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Would a budget SSD make a difference to the speed of a PC?

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  • 06-08-2009 5:39pm
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    Frederico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 340 ✭✭


    I was looking at the budget SSD's, the 2.5 inch ones on HWV, something like the OCZ 30 gb model..

    Anyone tried these yet? Since I am a fan of a fast bootup time and general fast hdd access.. do they provide a significant performance increase in loading times etc.. are the 3.5 inch models much faster?

    At around 100 euros they seem affordable

    thanks


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    StopNotWorking
    Registered Users Posts: 645 ✭✭✭StopNotWorking


    No way, the cheap SSDs are rubbish, you would only notice a big jump in performance if you put one in a fairly crap machine. Intel X25/OCZ Vertex are the ones you should be looking out for.


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    Frederico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 340 ✭✭Frederico


    So if I could put something like this


    OCZ SSD 30GB SATA II 2,5" HardDisk Vertex (125 euros)

    As my main drive and get a 1tb normal drive

    you think my system would be a lot faster?


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    kaimera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,396 ✭✭✭✭kaimera


    by all accounts, yes :)

    the jump in response time from a trad hdd to a ssd is huge; even the raptor pales in comparison.

    boot time/app loading and such are indeed faster.

    hold off for now tho; intel are releasing new ssds in the next short while which should drop the price of the current ones.

    and ocz have a 1tb ssd coming for ~2000usd if yer interested.


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    kaimera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,396 ✭✭✭✭kaimera


    news from OCZ

    http://hothardware.com/News/OCZ-and-Indilinx-Collaborate-On-New-SSD-Garbage-Collection-Scheme/


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