Show Us Your WEI [4]

[indianacarnie]

You'll be dancing in the street!

 

[crankypenguin]

You'll be dancing in the street!

Should I expect any hiccups during win7 install using my new SSD Crucial M4?

 

[A Guy]

It would be higher if I had an SSD

Oh yeah, you'll jump to a mid 7.x. And jump for joy

Well I went ahead and ordered a Crucial 256gb M4 SSD from Amazon along with a 2.5 to 3.5 adapter. I hope this will compliment my computer nicely

You are going to be very happy

A Guy

 

[Britton30]

You'll be dancing in the street!

Should I expect any hiccups during win7 install using my new SSD Crucial M4?

Make it a fresh install and disconnect all other drives during the install.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1649-clean-install-windows-7-a.html#post16008

And this if you want to only use OS and programs on the SSD.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/18629-user-folders-change-default-location.html

 

[essenbe]

You'll be dancing in the street!

Should I expect any hiccups during win7 install using my new SSD Crucial M4?

Make it a fresh install and disconnect all other drives during the install.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1649-clean-install-windows-7-a.html#post16008

And this if you want to only use OS and programs on the SSD.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/18629-user-folders-change-default-location.html

That plus in bios make sure you are in AHCI mode.

 

[taylorig]

Here's mine. Not to shabby

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii227/taylorig/WEIScore.jpg

 

[ruste84]

Here's my WEI. I think I'll take it.

 

[A Guy]

Nothing wrong with that

A Guy

 

[indianacarnie]

You'll be dancing in the street!

Should I expect any hiccups during win7 install using my new SSD Crucial M4?

Mine went smooth as silk, just read over/follow the tutorials already recommended to you. Only thing I could add is to check for a firmware update. You never know when those will come out. I honestly don't remember if I got one or not , I know I checked........... its a terrible thing getting old... But again,all machines are different but my drive score went to a 7.9. with the M4. Its up in here somewhere......(found it, post # 14 in this thread if you want to look)

 

[indianacarnie]

Here's my WEI. I think I'll take it.

Nope not bad at all. If you ever decide to get a ssd it will SCREAM!

 

[ICIT2LOL]

You'll be dancing in the street!

Should I expect any hiccups during win7 install using my new SSD Crucial M4?

No mate very nice set up there and the SSD and an absolute ton of experience and info in here for you to follow.

Mind you I slightly prefer the Samsungs over the Crucial but thats me - my Crucial does well but just doesn't make the grade compared to the Samsung. But horses for courses and budgets of course.

Am going to upgrade my Sammy 830 120GB to the 840 Pro 256GB after my trip.

 

[indianacarnie]

Here's mine. Not to shabby

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii227/taylorig/WEIScore.jpg

Nope not at all shabby, must be a great machine to drive!

 

[crankypenguin]

Should I expect any hiccups during win7 install using my new SSD Crucial M4?

Make it a fresh install and disconnect all other drives during the install.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1649-clean-install-windows-7-a.html#post16008

And this if you want to only use OS and programs on the SSD.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/18629-user-folders-change-default-location.html

That plus in bios make sure you are in AHCI mode.

So to be clear I should follow this order.
Step 1. Unhook all hard drives I have.
Step 2. Go Into bios and enable AHCI and set new SSD as primary.
Step 3. Use my Windows 7 Ultimate 64 disk to install onto the SSD.
_Here is where I am a bit confused, do I leave it AHCI enabled after the install of the OS and will I be able to plug in all my normal sata drives after as long as the SSD is set to primary. Will this AHCI setting effect my other hard drives which are just used for data storage...music, movies, documents etc etc.

 

[essenbe]

No, it should have no affect at all.

 

[chaosrealm93]

old system built 4 years ago with a traditional hard drive. what 'chu expect? ;p

 

[crankypenguin]

old system built 4 years ago with a traditional hard drive. what 'chu expect? ;p

Those traditional hard drives are really killing our scores huh

 

[indianacarnie]

old system built 4 years ago with a traditional hard drive. what 'chu expect? ;p

Yeah , what crankypenguin said. Nice scores! An ssd would really pump up the volume though

 

[chaosrealm93]

yupp! looking to get and SSD when a 512GB gets below $1/GB. only a matter of time..

 

[kbrady1979]

yupp! looking to get and SSD when a 512GB gets below $1/GB. only a matter of time..

512GB SSD's have been less than $1/GB for quite awhile now. The question is, do you truly NEED 512GB? Are you going to be using it in a laptop?

 

[chaosrealm93]

no, the specs and the performance index i posted is my desktop. granted, 256GB is probably enough for my absolutely essential games and apps, its nice to have headroom. i remember being on my old PC, only having 320GB of space and constantly deleting and moving stuff to my external for fear of running out of space