SSD's-Are they really worth it?

[whs]

Before you clone your system on it, make sure you align it. Here are the commands with CMD:

1 once the elevated cmd window is open type diskpart
2 list disk
3 select disk X with X being the number given for your ssd
4 clean
this destroys all partition/volume data on the disk.
5 create partition primary align 64
6 active
7 exit

 

[noyb]

.. expect that it's going to take you quite a long time to wear out the drive.

If I can get ~~ two years .. I'll be happy.
I expect the price to go down and speed to go up by then.
SATA III and USB 3.0 should be widely available by then.

 

[pparks1]

If I can get ~~ two years .. I'll be happy.

That should be no issue at all.

 

[noyb]

That should be no issue at all.

Currently, It takes me about 6 seconds to ship an image to Photoshop CS5,
Have it load, display the image and be ready for editing.

It will be nice if PS and some other heavy apps snap to life .. (Instantly ??) ...
But that's an expensive price to pay to save a few seconds, It better last a couple years.

I hope I don't have to chalk this up to a learning experience.
:roflmao:
Should be here Monday .. Then SSD 101 starts.

 

[profdlp]

Good luck, noyb!

 

[pparks1]

I hope I don't have to chalk this up to a learning experience.

I've never chatted with an SSD owner who had buyers remorse for buying the drive. Most regrets are that they waited too long.

Personally, I don't find my SSD to be indispensible like so many others. I'm quite comfortable still using my standard mechanical hard drives at work...but there is no doubt that my home computer is faster, quieter and has fewer case vibrations because of my SSD.

 

[noyb]

Thanks. Price alert set on the WD

Too Late .. Just noticed the price went up.
Whew .. That was a close call .. Glad Ya'll talked me into it as soon as you did.

Looks like the Egg Saver free shipping is via Slow Boat ..

 

[pparks1]

My free shipping with NewEgg has never taken longer than 3 days. And I have purchased their quite a number of times. (20 to 30 separate orders).

 

[noyb]

Same here .. But this is the first time the route as been DHL >> USPS.
But I usually think too long .. and order so that the weekend gets in the way of 3 days.

I also ordered This Mouse pad ..
And the free shipping + $1.99 for the mouse pad added up to over $6.

So, I ordered the mouse pad separately to get the free shipping + $1.99 ..
UPS tracking says the mouse pad will be here tomorrow.

 

[Sanvean]

Ahhh noyb! Hope it works out for you, post back after using it for a few days and give us your thoughts.

 

[noyb]

In preparation for the arrival of my New Baby …


I’ve loaded a spare Hard Drive with a fresh install of Windows .. (the Master for the new SSD)
I’ve directed the temp files of Photoshop to go to the X partition.

I think the answer to this is Yes ..
But should I move the system Page files to X or should it be in a partition of it’s own ???

Anything else I can do at this point ???

 

[whs]

I would not move the page file. It is not worth it unless you are really scambling for space on the SSD. The page file will probably have very little use one way or the other - you can check that in Resource Monitor > Memory tab > Hard faults.
But do not forget to align the SSD because you are "moving" the system rather than installing it (the Win7 installer would usually take care of that). Also make sure that the Defrag is disabled. Some people disable Superfetch, but I leave it enabled and found that to be useful. Here is a tweak utility that makes most of the recommended settings. Even if you do not use it, it will give you a list of items you might want to look at.

 

[kucing13]

SSD worth a thousand miles buddy

 

[noyb]

... it will give you a list of items you might want to look at.

Many Thanks

 

[Brink]

Hello Noyb,

I would leave the page file on the SSD if you have the space for better performance.

Overall, oh yes a SSD is worth it over a HDD. You can compare the benchmarks below from my old RAID 0 HDD's compared to the new SSD to help see the difference.

http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware...our-hard-drive-performance-48.html#post768985

 

[noyb]

ahhh noyb! Hope it works out for you, post back after using it for a few days and give us your thoughts.

hello noyb, show us your hard drive performance

I think I may like this
hdd >>>> ssd

 

[Captain Zero]

SSD's are, without question, the singlemost best improvement you can do to your system.

http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware-devices/10259-ssd-support-native-w7.html

 

[24c]

I think I may like this
hdd >>>> ssd
View attachment 77502 View attachment 77506

Once you get the SSD installed, start saving for another one - put them in RAID 0. Then get a 3rd and a 4th like I have - then you'll be able to screw stuff up even before you think of it.

On a more serious note - good luck with the SSD.

 

[noyb]

Once you get the SSD installed, start saving for another one

It was installed and running when I posted my "Performance"
Thank to whs's tips on align .. It only took me about 10 minutes to clone my master HDD to the SSD.

Cut my Photoshop load time from about 6 seconds to about 2 including the file to open

More SSDs ??? Where ??

 

[24c]

Once you get the SSD installed, start saving for another one

It was installed and running when I posted my "Performance"
Thank to whs's tips on align .. It only took me about 10 minutes to clone my master HDD to the SSD.

Cut my Photoshop load time from about 6 seconds to about 2 including the file to open

More SSDs ??? Where ??

That was said kind of jokingly - BUT - I have 6 SATA slots on my mobo - 5 SSDs and a DVD. Glad to see you are getting the increased speed - ENJOY!