SSD

yeah dude you don't need one

>>56465323
my hdd is old and slowing down so I was considering an ssd, that's why I'm curious. I had no idea there was compatability issues with some OS

>>56465299
It only has problems if you're an idiot and clone your old HDD to the SSD with some shitty software (which is what 99% of all retarded people do)

>>56465405
So in otherwords as long as you did a fresh install there wouldn't be issues?

>>56465445
Yes, make sure reinstall windows and you'll be fine

>>56465445
Samsungs software also works quite well.

>>56465445
I have the 850 EVO, never had a problem with it on W8 or W10. Enable RAPID and make a separate partition for big video games with long load times and you're giggling.

>>56465470
>>56465484
huh, alright then. thanks for clarifying

>>56465520
For some reason I didn't specify but, yeah, do a completely fresh install. It's so much less hassle, even if you have to reconfigure software.

>>56465299
enable AHCI and reinstall windows or use samsung magician to clone your shit

Cloned my HDD to my Evo 850 with Samsung's software and it worked perfectly, very noticeable jump from 5 year old shitty Seagate drive.

>>56465405
Interesting. I did a clone onto an older Samsung ssd and there were no problems. Also it was win7. What problems were people seeing?

>just RMA'd 4 1TB Samsung Evo's today.

Cloning you existing junk and data and bullshit onto your new SSD is shit.

I could get new Samsung 850 evo 500gb for 90€. Should i?

>>56465484
RAPID is a bad idea. It actually slows down your drive in certain scenarios and causes instability.

>>56466801
Oh really? I kinda liked it. Any tests or anything I can take a look at?

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>>56466820
It actually slows the drive down for file transfers and boot time.

It's basically a gimmick to try to boost benchmark scores in certain scenarios, but in the real world it actually degrades performance.

More here: http://techreport.com/review/25282/a-closer-look-at-rapid-dram-caching-on-the-samsung-840-evo-ssd

>>56466888
Samsung strikes again with placebo software. Thanks, might just get rid of the software when I get home, unless over provisioning is actually good.

>>56465885
>>56465838
>>56465616
Spotted the retards

SSDs are nothing more than a /g/ meme. No one seriously uses them in industry because of the extremely limited number of writes. Also they cost a fuck ton more per gigabyte, and do not have the capacity to hold the entire operating system and applications for a modern computer workstation. The speeds are barely faster than 10000 rpm drives, especially when you consider the fact that most of your hard drive accesses are going through RAM caches anyway, you aren't going to hit the actual disk every time. The only thing SSDs have is *slightly* faster bootup times. But bootup is less than 1% of computer use time, so it's not really a metric worth optimizing for. Just hibernate your PC instead of shutting it off, or grow some pateince and wait the 10 extra seconds to boot up with a normal hard drive.

>>56467216
>>56467216

i don't know man, loading games off ssd is a fuckton faster i.e. the division

>>56467558
This, the loading time for games makes it really shine and worthwhile

>>56467216
Nice bait.

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>>56467614
Good goy pay more for placebo

>>56467216
hahaha poor detected

>>56467216

>limited number of writes
no longer an issue unless you're running a database, in which case you get an enterprise grade SSD

>more expensive per GB than HDD
yes, 256GB/512GB are affordable now, get one for OS and applications and you're set

>barely faster than 10k rpm drives
never tried those, cannot comment

>only useful for windows boot
and everything else that needs faster reading/writing such as starting applications, games, loading savegames, search indexing, AV scanning, updating

Have you actually ever tried an SSD?
They are 5+ times faster than say an average WD Black 7200RPM HDD.
Once you've tried an SSD for OS/apps you really do not want to go back.

>>56467074
RAPID is also bad if you have frequent power loss.

>>56465299
Just put an 850 EVO in my girlfriend's 2010 Asus consumer trash laptop and upgraded to Windows 10. It now boots in under 20 seconds and loads apps nearly instantly, as it should

I recently upgraded to a Crucial MX300, those are the best deal going now.

"SSD is a meme" is a poorfag meme

what are peoples thoughts on the m.2 ssd's ?
Im tempted to get one but are they really that much faster

>>56467201
What? I cloned the drive, Windows made the necessary adjustments and everything works as it should. I have no problems with a fresh install, but why do it if it's not necessary? The cloning process isn't even 15 minutes, then I Lol the drive in and I'm up and running. No fuss at all.

>>56468332
I actually have a laptop with a m.2 SSD and another with a 2.5" SSD, let me do a quick test and provide screenshots.

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>>56468431
Actually is an mSATA SSD:
SAMSUNG SSD PM851 mSATA 256GB

I can pick this up brand new for 18$!!
can this m.2 in run in raid0?

https://www.amazon.com/Transcend-256GB-MTS400-Solid-TS256GMTS400/dp/B00KLTPUG4

>>56465405
Cloned W7 on my SSD, immediately upgrade to W10. Only issue I ever had was first boot because the motherboard didnt know if it was supposed to use the SSD or HDD OS partition.

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>>56468431
m.2
SK hynix SC308 SATA 512GB

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My Crucial M500 if anyone cares.

Cloned my Win8.1 partition over to my SSD(Because I'm not a fucking dumbass that wants to spend 3 days customizing my Windows again) and it's been working absolutely perfect for the past year. No issues whatsoever. Speeds are great.

>>56465405
Ignore this person.
They don't have a clue what they're talking about.

>>56468793

>>56468905

thanks!

>>56469225
>customizing my Windows
Kek wut?

>>56469324
Installing hundreds of programs again.
Figuring out what registry edits I made that made things comfy.
Remembering what services I disabled.
Setting up all the firewall rules again.
Setting up all the file association rules again.
Setting up EMET rules again.
Setting up Visual Studio again with ReSharper(ughh)
Setting up scheduled tasks and scripts to execute.
Configuring Nvidia graphics
And probably 100+ other things I'm forgetting


People who reformat on a whim are fucking stupid and do not actually use their computer.

>>56469435
>reformatted my PC and could never replicate the voodoo ritual required to get my sound card to work properly

Ended up buying a fucking awful USB alternative.

>>56469435
This is why you install with a separate /home