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Installing an SSD • Page 6
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MMMarmite 1,562 posts
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Registered 11 years agoI've got Crucial M4 256GB that I got cheap that I should install but I'm really not keen on installing Windows and all the applications again 
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Dirtbox 90,218 posts
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THFourteen 47,940 posts
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Registered 13 years agoStixxUK wrote:
i've got 120gb. It has windows 8, office and the rest are games and save files. Probably get about 5-6 games on depending on size - eg FIFA is 8gb, and SWOTR is 25gb.
Think I'm gonna get one of these.
Time to upgrade from Vista to Windows 8, I've had the upgrade sitting here since Jan but haven't got round to it. I was gonna buy an external USB drive to backup my documents, then do a clean install but instead I think I'm just going to install W8 on a new SSD.
What's the best value proposition at the moment? Looking at the Samsung 840 120gb on Amazon for 85 quid at the sec.
Is 120gb enough for Windows 8? All my media will be on a separate old seagate HDD (which I'm currently using as my main drive). -
MMMarmite 1,562 posts
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Registered 11 years ago@Dirtbox cheers, just backtracked and found the link. -
StixxUK 7,890 posts
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Registered 16 years agoJust went and grabbed the Samsung for £90 with all the mounts and cables which didn't seem too bad considering it was 85 on Amazon without that gubbins.
I probably won't have many games on there as the graphics and processor aren't really up to the latest. Probably just Starcraft 2 and some Indie nonsense...
Is it worth using the various tools and programs to keep it up to speed or can I just bung it in like a normal HDD and enjoy the speed boost?
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THFourteen 47,940 posts
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Registered 13 years agoErm... i'm not even sure what the tools and programs are! i reckon you can skip them. Never noticed any slowness on either my desktop or laptop SSDs -
Indeed, no software needed as Windows uses the normal storage drivers.
All the clever SSD stuff is in the BIOS for example if you install your OS with IDE selected you will run into problems. Install the OS on the SSD using AHCI or you will bugger up TRIM support.
Most tinkers you will see on the internet are about helping with capacity problems. They wont necessarily help performance or smoothness like disabling the page file will save you a bit of space but windows uses a page file for a reason.
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FartPipe 5,307 posts
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Registered 6 years agoLab tests show significant speed increase with new software processes.
http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20140522/353388/ -
Rodpad 2,964 posts
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Registered 8 years agoAmazing if true and free for all existing SSD drives. -
PearOfAnguish 7,573 posts
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Registered 13 years agoI've got a disappearing SSD problem. It's an older Crucial M4, and about half the time I boot it's not available. Reboot usually sorts it. Anyone seen that before? -
Dirtbox 90,218 posts
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Fake_Blood 8,451 posts
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Registered 9 years agoNAND Flash Aware Data Management System for High-Speed SSDs by Garbage Collection Overhead Suppression, also known as NANDFADMSFHSSSDBGCOS. -
Careful, it'll be producing food from the sky before we know it!
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