Join Date : Oct 2009
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Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit Steve Ballmer Signature Edition
SSD Owners... whats on your SSD???
OK... so Im preparing to move to SSD. I have moved all my docs, pics, vids, etc to secondary drives. I can still move more stuff off the boot drive as well.
My question (poll) is what do all of you keep on your SSD's? How much free space should be kept, if any, on a SSD? Do you have games on it? MS Office? What?
System Manufacturer/Model Number Homebrew PC - "Alpha_Dawg" OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit Steve Ballmer Signature Edition CPU Intel Core 2 Quad - Q9550 - 2.83GHz stock - OC'd to 3.6GHz Motherboard Gigabyte EP45-UD3P Memory 4GB DDR2 800MHz (PC6400) OCZ Reaper Graphics Card Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 Sound Card Asus Xonar DX Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster 2333HD Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
PSU PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Case Gigabyte 3D Aurora Cooling Case is Air - 5ea. 120mm fans (mix of Arctic and Xigmatec) Hard Drives WD Caviar Black 750GB/7200RPM/32MB cache
WD Caviar Green 2.5TB/5400RPM/64MB cache
WD Caviar Green 2.0TB/5400RPM/64MB cache Internet Speed 50 mbps down/5 mbps up Other Info AVerMedia - AVerTVHD G2 Dual Tuner Card
System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 CPU INTEL Core i5-750 Motherboard ASUS P7P55D Memory KINGSTON 4GB (2 x 2GB) HyperX PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz Graphics Card MSI N240GT-MD1G/D5 GeForce GT 240 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster B2430H 24" , SyncMaster P2050 20" Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 , 1440 x 900
PSU ANTEC TruePower New TP-550, 80 PLUS®, 550W Case ANTEC Three Hundred Illusion Cooling COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus, 3 x 120mm 1 x 140mm Case Hard Drives 2 x SEAGATE 500GB Barracuda® 7200.12, SATA 3 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 16MB cache Internet Speed 20 + Mbps
System Manufacturer/Model Number 24c Built OS Win7x64 Pro CPU i7-950 Motherboard ASUS P6T Memory Crosair XM53 - 12 GB Graphics Card EVGA-NVIDIA 9800 GT+ Sound Card n/a Monitor(s) Displays 2 Samsung 2343BWX Screen Resolution 2048x1152
Keyboard Logitech K750 solar Mouse Logitech M310 wireless PSU Thermaltake WO229RU Case ANTEC 900 Cooling stock case fans Hard Drives Vertex 2 40 OS,
Vertex 2 40 OS,
Vertex LE 100 Data,
Vertex 2 240 Backup,
WD 640 Backup Internet Speed pretty quick
On the laptops I have everything (minus the hiberfile). On the desktops I move the userfiles to the HDD. I have no games. My largest SSD is 90GB (on a laptop). The others are 2x80 and 2x60GB. None are more than 50% full.
System Manufacturer/Model Number Homebrew PC - "Alpha_Dawg" OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit Steve Ballmer Signature Edition CPU Intel Core 2 Quad - Q9550 - 2.83GHz stock - OC'd to 3.6GHz Motherboard Gigabyte EP45-UD3P Memory 4GB DDR2 800MHz (PC6400) OCZ Reaper Graphics Card Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 Sound Card Asus Xonar DX Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster 2333HD Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
PSU PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Case Gigabyte 3D Aurora Cooling Case is Air - 5ea. 120mm fans (mix of Arctic and Xigmatec) Hard Drives WD Caviar Black 750GB/7200RPM/32MB cache
WD Caviar Green 2.5TB/5400RPM/64MB cache
WD Caviar Green 2.0TB/5400RPM/64MB cache Internet Speed 50 mbps down/5 mbps up Other Info AVerMedia - AVerTVHD G2 Dual Tuner Card
System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 CPU INTEL Core i5-750 Motherboard ASUS P7P55D Memory KINGSTON 4GB (2 x 2GB) HyperX PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz Graphics Card MSI N240GT-MD1G/D5 GeForce GT 240 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster B2430H 24" , SyncMaster P2050 20" Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 , 1440 x 900
PSU ANTEC TruePower New TP-550, 80 PLUS®, 550W Case ANTEC Three Hundred Illusion Cooling COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus, 3 x 120mm 1 x 140mm Case Hard Drives 2 x SEAGATE 500GB Barracuda® 7200.12, SATA 3 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 16MB cache Internet Speed 20 + Mbps
I picked 'Windows, apps, and all my games' though I don't have any games, I put all apps on my SSD.
Pics, videos, music, not installed software, on the HDD.
I have seen it mentioned that games are noticeably faster.
System Manufacturer/Model Number Home built OS Win 7 64 SP1 RC CPU Q6600 OC Motherboard Intel D975xbx2 Memory 8 gig Graphics Card EVA GTX260 Sound Card onboard Monitor(s) Displays LG
PSU Termaltake W0106R 700w Case Antec P180b Cooling Artic Freeze 7 pro Hard Drives Intel X25 160GB SSD
2xWDC 300GB HHDs Internet Speed 45/45 Fios Other Info Windows Home Server