SSD users- How much real world performance gain do you see?

Howdy. I'm thinking about getting a Solid State Drive to use as my primary boot/game installations drive. I know what the read/write specs on these drives say, but I want to hear what the users have to say.

How much faster does Windows load with your SSD than with a good 7200RPM hard drive? How much faster do games load? What other benefits have you seen since getting an SSD?

Also, if you have an SSD.. which brand and type would you recommend? I want a 120GB or larger drive. Thanks!

- Cuts my booting time in half.

- Loads up my programs super fast (within moments - barely seconds).

- Games load a few seconds faster but I haven't noticed any performance boosts.

I'd say it's worth it if you really want programs to load a lot faster.

Depends on what you do. When you're dealing with numerous small files, it makes a heck of a difference. With games, not so much. For example, when I'm doing music production which involves thousands of small samples being read randomly at a given time.. well that's where an SSD comes in to kick ass. Random reads. Since the search time is practically nill, the performance improvement is exponential. Photoshop and Dreamweaver takes 2 secs to load. Browers load instantly. Just get the job done.

Stuff loads up so quick, you'll forget what you were trying to do in the first place.. because usually you'd get up and grab a coffee, but BOOM there it is. You'll also realize how slow your internet connection really is, or rather the server you're trying to connect to.

Thanks for the replies. I decided to order a 128gb Samsung SSD from newegg so I can see what all the fuss is about. $89.99 shipped seems like a solid deal for a highly-rated SSD with what should be enough capacity for windows and several of my favorite programs.

Thanks for the replies. I decided to order a 128gb Samsung SSD from newegg so I can see what all the fuss is about. $89.99 shipped seems like a solid deal for a highly-rated SSD with what should be enough capacity for windows and several of my favorite programs.

hartsickdiscipl

I got the 256gb version a month ago and it has been great. The biggest difference I've noticed is how quick programs load on boot up. I used to have to wait about a minute after I entered my password for everything to finish loading. Now it takes 5 seconds.

The slowest part of booting is the 10 second delay before my bootloader automatically chooses Windows... Almost ;)

It makes games like Civilization Vmuch faster.

Edit: I use Corsair Force 3 Series. Force GT is supposed to be better.

My SSD is great. Takes a meagre 5-6 seconds to boot to the password screen and once i go past that there is no hanging waiting for stuff to load.

theres a massive difference. everything loads atleast 100% faster, usually probably about 300% faster, and you can load many things at once. my m4 will load win 7 in precisely half of one windows 7 loading animation cycle, with a 2500k at 4.5. to go back to 7200 would be an intolerable downgrade.

Its a decent different, not huge but its nearly enough to justify the price.

Boots in 30 secs or less.

No waiting for programs to open

Its a decent different, not huge but its nearly enough to justify the price.

Boots in 30 secs or less.

No waiting for programs to open

James161324

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Its a decent different, not huge but its nearly enough to justify the price.

Boots in 30 secs or less.

No waiting for programs to open

achilles614

[QUOTE="James161324"]

Its a decent different, not huge but its nearly enough to justify the price.

Boots in 30 secs or less.

No waiting for programs to open

achilles614

Mine takes like 12+ secs to post. Then about another 10-20 to boot

I'd rather have another 1TB hd instead of 10 seconds off my boot time. With those 10 seconds I could go make a sandwich or get a drink... or both.

I'd rather have another 1TB hd instead of 10 seconds off my boot time. With those 10 seconds I could go make a sandwich or get a drink... or both.

jakes456

2x120gb vertex 3'z in RAID 0 + 2x500 hd enterprize drivers in RAID 0

gotta go fast

>2012

>not keeping all your files on your own fileserver

if you ever have any troubleshooting to do and need to restart your pc many times, an ssd is a god send.

>2012

>not keeping all your files on your own fileserver

GummiRaccoon

[QUOTE="achilles614"][QUOTE="James161324"]

Its a decent different, not huge but its nearly enough to justify the price.

Boots in 30 secs or less.

No waiting for programs to open

JigglyWiggly_

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cwNxz_n3Qc

z77 boardz + ssd, and Im assuming future boards will be even faster.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cwNxz_n3Qc

z77 boardz + ssd, and Im assuming future boards will be even faster.

Bikouchu35

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cwNxz_n3Qc

z77 boardz + ssd, and Im assuming future boards will be even faster.

Bikouchu35

I don't have a Z77 board, or an LGA 1155 system in general. I'm hoping that I'll still see some big gains.

Well i dont know about anyone else but i just use sleep mode lol

Well i dont know about anyone else but i just use sleep mode lol

edinsftw

For some people, an SSD just "makes things snappier." To a developer of music, videos, websites, software, or any other form of digital production, it can make a world of difference.

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Well i dont know about anyone else but i just use sleep mode lol

thphaca

For some people, an SSD just "makes things snappier." To a developer of music, videos, websites, software, or any other form of digital production, it can make a world of difference.

If you use sleep mode SSD are pretty much useless... It boots 100x faster than a SSD and uses only 2-4w vs idle 1w.

You aren't going to be able to notice a huge difference for everyday use.

It's only ideal for laptops where you end up turning it off and on very often.

If you use sleep mode SSD are pretty much useless... It boots 100x faster than a SSD and uses only 2-4w vs idle 1w.

You aren't going to be able to notice a huge difference for everyday use.

It's only ideal for laptops where you end up turning it off and on very often.

zaku101

You must not use windows

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Well i dont know about anyone else but i just use sleep mode lol

thphaca

For some people, an SSD just "makes things snappier." To a developer of music, videos, websites, software, or any other form of digital production, it can make a world of difference.

Oh i know im a 3d modeler but i was just commenting because people were making a deal out of start up times lol.

If you use sleep mode SSD are pretty much useless... It boots 100x faster than a SSD and uses only 2-4w vs idle 1w.

You aren't going to be able to notice a huge difference for everyday use.

It's only ideal for laptops where you end up turning it off and on very often.

zaku101