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s_k 05-24-2011 03:05 AM

Exactly.
You just buy a 64gb SSD drive, install Windows, office, photo editing software, whatever you want on it. And you put your files on a 'regular' hard drive. Well unless you've got a laptop obviously. Speeds stuff up an awful lot. Basically, the programs are there immediately. You click the word icon and it's there before you can let go of the mouse. Literally. Not even a quarter of a second. Programs that usually start quite slow like adobe audition or adobe photoshop now start in two seconds :D.

djchameleon 05-24-2011 04:10 AM

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Originally Posted by s_k (Post 1058829)
Exactly.
You just buy a 64gb SSD drive, install Windows, office, photo editing software, whatever you want on it. And you put your files on a 'regular' hard drive. Well unless you've got a laptop obviously. Speeds stuff up an awful lot. Basically, the programs are there immediately. You click the word icon and it's there before you can let go of the mouse. Literally. Not even a quarter of a second. Programs that usually start quite slow like adobe audition or adobe photoshop now start in two seconds :D.

that's pretty damn sweet. I will keep that in mind when I build my next set up.

s_k 05-24-2011 04:38 AM


That's an SSD versus probably the fastest booting regular HDD I've ever seen :D.
Usually a regular HD takes at least 5 seconds longer :D.

But the boot time isn't what matters, what matters is the speed at which applications start

Please note: Photoshop CS5 would probably take around 15-20 seconds to boot on your or my PC

theairwasthick 05-24-2011 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by EvilChuck (Post 1058461)
I assume you had a spearate hard drive for your porn stash though..?


pron comes and goes, no need to hoard it...

TheBig3 05-24-2011 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by s_k (Post 1058829)
Exactly.
You just buy a 64gb SSD drive, install Windows, office, photo editing software, whatever you want on it. And you put your files on a 'regular' hard drive. Well unless you've got a laptop obviously. Speeds stuff up an awful lot. Basically, the programs are there immediately. You click the word icon and it's there before you can let go of the mouse. Literally. Not even a quarter of a second. Programs that usually start quite slow like adobe audition or adobe photoshop now start in two seconds :D.

How's that plug in? USB?

Also, are there limitations as to what can be stored on these drives? I'm going to go research but I feel like i'd want to install all my temporary programs (like games) and stuff I'd only use for work and therefore not frequently (video editing, Microsoft Publisher, ect.)

s_k 05-24-2011 08:42 AM

Nnnno, you just use it like you juse any other hard drive.

Why would you want an SSD then? It's not going to help you play SCII :D.

TheBig3 05-24-2011 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by s_k (Post 1058921)
Nnnno, you just use it like you juse any other hard drive.

Why would you want an SSD then? It's not going to help you play SCII :D.

But it does increase space, right?

s_k 05-24-2011 09:20 AM

Yes... But it's a lot of money per megabyte and it's sort of useless buying an expensive SSD drive in an old, slower PC :D.

djchameleon 05-24-2011 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3 (Post 1058932)
But it does increase space, right?

if you want something to increase space just get a regular HDD , you don't need a SSD.

The SSD is more for vital programs.

You also pay more for a smaller amount of space as well.

s_k 05-24-2011 09:31 AM

Jup.
Let me point this out again; You probably will only need a videocard for SCII :D
And you can buy any HD for extra space. SSD is definitely not what you want if you want more storage :)


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