This is just an opinion and I would like some feedback if any is to be given.
I have recently purchased a Corsair Force 3 60GB to try out. It is aligned and everything is good with the drive.
I have windows 7 installed on the drive. I also have it plugged into my native SATA II port. I tried native Intel ICH Sata III port and everynight when I wake up and move my mouse my SSD is locked up and my system needs to be reset. NO SLEEP is allowed.
Anyways since windows 7 superfetches and I have 16GB of RAM and no swap file running anywhere I really cant see what the whole big deal of running an SSD in Windows 7 is?
My system hauls ass once windows is running. Sure the SSD boots windows faster but since I am running a Raid 6 and 0 mixed array on my Adaptec 6805 controller it takes time to load the card during bootup.
Firefox and IE open just as fast, start menu items appear just as fast. Only difference I can tell is boot time after my raid card initializes.
Anyone else feel the same? With windows 7 superfetch and a lot of ram that an SSD just isnt as quick as they are hyped to be?
And honestly on a desktop PC is there even enough IO request going on that you need to have 40K iops. Not to mention my SSD in any form or fashion on any port rarely hits 5500 iops.
Or am I just suffereing from too small of an SSD to really feel the benefit of gaming etc... from a bigger i.e. 240GB?
I have recently purchased a Corsair Force 3 60GB to try out. It is aligned and everything is good with the drive.
I have windows 7 installed on the drive. I also have it plugged into my native SATA II port. I tried native Intel ICH Sata III port and everynight when I wake up and move my mouse my SSD is locked up and my system needs to be reset. NO SLEEP is allowed.
Anyways since windows 7 superfetches and I have 16GB of RAM and no swap file running anywhere I really cant see what the whole big deal of running an SSD in Windows 7 is?
My system hauls ass once windows is running. Sure the SSD boots windows faster but since I am running a Raid 6 and 0 mixed array on my Adaptec 6805 controller it takes time to load the card during bootup.
Firefox and IE open just as fast, start menu items appear just as fast. Only difference I can tell is boot time after my raid card initializes.
Anyone else feel the same? With windows 7 superfetch and a lot of ram that an SSD just isnt as quick as they are hyped to be?
And honestly on a desktop PC is there even enough IO request going on that you need to have 40K iops. Not to mention my SSD in any form or fashion on any port rarely hits 5500 iops.
Or am I just suffereing from too small of an SSD to really feel the benefit of gaming etc... from a bigger i.e. 240GB?