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SSD - worth it for a boot drive?

  • 15-08-2014 12:02pm
    #1
    amorgan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 130 ✭✭


    just wondering what your opinions are on whether it's worth getting an OS only boot SSD drive along side a HDD? looking at if it's worth doing. i know it will increase load times for the OS, but if all other data (games etc) are on the HDD, will it make much difference? thanks!


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  • #2
    game4it70
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,125 ✭✭✭game4it70


    Imo its the best upgrade you can do to a pc.

    Depending on what size your getting you can use for the OS plus one or maybe two games.
    There are lots of guides online to change windows settings to recover some extra space on ssd's.


  • #3
    Sarky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,967 ✭✭✭✭Sarky


    Best decision I made when building my last PC. It's wonderful to have it boot to desktop as fast or faster than a console takes to get to its main screen.


  • #4
    amorgan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 130 ✭✭amorgan


    thanks! looking at Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB SATA3 6Gbs as it's only a tenner more than the 60GB and then probably a 2TB HDD for storage. it ends up only adding about €50 to the total build cost and it seems totally worth it.


  • #5
    vibe666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    kingston, crucial and samsung are all great ssd's, so just go with whichever one is cheapest.

    shop around, but i always try amazon.co.uk and then use camelcamelcamel to see what the pricing history is on any given item to see if you're getting the best deal.

    scan.co.uk, overclockers.co.uk, ebuyer.com, dabs.ie elara.ie, komplett.ie and the likes are all good spots to check for the best prices.

    also, this is 100% true ->
    game4it70 wrote: »
    Imo its the best upgrade you can do to a pc.


  • #6
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    I don't even use regular HDD's anymore!


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  • #7
    SterlingArcher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,767 ✭✭✭SterlingArcher


    Same as terror. SSD prices have dropped so much its an option now to run a full SSD setup.


  • #8
    SterlingArcher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,767 ✭✭✭SterlingArcher


    Same as terror. SSD prices have dropped so much its an option now to run a full SSD setup.


  • #9
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,170 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Even for chrome its a huge benefit as chrome's databases are drive thrashers.

    Definitely do it.


  • #10
    KilOit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,019 ✭✭✭KilOit


    2 years ago i went with a ssd for OS, was great but i few months ago i got another bigger ssd for all my current games and it's fantastic, most games load in under 10 seconds, WoW loads from scratch into a large city with tonnes of people in 15 seconds, 5 seconds from login screen


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