New Ssd Installed And Loving It

[tangcoral]

Okay I finally stepped up to the big boys and got myself 30gb ocz vertex ssd.

Windows 7 install took like 7 mins, and now apps open up instantly. Boot up and shut down are just a few seconds.

Yeah i know 30gb is small but its used as my OS drive.

[garyh]

What rating does the performance tool give it?

[Xonax]

What rating does the performance tool give it?

What is the performance tool?

[elcent]

Ways to improve your computer's performance

Performance Information and Tools lists tasks that can help improve the performance of your computer, and it also shows information about your computer's performance capabilities.

Click to open Performance Information and Tools.

The left pane of Performance Information and Tools includes tasks that can help you improve your computer's performance. This table describes these tasks.

THERE'S A RATING FROM 1 - 6, THE HIGHER THE BETTER.

[nikster]

Loving my Intel X-25M too, but I find I quickly got used to apps opening instantly

Not sure about the obsession with boot times (not just you, see it everywhere on the web too) - must be a Windows thing. OS X never gets rebooted. Ok for software updates sometimes but that's so rare boot times really don't matter. Anyway since Win7 Windows has decent sleep modes too, so booting should be a thing of the past.

[newtronbom]

Ways to improve your computer's performance

Performance Information and Tools lists tasks that can help improve the performance of your computer, and it also shows information about your computer's performance capabilities.

Click to open Performance Information and Tools.

The left pane of Performance Information and Tools includes tasks that can help you improve your computer's performance. This table describes these tasks.

THERE'S A RATING FROM 1 - 6, THE HIGHER THE BETTER.

Actually, the score is from 1.0 to 7.9 in Win 7. I get pulled down by my SATA 2 HDs to "5.6" (was 6.9 when I first installed Win 7)but I have 2 x 500 GBs and I am using over 600 GB of that 1000. All my other scores are 7.2 and 7.3 (see screen shot attached)- Having only a 30 GB HD with just the OS on it, is going to improve the performance anyway. That said, I have heard great things about these new drives and like you will be interested in his score too.

[newtronbom]

Loving my Intel X-25M too, but I find I quickly got used to apps opening instantly

Not sure about the obsession with boot times (not just you, see it everywhere on the web too) - must be a Windows thing. OS X never gets rebooted. Ok for software updates sometimes but that's so rare boot times really don't matter. Anyway since Win7 Windows has decent sleep modes too, so booting should be a thing of the past.

Quite correct. Mine just sleeps these days. Instant boot. 3 months with no hassels at all.

[garyh]

What rating does the performance tool give it?

What is the performance tool?

The one in windows 7 or are you still using the old Xp operating system?

[nikster]

Actually, the score is from 1.0 to 7.9 in Win 7. I get pulled down by my SATA 2 HDs to "5.6" (was 6.9 when I first installed Win 7)but I have 2 x 500 GBs and I am using over 600 GB of that 1000. All my other scores are 7.2 and 7.3 (see screen shot attached)- Having only a 30 GB HD with just the OS on it, is going to improve the performance anyway. That said, I have heard great things about these new drives and like you will be interested in his score too.

Normal HDs get blown clear out of the water by SSDs. Particularly the small random read/write which is the most important measure for application performance. Even the fastest HDs in RAID configurations can't compete. Seek times near 0 do the trick

The only problem is that SSDs still have some issues that need to be sorted out. They get a lot slower when they fill up. But the controllers are getting better and it's probably not going to be a problem for very long. Anyway even when they're 50% slowed down they beat hard disks... so I guess the only real remaining problem is price and capacity. HDs will remain relevant because the price/capacity gap doesn't seem to be shrinking. SSDs get cheaper and bigger, but so do hard disks.

[garyh]

Only a matter of time and we will look at hard drives like we do with CRT monitors now.

[newtronbom]

Actually, the score is from 1.0 to 7.9 in Win 7. I get pulled down by my SATA 2 HDs to "5.6" (was 6.9 when I first installed Win 7)but I have 2 x 500 GBs and I am using over 600 GB of that 1000. All my other scores are 7.2 and 7.3 (see screen shot attached)- Having only a 30 GB HD with just the OS on it, is going to improve the performance anyway. That said, I have heard great things about these new drives and like you will be interested in his score too.

Normal HDs get blown clear out of the water by SSDs. Particularly the small random read/write which is the most important measure for application performance. Even the fastest HDs in RAID configurations can't compete. Seek times near 0 do the trick

The only problem is that SSDs still have some issues that need to be sorted out. They get a lot slower when they fill up. But the controllers are getting better and it's probably not going to be a problem for very long. Anyway even when they're 50% slowed down they beat hard disks... so I guess the only real remaining problem is price and capacity. HDs will remain relevant because the price/capacity gap doesn't seem to be shrinking. SSDs get cheaper and bigger, but so do hard disks.

Hi. Are they that much different? I guess I need to upgrade if the drive makes that much difference. I really get pulled down by my SATAs, raid does not perform as well as "AHCI" and I have tried every iteration of raid I could! I'm sure raid works well for a big multi disk system like a server and such, but for my work, I just backup regular (P in the A). Any idea of price for a small drive, say around 150 to 250 GBs? I don't get into town much at the moment, so would appreciate any info you may have on the cost. Cheers.

[garyh]

Actually, the score is from 1.0 to 7.9 in Win 7. I get pulled down by my SATA 2 HDs to "5.6" (was 6.9 when I first installed Win 7)but I have 2 x 500 GBs and I am using over 600 GB of that 1000. All my other scores are 7.2 and 7.3 (see screen shot attached)- Having only a 30 GB HD with just the OS on it, is going to improve the performance anyway. That said, I have heard great things about these new drives and like you will be interested in his score too.

Normal HDs get blown clear out of the water by SSDs. Particularly the small random read/write which is the most important measure for application performance. Even the fastest HDs in RAID configurations can't compete. Seek times near 0 do the trick

The only problem is that SSDs still have some issues that need to be sorted out. They get a lot slower when they fill up. But the controllers are getting better and it's probably not going to be a problem for very long. Anyway even when they're 50% slowed down they beat hard disks... so I guess the only real remaining problem is price and capacity. HDs will remain relevant because the price/capacity gap doesn't seem to be shrinking. SSDs get cheaper and bigger, but so do hard disks.

Hi. Are they that much different? I guess I need to upgrade if the drive makes that much difference. I really get pulled down by my SATAs, raid does not perform as well as "AHCI" and I have tried every iteration of raid I could! I'm sure raid works well for a big multi disk system like a server and such, but for my work, I just backup regular (P in the A). Any idea of price for a small drive, say around 150 to 250 GBs? I don't get into town much at the moment, so would appreciate any info you may have on the cost. Cheers.

You will want deep pockets for the size you mentioned, http://www.thanni.com/index.php?main_page=...0ec4be9871cc0da