Made the move to SSD
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Made the move to SSD
Ordered a 240GB Kingston HyperX 3K from Amazon today... Late to the SSD game, but looking forward to seeing how this rolls with Windows 7... If anyone has any tips/links, would love to hear/see them. Will be putting this in my i7 Sandy Bridge rig paired with a 2TB Hitachi drive for data storage.
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Re: Made the move to SSD
SSD arrived and I got Windows installed. Faster, yes... Not sure why, but I expected a little more. But, it is faster and I may need time appreciate it. TRIM enabled. MacBook Pro with Seagate Momentus XT 750GB hybrid seems to boot faster, but it is a *NIX type OS.
Still have much to install... Lightroom, iTunes, MS Office (not sure if I will bother since I rarely use it).
Not sure if I will go with NOD32 or MSE. Right now, did install MSE + Malwarebytes. Do have an odd shutdown issue... seems to lag and then tells me it is waiting for a program to shut down but there is nothing in the list. Probably have to research it a little.
Still have much to install... Lightroom, iTunes, MS Office (not sure if I will bother since I rarely use it).
Not sure if I will go with NOD32 or MSE. Right now, did install MSE + Malwarebytes. Do have an odd shutdown issue... seems to lag and then tells me it is waiting for a program to shut down but there is nothing in the list. Probably have to research it a little.
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Re: Made the move to SSD
Hi
The thing is, when it comes to speed.
SSD gives virtually instant access.
Then the limitations of software, other hardware etc.
Come into play.
The thing is, when it comes to speed.
SSD gives virtually instant access.
Then the limitations of software, other hardware etc.
Come into play.
Re: Made the move to SSD
Adobe Lightroom opens instantly... very nice. Now I will be keeping my photo projects on a traditional HDD so I doubt I will see any performance gains.
Man, reinstalling apps is a pain SSD or HDD!!! LOL!
Man, reinstalling apps is a pain SSD or HDD!!! LOL!
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Re: Made the move to SSD
Hi Tracy just spotted your post just a tip if you don't already know you don't have to defrag ssd's regards Dave
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Re: Made the move to SSD
Thanks, Dave... I do know... It's a bad idea. Still it is an NTFS drive and by nature it fragments. Wish good 'ol Microsoft could come up with a file system designed for SSD devices to make them faster and more efficient.
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Re: Made the move to SSD
Sorry to but in on your thread Tracy, but can any one tell me what programs apart from the operating system and antivirus, should be loaded onto a ssd.
eg: copy programs,emails, ccCleaner etc.
I have a 128GB ssd installed mainly for the OS, but havent fired it up yet. Thanks
eg: copy programs,emails, ccCleaner etc.
I have a 128GB ssd installed mainly for the OS, but havent fired it up yet. Thanks
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Re: Made the move to SSD
Bump!!!
Still waiting..lol.. can any body advise?
Still waiting..lol.. can any body advise?
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Re: Made the move to SSD
Just noticed this one sanshoe... Heck, I have everything installed on my SSD. It is 240GB though. Still plenty of room.
Programs I installed to my SSD include:
Adobe Lightroom v4.x
WordPerfect Office X6
LibreOffice
PhotoDex ProShow Producer
HDRSoft PhotoMatix Pro
Firefox
Chrome
AnyDVD / DVD Ranger
ImgBurn
CCleaner
Adobe Reader
MalwareBytes
Kaspersky Internet Security 2013
VLC
Winamp
TotalMedia Theatre 5.x
Dropbox
FileZilla
GnuPG
MakeMKV
I do not game on my PC. I also have MS Office 2010 Pro to install... Rarely use it. Have an Office version on my work laptop. Don't miss it.
Programs I installed to my SSD include:
Adobe Lightroom v4.x
WordPerfect Office X6
LibreOffice
PhotoDex ProShow Producer
HDRSoft PhotoMatix Pro
Firefox
Chrome
AnyDVD / DVD Ranger
ImgBurn
CCleaner
Adobe Reader
MalwareBytes
Kaspersky Internet Security 2013
VLC
Winamp
TotalMedia Theatre 5.x
Dropbox
FileZilla
GnuPG
MakeMKV
I do not game on my PC. I also have MS Office 2010 Pro to install... Rarely use it. Have an Office version on my work laptop. Don't miss it.
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Re: Made the move to SSD
Thanks Tracy, I've installed windows7 onto my 128GB ssd, and I have 98GB free so that should be plenty, to allow me to install most of my own programs.
I have a 1TB HD which I'll use for photographs and any other stuff/ rubbish I download.
Should I use the ssd for emails, or relegate IE to the other hard drive?
Thanks Mate.
I have a 1TB HD which I'll use for photographs and any other stuff/ rubbish I download.
Should I use the ssd for emails, or relegate IE to the other hard drive?
Thanks Mate.
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Re: Made the move to SSD
I am a heavy IMAP user... Keep my e-mail in the cloud. I never use an email client (except that rubbish Outlook @ work). Anything of value I retain a local copy and store on my HDD. IE use is fine on the SSD... My browsers caches to it fine.
My vote is use it the way you use a HDD for applications and casual browsing. Data storage should still be on magnetic disc (traditional HDD). I have a 2TB drive complimenting mine. I do a ton of photo work. I got so many disks that I connect via Firewire, USB2/3, eSATA, NAS, etc. I got backups of my backups backups!!!
My vote is use it the way you use a HDD for applications and casual browsing. Data storage should still be on magnetic disc (traditional HDD). I have a 2TB drive complimenting mine. I do a ton of photo work. I got so many disks that I connect via Firewire, USB2/3, eSATA, NAS, etc. I got backups of my backups backups!!!
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Re: Made the move to SSD
Well, ordered a second SSD to try Windows 8 on... Intel 330 series, 240GB. Missed a lightning sale on Amazon for the Kingston I just ordered. Still this should be just as good. Got a great price @ NewEgg... May not bother with the install for a few weeks until basketball settles down.
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