OK I've been running SSD in my mid-tower for about a year now. Every spinning hard drive would have some annoying noises, which I was sick of being distracted by.
Also, running a core2 duo, I thought the faster access times would be a blessing.
There is a noticeable difference is access times, bootup times, however you want to measure it. And not hearing a whining disk is great. It's like whatever was slowing Win7 down is gone. Money well spend if one likes speed and quiet.
One thing, you might want to check and see if your bios does AHCI. Wiki: AHCI definitely does show an increase in performance for most SSD's but it's not going to be noticeably different from IDE unless you're benching and reading the actual speeds. Here's a good review and testing session with a lot of info on AHCI as well:http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.ph...=505&Itemid=38
Also, Win7 will align the partition installation automatically, and supports TRIM. Vista SP1 native install disk will align also, I am told. Not sure about TRIM.
Also, running a core2 duo, I thought the faster access times would be a blessing.
There is a noticeable difference is access times, bootup times, however you want to measure it. And not hearing a whining disk is great. It's like whatever was slowing Win7 down is gone. Money well spend if one likes speed and quiet.
One thing, you might want to check and see if your bios does AHCI. Wiki: AHCI definitely does show an increase in performance for most SSD's but it's not going to be noticeably different from IDE unless you're benching and reading the actual speeds. Here's a good review and testing session with a lot of info on AHCI as well:http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.ph...=505&Itemid=38
Also, Win7 will align the partition installation automatically, and supports TRIM. Vista SP1 native install disk will align also, I am told. Not sure about TRIM.
