SSD for me :D

AlienIsGOD · Jul 27, 2012, 11:00 PM

Woot! my father in law gave me a Kingston HyperX 120GB SSD and 2 x 4GB HyperX DDR3 1600 ram that he won in a contest

Currently trimming my OS down to less than 120GB and then im going to start the cloning process. Are these SSDs good? i dont know anything about SSD so im asking you guys

crazyeyesreaper · Jul 27, 2012, 11:07 PM

yes its good, lol

manofthem · Jul 27, 2012, 11:34 PM

Why not a fresh OS install? It'll serve you better I'd say, nothing beats a fresh install!

Congrats on the free stuff though

AlienIsGOD · Jul 27, 2012, 11:36 PM

i've never cloned a drive before so may as well learn how to now

happita · Jul 28, 2012, 12:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlienIsGOD

i've never cloned a drive before so may as well learn how to now

I'm the opposite. I'd try cloning on what HDDs I have now rather than experimenting with it on a new SSD. Ya know, kind of like learning how to crawl before walking

But yea, SSDs are awesome, VERY awesome.

Hayder_Master · Jul 28, 2012, 12:44 AM

SSD mean u miss windows welcome, open 20 programs at one time , first one in server when u play online

theonedub · Jul 28, 2012, 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by manofthem

Why not a fresh OS install? It'll serve you better I'd say, nothing beats a fresh install!

Congrats on the free stuff though

Agreed. You should definitely fresh install it and optimize the new install for the SSD. There is a killer guide @ OCN with detailed instructions on how to prepare, install, and optimize a fresh Windows install on a SSD. I would check it out.

Once you have the new install done and tweaked, use Windows Backup and make an image of the drive to save on a mechanical HDD or external drive. If anything ever messes up you simply restore that image and you have a perfect starting point again (great time saver!).

AlienIsGOD · Jul 28, 2012, 01:13 AM

well i went for a fresh install

gonna check out that OCN guide too

manofthem · Jul 28, 2012, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by theonedub

Agreed. You should definitely fresh install it and optimize the new install for the SSD. There is a killer guide @ OCN with detailed instructions on how to prepare, install, and optimize a fresh Windows install on a SSD. I would check it out.

Once you have the new install done and tweaked, use Windows Backup and make an image of the drive to save on a mechanical HDD or external drive. If anything ever messes up you simply restore that image and you have a perfect starting point again (great time saver!).

Not sure if this is it/similar to it but this is a great guide I've followed.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1156654/s...-for-ssds-hdds

theonedub · Jul 28, 2012, 01:48 AM

That's the one.

AlienIsGOD · Jul 28, 2012, 01:49 AM

blech, im tired of doing PC stuff, gonna put the ram in tomorrow

fullinfusion · Jul 28, 2012, 02:55 AM

SSD'z kick ass! and don't waste your time cloning!

Your going to end up with problems.. Do your self a favor and do a clean install, you wont regret it... Oh and if you need help optimizing the ssd for max performance hit me up... I'll help ya out.

AlienIsGOD · Jul 28, 2012, 12:11 PM

followed the guide

and I installed the 1600mhz ram this morning and got it running @ speed no problems.

I really like the speed of Windows on a SSD. Everything installs in like 3 seconds and shutdown/startup is lightning quick.

AlienIsGOD · Aug 2, 2012, 12:13 PM

CDM run

Aquinus · Aug 2, 2012, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by AlienIsGOD

I really like the speed of Windows on a SSD. Everything installs in like 3 seconds and shutdown/startup is lightning quick.

You should see how fast OS X boots on a 13" Macbook Air. There is almost no reason to put the machine to sleep.

I just got one of the new IVB ones from work. They fly. Not to mention Apple finally started putting USB 3.0 on their machines.

I like Apple, but not if I were the one paying for them.

AlienIsGOD · Aug 2, 2012, 01:54 PM

speeds on the box say 525 MB/s read and 480 MB/s write. Not too shabby if i say so myself

AlienIsGOD · Aug 7, 2012, 10:29 PM

after almost 2 weeks of use, im loving this SSD

Its something i should have bought a while ago instead of buying keyboards and speakers, but this was a free SSD given to me so im not going to complain either way

Hayder_Master · Aug 7, 2012, 10:47 PM

hey how u feel now? as i told u right

AlienIsGOD · Aug 13, 2012, 09:04 PM

tweaked some settings and improved my speeds a bit:

techtard · Aug 15, 2012, 01:11 PM

Grats, this is a nice SSD. I have one using it as my games drive.

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