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to determine if you can benefit from an SSD, next time your PC is slow, open a task manager. If your CPU usage is below 25% (for quad cores, 50% for dual cores), your PC is slow because of the hard drive*.
*most of the time![]()
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Makes sense... if you have a system that seems slow, and CPU is being underutilised, then the possible bottleneck is the HDD, seen this with 5400rpm HDDs... an SSD in these cases will be negate that.
next time your PC is slow, open a task manager
I agree, but then it will be slow because of the drive from day 1 & NOT .... >
Uhm... yes and no... perhaps there was no running of VMs, databases or similar large file reads like Photoshop files etc. from day one. Could become noticeable when the need to use these arises. From day one, system nice and new with no fragmented data... over time this all changes.
I got a Vertex 4 recently, and was blown away by the difference it made to my PC. Buying an SSD is a much smarter choice than upgrading CPU or RAM.
agreed. Amazing article...I'm sold on SSD's but gonna wait for the price to fall. thanks for the timings though.need.want.musthave.sob.
I got a Vertex 4 recently, and was blown away by the difference it made to my PC. Buying an SSD is a much smarter choice than upgrading CPU or RAM.