Here is the ATTO Benchmark I did after installing all the necessary stuff I wanted on my SSD.
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| Author: | DimSumGuy83 [ 01 Sep 2010 18:33 ] |
| Post subject: | Traditional hard drives vs. Solid state drives |
Later on when time permits, I will be demonstrating just how fast a solid state drive can boot into Windows 7. Now, why am I doing this you ask? Well last night, I ordered a solid state drive (Corsair Nova 32GB) from Newegg.com. I've read so many positive reviews about solid state drives that I just had to get one when the cash permitted. Well, the brilliant people over at Corsair recently released their 32GB Nova-series SSD and placed it under the $100 mark. Now, that's an absolute steal considering just how EXPENSIVE SSDs are currently. So, I'll be installing a fresh copy of Windows 7 while emptying out my 1TB Samsung and using it for data while I put all the useless cache files onto a 320GB Hitachi HDD. Hopefully I'll get the SSD on Friday since that'll give me the entire weekend to build everything up and then it gives me the rest of the time to finish up this review. |
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| Author: | Teh_Bunny [ 01 Sep 2010 18:51 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Traditional hard drives vs. Solid state drives |
32gb? |
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| Author: | DimSumGuy83 [ 01 Sep 2010 19:29 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Traditional hard drives vs. Solid state drives |
Yup, 32GB SSD. Now you're probably thinking that I'm a bit crazy to spend $$$ on a 32GB drive but what I'm planning to do is only install Windows 7 onto it. 32GB is more than enough to install Windows 7 + MS Office and probably 1 game. Now, have you ever encountered a time when Windows wouldn't boot fast enough for your satisfaction? I have and it's very annoying. With the operating system installed on the SSD, boot times will be like night vs. day. I've witnessed the awesome-ness of an SSD's speed (the pastor at my church has a desktop in his office equipped with an SSD for Windows booting) and I was VERY impressed. So, for a limited time, Corsair is selling their 32GB Nova-series SSD for under the $100 price point. |
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| Author: | Teh_Bunny [ 01 Sep 2010 20:37 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Traditional hard drives vs. Solid state drives |
ah ok then i can see now what youre gonna do its a slow day for me so yea so youre gonna have youre original harddrive and just use the 32 one for basically just the OS then |
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| Author: | DimSumGuy83 [ 01 Sep 2010 20:54 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Traditional hard drives vs. Solid state drives |
Exactly. Since everything happens in Windows, why not have your system boot up the most important part? So, when I get time (which will probably on the weekends and hopefully my SSD comes in on Friday) I'll be taking down my system, installing a fresh copy of Windows 7 + MS Office + Firefox + 1 game (which will most likely be Starcraft 2). Songs, photos, movies, games etc. will all be on the hard drives while my cache files will be on the Hitachi. External will be holding backup images just in case. |
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| Author: | Teh_Bunny [ 01 Sep 2010 22:09 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Traditional hard drives vs. Solid state drives |
hmmmm nice plan there im just thinking of like the possibilities on how that ill be better lol |
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| Author: | DimSumGuy83 [ 01 Sep 2010 22:36 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Traditional hard drives vs. Solid state drives |
I'm so psyched right now about having an SSD as a boot drive (yes, I'm psyched....I'm a nerd after all). No more waiting 1+ minute(s) for Windows to boot. It's gonna make my PC fly like a bat outta hell. |
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| Author: | serialp0rt [ 02 Sep 2010 01:50 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Traditional hard drives vs. Solid state drives |
I want one badly, just don't have the extra cash to fork over on a luxury item like that. I'll probably get one eventually to have my OS and a few of my games, but that's down the road. |
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| Author: | DimSumGuy83 [ 03 Sep 2010 18:06 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Traditional hard drives vs. Solid state drives |
OH HELL YEAH! I got my SSD in today and have it installed right now. Man, Windows booting is a magical instant now! |
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| Author: | DimSumGuy83 [ 03 Sep 2010 22:58 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Traditional hard drives vs. Solid state drives |
I got Windows 7 Pro + MS Office 2007 installed on the SSD while everything else is on the 1TB Samsung. Windows 7 doesn't chug to get fully ready and now my PowerPoints, Word Documents, Excel spreadsheets are there at the ready in less than a second. SSDs are the FUTURE and are probably the best upgrade you can do for any computer. |
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| Author: | DimSumGuy83 [ 04 Sep 2010 19:02 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Traditional hard drives vs. Solid state drives |
I have included a video of me booting up Windows 7 with everything installed: [youtube][/youtube] Later on, I'll post up a video of the shut down time and will post up some benchmark results from ATTO. |
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| Author: | Amaroq [ 04 Sep 2010 20:13 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Traditional hard drives vs. Solid state drives |
Holy crap |
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| Author: | DimSumGuy83 [ 04 Sep 2010 21:24 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Traditional hard drives vs. Solid state drives |
Well I did a motherboard BIOS update (in the video, I was running a BIOS version from '09) and now it seems like the BIOS boots through even faster. |
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| Author: | Teh_Bunny [ 09 Sep 2010 02:45 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Traditional hard drives vs. Solid state drives |
damn you....DAMN YOU TO HELL!!! lol thats fast man |
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| Author: | DimSumGuy83 [ 09 Sep 2010 12:20 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Traditional hard drives vs. Solid state drives |
Here is the ATTO Benchmark I did after installing all the necessary stuff I wanted on my SSD. Attachment: ATTO SSD Benchmark.jpg [ 108.41 KiB | Viewed 6544 times ] |
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| Author: | DimSumGuy83 [ 16 Sep 2010 23:41 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Traditional hard drives vs. Solid state drives |
Well now that we've seen how much faster it is to boot into Windows 7 using an SSD, what about applications installed onto the SSD? In this video, I open 5 apps from Microsoft Office. [youtube][/youtube] |
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