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Ferra · 06-22-2012, 06:56 AM

performance is all about bottleneck, most PC has an old and clustered HDD that's holding everything back, so that's why you feel a huge difference when you upgrade to an SSD with a fresh window install.

e.g. I was using a WD Caviar Black drive then upgraded to a Crucial M4 128GB...the performance gain was minimal. Boot time went from 36 sec to 32 sec
The new SSD was fast and responsive, but so was my original HDD because I kept the drive extremely clean. (Never install a single useless program, didn't even install itunes on it)

Btw...If your original drive was taking 2min+ too boot, the performance gain you are seeing probably has more to do with a fresh window install than the faster SSD performance.

06-22-2012, 06:56 AM	#21
Ferra I don't like cheese but I love milk! Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Van Posts: 1,980 Thanked 895 Times in 243 Posts Failed 105 Times in 49 Posts	performance is all about bottleneck, most PC has an old and clustered HDD that's holding everything back, so that's why you feel a huge difference when you upgrade to an SSD with a fresh window install. e.g. I was using a WD Caviar Black drive then upgraded to a Crucial M4 128GB...the performance gain was minimal. Boot time went from 36 sec to 32 sec The new SSD was fast and responsive, but so was my original HDD because I kept the drive extremely clean. (Never install a single useless program, didn't even install itunes on it) Btw...If your original drive was taking 2min+ too boot, the performance gain you are seeing probably has more to do with a fresh window install than the faster SSD performance.