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17-09-2012, 04:56 PM
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SSD Drive upgrade
I recently was told that if you want a signifcant improvement in PC performance simply replace your boot HD drive (c  with a SSD (solid state drive)
As these drives are now relatively cheap 250gb for around $150 I was wondering has anyone replaced their existing hard drives with SSD and if so was it difficult to do
 
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17-09-2012, 05:27 PM
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I have detailed files....
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Hi Trevor,
My work computer was running like a slug on the standard HDD.
I put a 128GB SSD in it and EVERYTHING runs like a new computer now.
Reboots for example, used to take 10 mins or more previously, now they take 35 secs.
DO IT!
Cheers
Chris
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17-09-2012, 05:35 PM
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Definitely one of the best upgrades to my laptop, too.
Combined with a re-install of Win 7 and 8GB RAM my laptop feels like new! Just wish I had more disk space.
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17-09-2012, 05:36 PM
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I do have friends who have upgraded to SSD's and have seen very noticeable improvement.
Another friend upgraded the HDD of 6 Mac's of all his family and friends and they're all heaps faster. I'm sure others have done the same here.
Biggest factor with hard disks are seek times, if there is heavy paging or a lot of disk I/O, 7200rpm or higher and hard disks with low seek times make a huge difference, so SSD's with much lower seek times would make application response faster.
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17-09-2012, 05:46 PM
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Hmm
I have Dell D540, and it is quite slow to boot.
But I want to keep XP on it...
Would copying of HD image to new SSD be adequate?
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17-09-2012, 05:51 PM
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Yes you can image it but ssd drives are sata only. If your laptop is so old that it has an ide drive, toss it out. Also XP does not know about trim functions on an ssd drive but I have had an ssd drive in an xp machine at Yellow cabs for a year or more without an issue.
My tests show they are no faster when transferring large files. They work best when accessing lots of small files as an operating system does. So maybe a small ssd for the C: drive and a big old traditional drive for long term storage, if your using a desktop that is or your laptop takes 2 drives.
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17-09-2012, 05:53 PM
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Are there any overheating issues with SSD vs. standard HD?
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17-09-2012, 05:55 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
Just wish I had more disk space.
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Disk space is why I haven't done it. This laptop has a 500G and a 700G disk. To replace them is over $1K of SSDs.
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17-09-2012, 05:57 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by multiweb
Are there any overheating issues with SSD vs. standard HD?
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As far as I can see they run cooler and draw less juice.
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17-09-2012, 05:59 PM
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ze frogginator
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tandum
As far as I can see they run cooler and draw less juice.
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Cool - ideal for a laptop then.
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17-09-2012, 06:06 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tandum
Yes you can image it but ssd drives are sata only.
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I found this IDE SSD that should work for old laptops that use IDE drives. Was thinking of getting it for a HP laptop that I have
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/160884014...#ht_500wt_1204
There could be others.
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17-09-2012, 06:22 PM
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I have two laptops now with SSD drives in them, Work & Home. My Netbook will get one soon too. I love it when computers boot in tens of seconds rather than minutes.
My work laptop has two drives, one 256GB SSD for the OS and working files, plus a 1TB platter drive for storage. With 16GB RAM and a 3rd gen i7, this thing is a bullet.
My home laptop has a 160GB SSD, this was my first SSD. With only 4GB RAM and an ageing Core2Duo, the SSD made a huge improvement.
My Netbook has 8GB RAM and a 7200 rpm HDD, so it's not too bad, but I will soon upgrade the home laptop to a 256GB, the Netbook will get the orphaned 160GB.
I also plan to pull the useless optical drive from my home laptop and put a decent sized platter storage drive in it's place.
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17-09-2012, 06:38 PM
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My lappy has a 250G SSD as primary and 500G hybrid for secondary. The hybrid has both SSD (4GB) and spinning disk (500G), the ssd part acts as large cache.
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17-09-2012, 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by alistairsam
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Never seen one of them before, my suppliers certainly don't have them. I wonder how fast they would be when pata has a max burst speed of 133mbs compared to 6gbs with sata 3?
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17-09-2012, 10:23 PM
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Apart from the drive anything else needed or does it simply fit the existing HDD connecter
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17-09-2012, 10:52 PM
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Whats the make and model of your laptop? And is it win7 or xp?
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18-09-2012, 10:03 AM
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PC not laptop Win7
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18-09-2012, 10:12 AM
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Its easy as pie, just reinstall windows afterwards. Recommend Win7, as XP is funny at times with SSD's Seriously do it.
Not that long ago you would raid 4 drives together to get around 200mbs read speed, this would make windows very snappy.... Well a sata 2 SSD easily hits 200mb or more, sata 3 SSD's (for brand new systems) hit 550mbs...
The speed difference is verrry noticeable.
I own an EEEPC, these things are slow, with mechanical hdd windows took around 1 min to load, with SSD im browsing the net from a cold start in under 30 seconds.
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18-09-2012, 10:13 AM
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Also, most makers provide a bracket to fit standard pc cases, the cables are the same. good brands are Intel, Corsair and OCZ however I have had an OCZ fail.
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18-09-2012, 10:24 AM
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Hey Steve,
are you able to comment on the overall reliability of SSDs? I'd never really considered them, but having read this thread they may well be the answer to my prayers for my slow home pc.
Generally, conventional HDDs have been extremely reliable, with failures quite rare. Are SSDs less than, the same as, or more, reliable than regular HDDs in your opinion?
All the best,
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