SSD upgrade?

Sky_Poker

Has anyone upgraded their desktop or laptop to SSD?

Did it improve performance of your device? Would you recommend it?

belsibub

Yes,yes & yes.

Start up 15-20 sec's shut down 5-7.

Plus most programes start  & run quicker to.

NoseyBonk

There should be a huge difference.

In the car world you're talking Veyron vs Viva

Machka

Has anyone upgraded their desktop or laptop to SSD? Desktop, yes.

Did it improve performance of your device? Yes.

Would you recommend it?  Yes.

However, it's also worth pointing out it's not going to magically make a slow PC fast.

It has improved performance but only for some tasks, I barely notice any difference most of the time.  Opening Photoshop or a MS Office application might be a couple of seconds faster but I'm not usually in that much of a hurry that 3 seconds makes a difference.

Also my PC is left on 24x7 and only rebooted once a month or so so startup and shutdown times don't really matter.

I'd recommend it as it's silent and that's nice when the PC is in the main room (or bedroom) of the house.

I would imagine the lower power use is very useful for a laptop.

GELDY

for poker?

totally irrelevant unless your trying to beat lambie/hufty to a post

68Trebor

 Am I the only one sat here thinking what the hell is SSD.

 Perhaps it means Super Super Duper

Machka

SSD = Saturated Surface Dry

It's the state of an aggregate in which the particles are dry and they absorb no more moisture, but the inter-particle voids are saturated.

Pop over to concrete.org and find out all about it.  Or just ask tikay.

GELDY

solid state device

GELDY

but basically a means to have a faster memory access with your pc

but memory access other than on start up or opening programs is usually measured in milli seconds

Tikay10

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 Am I the only one sat here thinking what the hell is SSD.  Perhaps it means Super Super Duper
Posted by 68Trebor

Thank goodness someone asked that, I've been wondering all day, but thought I'd look like a numpty if I asked.

God bless you Trebor.
 
I'll pop into Tesco tomorrow & buy me a pack of SSD's.  

stuarty117

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 Am I the only one sat here thinking what the hell is SSD.  Perhaps it means Super Super Duper
Posted by 68Trebor

Old hard disk is exactly that, its a disk that spins to get data from.

SSD, best way to describe it is, its like a big USB pen retrieves data at a much quicker rate (Flash Memory)

Stuarty

unknown_username

sorry,still none the wiser

Sky_Poker

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sorry,still none the wiser
Posted by stokefc

So a traditional hard drive works a bit like a record player, with moving parts going backwards and forwards reading and writing data to the hard drive. It needs to do this for many tasks from starting your device up to opening a program etc.

An SSD drive is quicker (especially at certain tasks), uses less energy / battery power and doesnt really have moving parts. Like lots of technology it's coming down in price over time and some people advocate it as one of the most cost effective ways of uprading / speeding up your device. Opinions vary but some would say it's better £ for £ than say upgrading RAM.

Here is a clip that probably explains that better

If you google 'SSD vs HDD' you'll see lots of articles and videos on the subject.

Take this for example from YouTube.

Hope that helps!

unknown_username

thx sp,ill have a look now

hhyftrftdr

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In Response to Re: SSD upgrade? : So a traditional hard drive works a bit like a record player, with moving parts going backwards and forwards reading and writing data to the hard drive. It needs to do this for many tasks from starting your device up to opening a program etc. An SSD drive is quicker (especially at certain tasks), uses less energy / battery power and doesnt really have moving parts. Like lots of technology it's coming down in price over time and some people advocate it as one of the most cost effective ways of uprading / speeding up your device. Opinions vary but some would say it's better £ for £ than say upgrading RAM. Here  is a clip that probably explains that better If you google 'SSD vs HDD' you'll see lots of articles and videos on the subject. Take  this  for example from YouTube. Hope that helps!
Posted by Sky_Poker

You sound like amazing potential company down the pub

Sky_Poker

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In Response to Re: SSD upgrade? : You sound like amazing potential company down the pub
Posted by hhyftrftdr

Lol.

We try to help where we can

BigBluster

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solid state device
Posted by GELDY

Instead of cathode ray tubes? What computers are you guys using?