SSD + windows 7 question

[DarkAngel4ever]

i was wondering if an ssd drive is really worth getting for increase performance. i mean does it only load windows 7 faster if i only install that on the drive. Could i see performance improvement for other applications that are no installed on that drive? Since windows can fetch its own files quicker? or its to minimal to be worth it?

 

[DarthWombaT]

Makes a huge difference. Numbers aside, it's like an entirely different machine SSD vs HDD.

edit: to be fair, I've never run 7 on a HDD. But when I made the transition from a HDD to an SSD on XP I was absolutely amazed. That SSD was half as fast as the one I'm using now to run 7 on.

 

[DarkAngel4ever]

but what about application that are not installed on the SSD? do they get some kind of benefite fromt it because they access certain windows files faster? but is it big enough to make, lets say games run a little quicker or use programs to compile stuff?