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silvadel2  Posts: 378
Registered: 2009-7-13 09:37:29
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The thing that takes the longest to boot up on my system is my cable modem.
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Fozzie_Bear  Posts: 2,490
Registered: 2001-12-20 01:43:43
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u have it installed as a USB device?
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ikkoikki Posts: 1,964
Registered: 2009-2-8 10:34:47
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ikkoikki Posts: 1,964
Registered: 2009-2-8 10:34:47
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nevermind, answered my own question
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Date Posted:
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Upgrading to a SSD is the biggest performance improvement ever |
A couple of reasons why I am not caught up in the SSD craze.
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They're very expensive per gigabyte. (And contrary to the HDD industry holding out, HDD prices will come back down.)
When they die, they're dead and your data is gone, period. So unless you're backing up frequently you are not going to be in a position to get data recovered.
I don't measure performance criteria by boot times as I don't spend my time power cycling my computer. Once it is on for the day or week it stays on except to go into low power state.
Their reliability is highly questionable.
Their lifetime duration is remarkably short in contrast to HDD's.
Program load times are a luxury, a program loading X amount of seconds faster isn't a break or break experience for me.
Game data load times might be an issue in a MMO but I would much sooner resolve this by using a two HDD system where my games partition is on its own drive and the OS & storage on the other drive. It also doesn't matter that much unless there is a competition issue and load times are relevant.
Where I like the idea of SSD is in a laptop for small power consumption and reduced weight. Again though, if you're using it for business or school and your data is critical then you have a serious consideration to contend with for potential data loss.
Sorry to sound like a party pooper but those issues really put SSD tech on the back burner for my usage requirements & expectations. |
ikkoikki Posts: 1,964
Registered: 2009-2-8 10:34:47
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Some SSDs are more reliable than others. IIRC the Intel ones are the most reliable and also most expensive. The OCZ ones are least reliable with the highest failure and return rate, they also happen to be cheaper.
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iampk  Posts: 54
Registered: 2002-3-6 19:50:46
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Aerlinthian, just install the OS and programs on it. Leave data on old drives. Totally worth it.
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regulator_cracka Title: They finally recognized greatness.
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Registered: 2009-1-6 15:07:53
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Booting in 5 seconds does not seem to justify the cost for me either. Maybe when the prices come down.
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TickyAtack Posts: 1,303
Registered: 2001-10-23 15:46:32
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iampk posted:
Aerlinthian, just install the OS and programs on it. Leave data on old drives. Totally worth it.
this. I have OS and a few programs on it. The rest is on my old drive, and backed up on another drive.
If my SSD died, I'd lose nothing.
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PlieBrac Title: Ok, who did this?
Posts: 254
Registered: 2002-10-30 12:50:08
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TickyAtack posted:
iampk posted:
Aerlinthian, just install the OS and programs on it. Leave data on old drives. Totally worth it.
this. I have OS and a few programs on it. The rest is on my old drive, and backed up on another drive.
If my SSD died, I'd lose nothing.
yes this for me too. i do have alot of stuff on the ssd already, but i keep all "my important" stuffs mirrored onto a big external and also a platter hd in the same box.
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