SSD? Created 14 years ago2010-11-11 16:23:14 UTC by Unbreakable

Well thinking about getting a 32Gig ss drive to install an os onto it, (windows 7)

I just want to know what the advantages of doing this are?

The advantage of an SSD over a HDD is its small size, no heating problems, no noise, some what bigger durability, since it uses a chip instead of a rotating disc.

But SSD's are very expencive, there are good SSD 64gb for around 100 euro, but i think its better if you buy Western Digital Raptor.

It has 300GB and its as expencive as a 64GB SSD. Plus the speed is roughly the same, the only thing whats not the same is noise, heat, durability if not properly cared off.

If i had to chose i would have chosen the raptor HDD because of its storage space.

Yeah well, since a 64bit os is only 20gigs I think I'll just get a 32gig ssd,

But I guess I'm more less wondering about the speeds that I can gain from installing the os on a ssd.

btw, already got 1-teribyte HD

Well booting times would be a hell lot faster, i mean 200MB/s read speed and around 100MB/s write. Your OS would fly how fast would it be, so its a must have for a fast operating system.

You might want to think about a bigger drive, so you can put slow-booting applications onto it (examples: photoshop, 3D modelling software, etc).

I have a 30 GB SSD. I wish it was bigger. I have about 2.5 gb left, and I really wish I had about 30 more.

Advantages, though? Boot time is 10 seconds to desktop and using Firefox.

If you're getting an SSD, you should also stick with OCZ or Intel. They're still the best.

yeah think about an ocz one. Maybe I will spring a little more cash for a larger one.

Damn, wish I had one now. I need more ram first.

SSD? Is that some kind of a sexually transmitted disease?

SSD = Solid State Drive. As opposed to HDD = Hard Disk Drive.

The performance (and the price) comes from the fact that each SSD has inside of it a very small (varies depending on drive space) black hole.

With that said, keep those fuckers closed. Crack one open and it's the end for you.

Not to talk about little xenomorphs that come out of em every now or than.

I believe the sweet price-performance spot for SSD now is around 128 GB.

I plan to buy one 128 GB SSD for my next computer, and buy a second one when the price drops further two years later.

This way, you can put all of your programs on the SSD, and use the magnetic drive for storing files only. Running games and other programs off of a SSD would dramatically improve performance/load time.

Yeah, but it has low storage and is expencive. WD Raptor is more than capable to mess with SSD when it comes to speed of write and read. Plus it has 300gb and costs as 1 SSD with 128.

The better-designed SSD's with the latest controller put the Raptor to shame.

But their price is high

Price =/= Quality.

I cant agree with you...

Just look at caviar.

Well there are exceptions. But quality does cost.