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So my dad decided it was a good idea to upgrade his Netbook (which he takes everywhere with him) with an SSD, so naturally I made sure I let him know beforehand that an SSD was not going to perform as advertised on his Netbook given that it only has a SATA 2 (3Gb/s) interface and a pretty low end Intel Atom based CPU. He agreed and still took a chance with it.
The problem is, even in my low expectations, I was sure it was still going to improve things quite a bit, but the Netbook runs almost exactly the same with it?, which was pretty unexpected.
The SSD is a Crucial MX100 128GB.
So... Is there I'm missing? is there a software I need to be running in order to get the most out of Crucial SSD's?, I'm running a Plextor SSD on my main gaming rig and it runs absolutely beastly without any software, etc.
EDIT: I made sure I changed the SATA Mode to ACHI before installing Windows 8.1.
Also, I did not install any Intel Chipset drivers or anything on the Netbook given how old it is, Windows should have the latest drivers for it (I did run Windows Update).
Please, I need your help guys, thanks!
The problem is, even in my low expectations, I was sure it was still going to improve things quite a bit, but the Netbook runs almost exactly the same with it?, which was pretty unexpected.
The SSD is a Crucial MX100 128GB.
So... Is there I'm missing? is there a software I need to be running in order to get the most out of Crucial SSD's?, I'm running a Plextor SSD on my main gaming rig and it runs absolutely beastly without any software, etc.
EDIT: I made sure I changed the SATA Mode to ACHI before installing Windows 8.1.
Also, I did not install any Intel Chipset drivers or anything on the Netbook given how old it is, Windows should have the latest drivers for it (I did run Windows Update).
Please, I need your help guys, thanks!
My Computer
System One
-
- OS
- Windows 8.1 Pro
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- CPU
- Intel Core i5-2500K
- Motherboard
- ASRock Z77 Extreme4
- Memory
- 8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 RAM
- Graphics Card(s)
- Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 GHz Vapor-X
- Sound Card
- Realtek ALC898
- Monitor(s) Displays
- BenQ XL2411T
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1080 @ 144Hz
- Hard Drives
- Plextor M3 Pro 128GB SSD
WD Blue Caviar
- PSU
- Seasonic G Series 650W
- Case
- Corsair Obsidian 650D
- Cooling
- Corsair H60 and Cooler Master MegaFlow 200mm
- Keyboard
- CM Storm QuickFire Rapid (CHERRY MX Blue Switches)
- Mouse
- Corsair Raptor M45
- Browser
- Google Chrome (latest stable build)
- Antivirus
- None