Are SSD drives fast enough to use as a boot drive ?

turdhat · 04-30-09, 07:46 PM

I noticed the x-25 has some impressive speeds. Is it still too soon to go ssd for your boot drive ? If they have improved enough to be a bootable device is there a marked increase in boot times ?

shabby · 04-30-09, 09:55 PM

What do you mean is it too soon to go to ssd's for your boot drive? If they read/write faster than regular hd's you'd be dumb not to use it as a boot drive. And the x25-m with the latest firmware makes a perfect boot drive, its random 4k write speeds cant be matched by anything.

**Maverick123w** · 04-30-09, 10:29 PM

I'm probably gonna go with an OCZ 30GB Vertex for a boot drive. Don't think the intel is worth the $$ premium.

-=DVS=- · 04-30-09, 10:42 PM

Go with 120gb then , 30gb version is crippled IMHO, if you can't put all your applications and some games the advantage of SSD is lost.

05-01-09, 12:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by -=DVS=-

Go with 120gb then , 30gb version is crippled IMHO, if you can't put all your applications and some games the advantage of SSD is lost.

OR
buy one 30gb, buy another down the line.
raid 0 those ****ers. and profit.

-=DVS=- · 05-01-09, 11:00 AM

Trim tool doesn't work in raid.

**Maverick123w** · 05-01-09, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by slaWter

Yep, definitely fast enough

I'm curious. How much has that SSD sped up overall system response having the OS on such a fast drive?

E30325i 2.7 · 05-04-09, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by slaWter

Can't say much about the boot up time because I have too many peripherals connected and disc controllers enabled. My system is not really a fast booter and the SSD hasn't changed much there, maybe a few seconds.

Things get really interesting after the login screen. The SSD outperforms the Velociraptor in every way. Desktop/Taskbar loads up much faster and the system is still responsive. I can launch apps while finishing loading up the desktop and they open nearly instantly.

An SSD is a huge improvement in system response and overall snappiness.

I totally agree.
I have a Vertex 120GB I use for Vista and Boot , I have a second Vertex 120GB I use for games, I do not use my WD Velociraptor anymore, to slow

turdhat · 05-05-09, 12:19 PM

Thanks for the replies folks. I have not had the time to keep up with hardware lately.

CaptNKILL · 05-05-09, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by E30325i 2.7

I totally agree.
I have a Vertex 120GB I use for Vista and Boot , I have a second Vertex 120GB I use for games, I do not use my WD Velociraptor anymore, to slow

Good lord... you must have spent almost $800 for 240Gb of storage.

**nekrosoft13** · 05-05-09, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by -=DVS=-

Go with 120gb then , 30gb version is crippled IMHO, if you can't put all your applications and some games the advantage of SSD is lost.

i might get an 80gb for my windows partition, probably not intel. Intel SSD cost twice as much as some other comparable SSDs.

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04-30-09, 09:55 PM	#2
shabby Forcefed GXP Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,138	Re: Are SSD drives fast enough to use as a boot drive ? What do you mean is it too soon to go to ssd's for your boot drive? If they read/write faster than regular hd's you'd be dumb not to use it as a boot drive. And the x25-m with the latest firmware makes a perfect boot drive, its random 4k write speeds cant be matched by anything. __________________ 2500k/Asus P67-Pro/8gb Corsair Vengeance DDR3/X25-M/p190

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turdhat Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 379	Re: Are SSD drives fast enough to use as a boot drive ? Thanks for the replies folks. I have not had the time to keep up with hardware lately. __________________ MSI P67GD55 Intel i7 2600k @ 4.8ghz 1.35v, 1.40v full load Cooler Master Hyper 212 Gigabyte 580 @945/2232 4 Gigs Ripjaw @ 1600 Antec (a good one) 650w A Partridge in a pear tree.

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