Is an SSD worth it?

techead said:
once you have a SSD you will kick yourself for not getting one sooner
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+1000!

For the last year I have been using my notebook while working on-site at one of my clients (contract developer). This morning they gave me a desktop to use as it is getting hectic lugging an 18.4" notebook around. My notebook has a Vertix 3 in it, and I am dying using this desktop with a standard 7200rpm HDD.
Think I may just buy myself that Agility 3 mentioned above.
 
techead said:
once you have a SSD you will kick yourself for not getting one sooner
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This is the truth, before I got mine I really did not understand the hype about SSD, if mine ever fails it will be replaced immediately.
 
Mike Smit said:
+1000!

For the last year I have been using my notebook while working on-site at one of my clients (contract developer). This morning they gave me a desktop to use as it is getting hectic lugging an 18.4" notebook around. My notebook has a Vertix 3 in it, and I am dying using this desktop with a standard 7200rpm HDD.
Think I may just buy myself that Agility 3 mentioned above.
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biena said:
This is the truth, before I got mine I really did not understand the hype about SSD, if mine ever fails it will be replaced immediately.
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ok well if you like my post then gimme some darn rep!!! ;)

I dont really care about the system to be honest.. but that little grey block below my name is annoying me!!! :cry:

:D
 
I own a 60GB OCZ Vertex2 and 60GB is still enough but a bit tight. I will never go back to a normal HDD
 
My Corsair 120GB Force GT just arrived today.. WHOOP WHOOP!
Was gonna go for a WD Carviar Black 1TB as secondary, but I think I might just get a Hybrid.., they don't seem too bad!
 
So what's the most cost effective way to get yourself ssd'd?

Size?

Should i be concerned with ssd speed, or will even the most basic drive blow my mind?
 
Guys, I'm caving with all this SSD talk.

/orders from wootware
 
Aww they only getting stock either today or tomorrow. I got excited when I selected overnight Fedex thinking it will be here tomorrow :(.

The real question, and slightly off topic, is what program is best for cloning my current primary drive and moving it to the SSD?
 
IzZzy said:
Aww they only getting stock either today or tomorrow. I got excited when I selected overnight Fedex thinking it will be here tomorrow :(.

The real question, and slightly off topic, is what program is best for cloning my current primary drive and moving it to the SSD?
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I did a simple windows system image (In Windows 7 Backup), then restored it to my SSD. I was concerned with partition aligning, but the restore did it perfectly so no issue.
 
Mike Smit said:
I did a simple windows system image (In Windows 7 Backup), then restored it to my SSD. I was concerned with partition aligning, but the restore did it perfectly so no issue.
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I tried this but it failed due to the existing boot drive (500GB) being larger than the SSD (120GB). I couldn't shrink the partitiion because there was some unmovable files, so I just did a fresh install because I was too lazy (and too impatient :D ) to search for another solution.
 
Mier said:
I tried this but it failed due to the existing boot drive (500GB) being larger than the SSD (120GB). I couldn't shrink the partitiion because there was some unmovable files, so I just did a fresh install because I was too lazy (and too impatient :D ) to search for another solution.
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lol - ye - that can be a problem.
When I got my Vertex 2 beginning of last year I had the same problem and just did a fresh install (also lazy :)). When the drive failed about 1.5 months back I put back my HDD while waiting for the replacement Vertex 3 and restored a backup (I backup every Sun) to the HDD. I made sure I kept it under 100GB so when the replacement came I could simply backup/restore again.
 
Installed my OCZ agility 3 last night. Its amazing!! Seriously don't know why I didn't do this sooner.
 
Okay so I'm probably going to do a fresh install just so that I can install programs to my current SATA 6 HDD, and install Windows + Steam + Origin on the SSD.

Maybe, just maybe, mine will come today...
 
AcidRaZor said:
WTF? is it worth it? It's a billion gajillion kapillion times faster than any spinnable hard drive can get. In fact, your motherboard is more likely to be the new bottleneck if you're not careful.
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Yep, mine is now, the motherboard can only handle 55MB/s copy from one folder to another
Anycase, I always hibernated my pc due to long boot time, now I don't even notice boot time
Great investment!!
 
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