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After all the misinformation about SSD, here are the facts.
SSD is the biggest upgrade you can make to your new laptop/PC.
There are only two SSD's worth getting at the time of posting of this thread, I will try to update it as much as possible.
Intel X25M 80/160G G1/G2
Any Indilinx-based SSDs is secondary
The key here is random read/write 4k range, which is what your PC does about 90% of the time. Yes some drives are faster in consistent writes, which matters but only if you are copying large files.
I would suggest the following reading, this is by far the most encompassing and technically correct article series on the interwebs about SSD's.
1. Click Start
2. Click Control Panel
3. Selct the Control Panel Home
4. Click System and Maintenance
5. Under the Administrative Tools section at the bottom, click Defragment your hard drive
6. You may need to grant permission to open the disk fragmenter
7. Click or unclick Run automatically (recommended) depending if you want this feature enabled or disabled.
8. Click OK
Windows 7
- disabled, as it automatically detects SSD based on rotation speed reported by the drive which will be 0.
Yeah I am so happy with my 80gig SDD I can not say enough good things about them. I doubt there is or will be any new upgrade out any time soon worth the while as SSD.
You won't be disappointed with the intel x25m g2. Just make sure you turn of defrag off in your windows services. Also you should set in your bios to achi.
I love my SSD it makes my computer feel as if it were some start of the art machine. lol it is a 500 dollar gateway laptop, but it does miracles for this POS.
Just received it yesterday. I will get it installed today or tomorrow
I am back up and running. We did a major overhaul on my home network.
E6400 Core2Duo/Asus P5B deluxe machine running as my server - Windows Server 2008
i7 920/Asus P6T deluxe machine (mine) - just upgraded from vista to 7 professional
i7 920/MSI X58pro (wife's) - went from release candidate 7 to 7 professional
Setup up the server as a domain controller... not too complex, but a decent overhaul to what I had previously
I put the SSD on my machine. My wife is running a V-raptor HD. The machines are pretty comparable otherwise -> same chipset and proc. I have been reinstalling some software and what not today on both machines. I really don't notice much of a difference between the two machines using basic programs like MS office (outlook and word), media player, explorer, etc.
Both machines are very snappy. Both boot in comparble times. I didn't formally time the windows install, but that seemed very comparable between both machines.
Maybe more time with the SSD setup will start to show its speed.
I am back up and running. We did a major overhaul on my home network.
Both machines are very snappy. Both boot in comparble times. I didn't formally time the windows install, but that seemed very comparable between both machines.
Maybe more time with the SSD setup will start to show its speed.
Any thoughts?
Launch multiple apps at the same time while the machine is still booting under windows 7. Load up multiple applications that are doing IO work and alt tab around them.
I am back up and running. We did a major overhaul on my home network.
E6400 Core2Duo/Asus P5B deluxe machine running as my server - Windows Server 2008
i7 920/Asus P6T deluxe machine (mine) - just upgraded from vista to 7 professional
i7 920/MSI X58pro (wife's) - went from release candidate 7 to 7 professional
Setup up the server as a domain controller... not too complex, but a decent overhaul to what I had previously
I put the SSD on my machine. My wife is running a V-raptor HD. The machines are pretty comparable otherwise -> same chipset and proc. I have been reinstalling some software and what not today on both machines. I really don't notice much of a difference between the two machines using basic programs like MS office (outlook and word), media player, explorer, etc.
Both machines are very snappy. Both boot in comparble times. I didn't formally time the windows install, but that seemed very comparable between both machines.
Maybe more time with the SSD setup will start to show its speed.
Any thoughts?
Look around for vmware ESX server 4.0 it's out on the net and use that on your PC that's a server. You'll have more flexibility to install some stuff, and then upgrade it to 8GB of ram and have fun with it.
SSD Thread: README
