SSD Overkill?

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Looking to boost the os and games with an SSD, but should I?

Rig Stats (For Added Insight):

Case - Antec Twelve Hundred
MOBO - ASUS P6X58D Premium
CPU - Intel Core i7-920
HDD - Western Digital Caviar Black (2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache)
Power Supply - CORSAIR 850W
RAM - G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB DDR3 1600 (x3)
GPU - Sapphire HD 5970
Soundcard - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion
OS - Windows 7 Ultimate

Drives I'm Currently Looking Into (Suggestions Appreciated):

Intel X25-M Mainstream 80GB
OCZ Vertex Series 60GB

So what do you guys think? Is it truly worth the trouble, or am I better off just sticking with my current WD Caviar Black drive for now?
 
SSD would loading times for apps and games but what would really help your gaming fps would be overclocking the CPU.
 
If i were you i'd get the 80Gb X25 SSD for OS and a few games. You will see that loading times for games will improve greatly and the OS will feel very snappy, worth it in my opinion. Keep the Caviar Black for Music/Videos etc
 
Buy as many as you can,
No need to cool with a fan,
Might be a lot to pay,
But no regrets when you RAID I say
 
If you don't want to pony-up for the Intel 80GB, the OCZ Vertex is also very capable. Just buy based on the capacity you need - either drive will not disappoint on performance.

But there is no question - buy yourself an SSD!
 
defaultluser said:
If you don't want to pony-up for the Intel 80GB, the OCZ Vertex is also very capable. Just buy based on the capacity you need - either drive will not disappoint on performance.

But there is no question - buy yourself an SSD!
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i agree. if you multi-task a lot and want a snappier OS experience, then definitely get an ssd.

http://ssd.alphaq.org
l00segravel said:
Buy as many as you can,
No need to cool with a fan,
Might be a lot to pay,
But no regrets when you RAID I say
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lol
 
Wow, never seen so many people agree on 1 item on here before like this, thanks guys. Just one last question, what raid setup do I put these on (ie. 0, 1)?

In fact if anyone has a solid SSD + HDD raid guide, I'd greatly appreciate it.
 
I just built my rig which is very similar to yours. I got a crappy Hitachi 1TB drive that I was running Windows 7 RC on until it expired. I picked up an 80GB Intel SSD G2 to put legitimate Win7 on. I can say coming from the 1TB drive running windows and all my games, i don't notice a HUGE difference with windows. It was always snappy and quick on my 1 TB drive so coming from that to the SSD I didn't notice a huge difference. I did notice a difference though. It boots up faster, any browsing through folders and stuff is faster too. I don't regret my purchase at all though. If you have money to spare, go for it you won't be dissapointed but it may leave you expecting a little more. Your system is probably fast as shit anyway.
 
Shadowssong said:
You wouldn't raid the SSD with the HDD.
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Yeah, figured that out the shameful way when the tech guy at my local store gave me a strange look when I brought up the idea. Still wondering how or if it's going to detect both drives though. As in, will the computer still be able to use all 2TB of the WDCB, and the 80GB of the Intel X25-M? After the OS, how will I be able to assign certain updates, downloads, music, videos, etc to save on the 2TB drive, or vica-versa? I guess what I'm trying to say is that I want to know how they'll both work together the way I see fit, rather than just having me along for the ride and undoubtedly, the headache.
 
zero... raid0. check out the links at the top of the page I linked to earlier. basically, you want to keep constantly changing files off the ssd's, like your firefox cache, pagefile, etc.
 
SSD until I die...or they come out with something better.

I approve of the 80GB Intel combined with the 2TB WD. Complete win.
 
enginurd said:
zero... raid0. check out the links at the top of the page I linked to earlier. basically, you want to keep constantly changing files off the ssd's, like your firefox cache, pagefile, etc.
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Browser cache I can see if you're really paranoid about writes, but there are lots of people here that keep the page file on the SSD. There is a frequently-linked-to Microsoft article that describes why your SSD is ideal for the page file...but everyone can review the available information and decide for themselves, of course.
 
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