(Storage) SSD Discussion Thread

[Rxgn]

amazon shipping needs virtual address like vpost?

 

[xtreme84]

i got myself a c300 128 from amazon few days back, i think if i were to add music into the ssd my space sure dam fast run out rather chuck my games and other app instead

Good choice, 128GB should be enough, don't put your music in there, it makes no difference whether you play your music from SSD or HDD. Save your SSD for your OS and programs/games. Why different people quote you different size is as @fullerms said, it may be partly

...due to ever growing size of the Winsxs folder.

I don't know what that folder is for, but it's 9GB plus on my PC.

 

[CaboWabo]

amazon shipping needs virtual address like vpost?

need to give your local address

 

[CaboWabo]

Good choice, 128GB should be enough, don't put your music in there, it makes no difference whether you play your music from SSD or HDD. Save your SSD for your OS and programs/games. Why different people quote you different size is as @fullerms said, it may be partly

I don't know what that folder is for, but it's 9GB plus on my PC.

icic yea thats why i got the 128 c300 from amazon + it's slightly cheaper thn the sata 2 intel 320...

 

[HW_FAN]

hi guys regarding SSD.. issit a good idea to get a 30gb ssd so that i can install OS on it for faster booting. and perhaps a game or two .

Get a Z68 motherboard, and do a SRT.

 

[xtreme84]

Got a Z68 motherboard, and do a SRT.

That's a good suggestion. I haven't tried that, so I'm not quite sure if there are any specific requirements though.

 

[fullerms]

I bought a 128GB C300, and installed OS on a 30 GB partition with another 30 GB unallocated space right next to it in case I need to extend the windows partition. All apps are on another 50GB partition. I moved the swapfile to ramdisk and disabled hibernation.

After a few weeks of light use, the windows partition has only 10GB free space Even if you install apps on a separate partition, there will be some files written to the system partition. Every windows update will create a backup in the system folder. And before you know it, Windows has grown to 30GB and is still growing

 

[adrianlee]

OCZ Vertex 3 240GB Max IOPS SATA 3 SSD Review – The Vertex 3 and V3 Max IOPS Compared
http://thessdreview.com/our-reviews/ocz-vertex-3-240gb-max-iops-review/

 

[majora]

Hi, I would like to ask if there will be a difference in gaming loading speed in the followings?

1)games stored in a 120gb ssd which includes OS
2)games stored in a 64gb ssd while OS is inside a hdd

Both ssd are of the same brand and using the same gaming system

 

[xtreme84]

I bought a 128GB C300, and installed OS on a 30 GB partition with another 30 GB unallocated space right next to it in case I need to extend the windows partition. All apps are on another 50GB partition. I moved the swapfile to ramdisk and disabled hibernation.

Why not just use the whole SSD for OS, programs/games? This way, you get to fully utilise the maximum capacity. I believe that's what most forummers here are doing.

 

[xtreme84]

Hi, I would like to ask if there will be a difference in gaming loading speed in the followings?

1)games stored in a 120gb ssd which includes OS
2)games stored in a 64gb ssd while OS is inside a hdd

Both ssd are of the same brand and using the same gaming system

Yes, there will be, but I'm not sure how significant it will be. As mentioned, most people are using their SSD for OS, programs/games and store their data on a separate drive. This seems to be the best setup at the moment.

If you have your OS on HDD and only games on SSD, you do not enjoy the benefits of having an SSD for your day to day usage, only when you load games (which may be impacted by having your OS on HDD).

 

[angcsbenny]

crucial m4 128gb going for 220usd on newegg..

 

[evq]

Hi, I would like to ask if there will be a difference in gaming loading speed in the followings?

1)games stored in a 120gb ssd which includes OS
2)games stored in a 64gb ssd while OS is inside a hdd

Both ssd are of the same brand and using the same gaming system

go for option 1.
Yes, there is of cos a diff when loading of games.

 

[fullerms]

Why not just use the whole SSD for OS, programs/games? This way, you get to fully utilise the maximum capacity. I believe that's what most forummers here are doing.

That's what I did. Read my post carefully, I said partitions not disk

All my stuff is on the SSD, except for the user files and media which are on a Seagate HDD. Planning to buy a NAS and remove the HDD from the PC altogether and run with only SSD.

 

[xtreme84]

That's what I did. Read my post carefully, I said partitions not disk

All my stuff is on the SSD, except for the user files and media which are on a Seagate HDD. Planning to buy a NAS and remove the HDD from the PC altogether and run with only SSD.

I did, what I meant was, why even partition? Why not just use the whole SSD as one partition for your OS, programs/games as well? I don't see any benefit in partitioning an already small drive or separating your programs from your OS. But if it's just your preference, then of course there's no problem.

 

[RazerDA]

Guys,

Pardon me, whats the difference between Intel 320 and Intel 520, intend to get a 120Gb SSD,

any recommendation?

 

[majora]

Guys,

Pardon me, whats the difference between Intel 320 and Intel 520, intend to get a 120Gb SSD,

any recommendation?

If im not not wrong, intel 320 uses sata2 while intel 520 uses sata3

 

[majora]

go for option 1.
Yes, there is of cos a diff when loading of games.

No offence here but i would like to know why is there a difference? It's just that the game is running from a different directory ma, if both are ssd, who does the one containing the os makes the game load faster ne?

 

[toyknight]

Just a question, will there be any significant performance increase for eee box B202 (first gen) if i change to ssd?

Maybe the cpu is too old to have any notice in performance increase?

 

[adrianlee]

OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS SSD Review (240GB)
http://www.storagereview.com/ocz_vertex_3_max_iops_ssd_review_240gb