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Agreed. No need in moving problems over to a new drive, whether spinner or SSD.
Agree again.
Don't get caught up in all the hype about read/write speeds or you’re be chasing SSD drives forever. And as so many have stated, the OCZ Vertex two isn’t a bad drive for the price.
Anyway I swear I questioned the need to upgrade to an SSD drive just like you; I also questioned to price to gigabyte ratio. In the end I took the plunge and can clearly say it was the best upgrade I ever did to my system.
Nothing you do to your system will give you the noticeable performance increase you'll experience moving from a spinner HD to an SSD, Guarantee it.
In the end it’s your money and decision, but once you make the plunge, you’ll be impressed by the immediate and very noticeable performance increase.
My two cents.
Faster how? What will you use it for? Boot speed isn't a good reason IMO. neither is how fast a program loads. Once it loads in Windows 7, if you have enough memory, it is a snap to reload the program. I think your concern should be in once a program is running, how can an SSD speed it up. For instance, if your program needs fast sequential writes and reads of non-compressible data (e.g. Phootshop scratch space), then you want an SSD that can perform these fast like an Intel 510 or 310 series (Sandforce based SSDs like OCZ and Corsair depend on compression for their speed). If you need lots of IOPs or fast random reads and writes then maybe OCZ may be better.
The newer OCZ Agility 2 have lower sequential write speeds (due to a switch to 25nm from 34 nm technology) without a rebranding of the model so caveat emptor. You may want to look into the Intel 310 series as well - solid performance, reliability.
If you are going to wait, keep your eyes peeled for a drop in price of the newer Intel 510 or 310 series, or the OCZ Vertex 3.
I just received my Solid state Drive
So please lets refresh this Thread.
I want some advices before starting the windows 7 installation etc.
I want the best performance,well the best of it in any way!
What I would do is shut down the PC, and unplug all other HDs.
Install the SSD, and plug it into the very first SATA Port.
Start up, go into the bios, and change to AHCI mode.
Install Windows.
Once your up and running, you can shut down again and hook up all the other drives, and format/partition however you choose to do.
Once in Windows, if you run the WEI and then reboot the machine, it will make appropriate adjustments after that first run.
(disbale Defrag on the SSD, as well as Prefetch)
This is all you need to do.
I wouldn't do any tweaks to it other than maybe disabling Hiberfile if you do not use Hibernate to free up some space.
There is very little you have to manually do to get performance out of your SSD drive. If you can handle it, reinstall the operating systems to it. This ensures that partitions are aligned and unnecessary software is not loaded to the drive. When installing your OS, it's often recommended to ensure your BIOS is set to AHCI mode (versus IDE mode) for best performance.
Ok i start now,i cant wait!
I will post back with results and news when ill have again windows 7![]()
I'm not second guessing anyone. I was asked to post.
A fresh install of Windows 7 is the best way to go.
Wishmaster is telling you right.
Windows will install just like when you put it on an HDD.What I would do is shut down the PC, and unplug all other HDs.
Install the SSD, and plug it into the very first SATA Port.
Start up, go into the bios, and change to AHCI mode.
Install Windows.
It will set all the needed settings such as offset automatically.
If you want to use an image of your OS as it is now that can also be done.
I did mine this way and learned a lot but you can run into unexpected issues.
I don't recommend going this way for first timers. Experienced users or in my case the too hard headed to quit.
After you have Win 7 installed on the SSD you can make new images for back up and using these is just like reimaging an HDD. Easy.
You will want to disable hibernation. That is one of the last things to do so can be covered when you are done with other things.
Don't make any changes to the HDD's except unplugging them while installing Windows to SSD. If a problem arises installing to SSD you can plug the Win7 HD back in and use it.
Good to have a back up until the SSD is operational.
I finish,i have done all the above,now im with my ssd here :)
But when i start the computer in POST I take this message
""Detective Driver No Driver Found""
I set ANCI in bios.Do i need to change anything else in bios?
Do i have to enable it in windows also?
I attached a screenshot from my regedit,i dont know if anci is enable in windows or not.