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[s_k]

Exactly.
You just buy a 64gb SSD drive, install Windows, office, photo editing software, whatever you want on it. And you put your files on a 'regular' hard drive. Well unless you've got a laptop obviously. Speeds stuff up an awful lot. Basically, the programs are there immediately. You click the word icon and it's there before you can let go of the mouse. Literally. Not even a quarter of a second. Programs that usually start quite slow like adobe audition or adobe photoshop now start in two seconds .

[djchameleon]

Originally Posted by s_k

Exactly.
You just buy a 64gb SSD drive, install Windows, office, photo editing software, whatever you want on it. And you put your files on a 'regular' hard drive. Well unless you've got a laptop obviously. Speeds stuff up an awful lot. Basically, the programs are there immediately. You click the word icon and it's there before you can let go of the mouse. Literally. Not even a quarter of a second. Programs that usually start quite slow like adobe audition or adobe photoshop now start in two seconds .

that's pretty damn sweet. I will keep that in mind when I build my next set up.

[s_k]

That's an SSD versus probably the fastest booting regular HDD I've ever seen .
Usually a regular HD takes at least 5 seconds longer .

But the boot time isn't what matters, what matters is the speed at which applications start

Please note: Photoshop CS5 would probably take around 15-20 seconds to boot on your or my PC

[theairwasthick]

Originally Posted by EvilChuck

I assume you had a spearate hard drive for your porn stash though..?

pron comes and goes, no need to hoard it...

[TheBig3]

Originally Posted by s_k

Exactly.
You just buy a 64gb SSD drive, install Windows, office, photo editing software, whatever you want on it. And you put your files on a 'regular' hard drive. Well unless you've got a laptop obviously. Speeds stuff up an awful lot. Basically, the programs are there immediately. You click the word icon and it's there before you can let go of the mouse. Literally. Not even a quarter of a second. Programs that usually start quite slow like adobe audition or adobe photoshop now start in two seconds .

How's that plug in? USB?

Also, are there limitations as to what can be stored on these drives? I'm going to go research but I feel like i'd want to install all my temporary programs (like games) and stuff I'd only use for work and therefore not frequently (video editing, Microsoft Publisher, ect.)

[s_k]

Nnnno, you just use it like you juse any other hard drive.

Why would you want an SSD then? It's not going to help you play SCII .

[TheBig3]

Originally Posted by s_k

Nnnno, you just use it like you juse any other hard drive.

Why would you want an SSD then? It's not going to help you play SCII .

But it does increase space, right?

[s_k]

Yes... But it's a lot of money per megabyte and it's sort of useless buying an expensive SSD drive in an old, slower PC .

[djchameleon]

Originally Posted by TheBig3

But it does increase space, right?

if you want something to increase space just get a regular HDD , you don't need a SSD.

The SSD is more for vital programs.

You also pay more for a smaller amount of space as well.

[s_k]

Jup.
Let me point this out again; You probably will only need a videocard for SCII
And you can buy any HD for extra space. SSD is definitely not what you want if you want more storage