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2010/03/30 14:18:13 (permalink)

Seriously considering an SSD for my OS

I am getting more than I thought back in my income tax, so I was looking to improve performance in my system. 

I have a few questions for those of you who have already transitioned to an SSD on the OS.

Besides faster load times of programs and the OS did you notice any other differences?

Like your computer is quieter? Or does having an SSD improve other processes? Like can you achieve stability at lower latencies? Any additional input?

I"m looking for answers qualified with experience, not unbacked opinions please. Thanks!

Aaron


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    windsurfer25x
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    Re:Seriously considering an SSD for my OS 2010/03/30 17:33:02 (permalink)
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    Re:Seriously considering an SSD for my OS 2010/03/31 13:04:59 (permalink)
    Aaron,

    I upgraded to an SSD when I got my last PC.  I can say that hard drive access will be quieter as you don't have any moving parts in an SSD drive.  So, will that make your PC quieter, yeah, but not that much.  It really depends on the PC case and components you have in it.  You can have a quiet machine with the current drives you have today depending on the case you use.

    As for stability at lower latencies, I'd doubt it.  I really believe that is all about the drivers for your audio interface.  Meaning, how effective they are at handling low latency processing.

    The SSD drive does provide a better overall application experience.  What I'm saying here is that yes my OS boots faster than my SATA drives used to.  Yes applications like Sonar come up quicker (because I have it installed on my OS drive).  Yes my VST plug-ins appear to open quicker (they also are installed to my OS drive).

    So, SSD does provide an overall appearance of a performance improvement.

    Hope this helps,
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    Re:Seriously considering an SSD for my OS 2010/03/31 15:05:08 (permalink)
    with 99% of the PC's these days I'd seriously doubt that the new 7200 RPM drives are a bottleneck.  Yes, it helps if you put your data directory on a different spindle from the OS, but I have everything on a single 7200 RPM drive and never had disk IO issues.  I'll run out of CPU (quad core) before the disk starts thrasing itself to death.
     
    That said, SSD is going to be quiter and run cooler than a standard drive.  You'll also see faster load times for applications that are running on the SSD drive.  Now, this assumes that you are buying a high quality SSD...don't be fooled, not all SSD's are created equal.  The Intel SSD stuff is the best out there right now, and the prices reflect that.  If you go cheap out on a SSD drive, well - don't expect much better...if any at all...improvement over a high quality 7200RPM drive.  In fact, if you were going to cheap out on the SSD you're better off buying the 10k or 15RPM SAS drives if your system supports it.
     
    If your budget supports it - get this one.  It's fantasmic.  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167024
     
    post edited by KenJr - 2010/03/31 15:09:28

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    Re:Seriously considering an SSD for my OS 2010/03/31 19:38:31 (permalink)
    KenJr

    If your budget supports it - get this one.  It's fantasmic.  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167024
     
    This begs the question: how big an SSD would you need?  Assuming you have a dedicated DAW machine, would not 40G be sufficient for W7, Sonar (software only but no project data), a typical collection of effects plugs, and six or 8 software synths (with all sample libraries on a separate drive) have sufficient capacity?

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