person too), loading a few replays some larger maps etc. alt tabbing in full screen windowed also. But, i can say alt tabbing in just full screen works very well too. You will never have a 10-30 second delay of black screen. *could still be processing | ||
EliteReplay
Dominican Republic913 Posts
not windowed but anyway thanks for the video very helpfull | ||
Marcus420
Canada1923 Posts
On February 16 2011 21:10 2GRe-Play- wrote: thanks for the vid, but this alt+tab windowed doesnt show anything, i thought it was full screen test not windowed but anyway thanks for the video very helpfull Yeah, Sorry. I forgot that i had "windowed fullscreen" not regular fullscreen. But trust me, alt tab, alt esc work very well, and there will never be hanging moments. | ||
ensign_lee
United States1178 Posts
Alt-tabs into and out of starcraft went from 40-60 seconds to 1-2 seconds. Starting Starcraft went from a 30 second load time to a 3 second load time. From a cold start, I can be into windows and doing things in about 8-10 seconds. It's improved my experience on my computer about 10-fold. And with a 128GB drive like I have, you can use it as your main disk if you want. Honestly, you'll probably find more bang for your buck here than by upgrading your processor even if you have just a super old processor. I found a larger performance increase by upgrading my SSD than I did from going from an old AMD 2400+ (an OLD processor) to the new i5-2500k Sandy Bridge. And that's saying something, considering that I thought the processor upgrade was pretty damn awesome as well. | ||
divito
Canada1213 Posts
I personally went for a 150GB Raptor when they came out quite awhile ago, and you definitely notice a difference. I love it. | ||
Sixotanaka
Australia191 Posts
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Marcus420
Canada1923 Posts
On February 17 2011 01:44 Sixotanaka wrote: It increases load times, not really that much else. Huh? Im going to assume that is a typo :p | ||
EscPlan9
United States2777 Posts
On February 17 2011 01:44 Sixotanaka wrote: It increases load times, not really that much else. It's funny hearing people phrase increases in speeds as "increasing time". Especially responses accusing others of trolling when someone suggests it's a typo. On February 16 2011 17:02 jester- wrote: I'm not sure if you are trolling, or if I just don't understand what you are saying. The Sandforce controller increases the speed at which files read and write to the drive... | ||
Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
This video for instance might give you a decent idea. Then you can decide if it's worth the money, I guess. | ||
jester-
Canada547 Posts
On February 17 2011 03:24 EscPlan9 wrote: It's funny hearing people phrase increases in speeds as "increasing time". Especially responses accusing others of trolling when someone suggests it's a typo. Good catch, literally just made me notice what I originally typed. You can see in my response the clarified answer and in the first line my admittance to not understanding. Why not try adding something to the thread instead of this type of poor post? I type out a giant post with one error, am quoted with an obscure and general response, then we have you saying I'm accusing people when I'm clearly not. | ||
monx
Canada1400 Posts
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ensign_lee
United States1178 Posts
On February 18 2011 02:36 monx wrote: i have an Intel X-25 M G2 but i havent installed it yet. I am looking for a easy to read tutorial to set it up correctly. Thanks Read your manual, but honestly, it's probably just plug it in, install OS, and go. | ||
monx
Canada1400 Posts
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Herpadurr
Monaco151 Posts
On February 18 2011 02:36 monx wrote: i have an Intel X-25 M G2 but i havent installed it yet. I am looking for a easy to read tutorial to set it up correctly. Thanks It's a hard drive. You use it like...a hard drive. For everything else it has a controller. | ||
aru
183 Posts
On February 18 2011 03:33 monx wrote: Ok i heard there was stuff with TRIM and other tweaks...i tought it was more complex. If it's a relatively old X-25 M G2, you will need to update the firmware to enable TRIM. You can download that here http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=18363. Windows 7 automatically runs the TRIM commands, you'll have to manually run it for XP and Vista. Unless things have changed recently, OSX still has no TRIM support. SSD performance get worse over time unless you have TRIM enabled, or some other form of garbage collection. | ||
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