SSD is the way to go...

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 can hardly believe how fast my computer is now.

I built a fairly nice rig back in July/09.

The Basics consist of an Intel Core i7-920 (overclocked to 3.4Ghz) and 6 GB trichannel DDR3 RAM 1600.

BUT... the best performance boost by far, is the SSD hard drive.

After doing a bit of research on SSD's, I found out how expensive they can be.

 

But a unbelievably low GB to $ ratio of $2.30 US/GB, I found the OCZ Agility Series 120GB SATA II MLC SSD.

This SSD has TRIM support and has a "wiper.exe" tool to keep it fresh.

The advertised speeds are 230 MB/s read and 135 MB/s write.  But after 6+ months of fairly heavy use, I have benchmarked some results I am extremely happy with...

I have heard and read how SSD's tend to slow down over time, but I am not really seeing the downside.  Am I wrong?

On the SSD, I have put my Windows 7 64-bit OS and my program files.  All other stuff ie. (downloads, pictures and movies) are on a regular Seagate 500GB HD.

 

 

 

 

 

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

My recent rig has the 60G OCZ Summit SSD which was over $300 AUD at the time...but it did get my Win Exp score up to 7.0.

The 12gig of ram puts a bit of a dent in the HD space and the UPS needs Hibernation as well....so the SSD is 74% full even with the Games all on another HD....;)

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Bet it runs CAD's without even a slight pause, Jafo.

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Yeah... Jafo, the 12GB RAM would be nice. Have you tried RAMDISK?  With that much ram you could run something like this and increase your speeds a great deal more.

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