SSD Performance Boost

Player_924

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Dec 24, 2013
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I was wondering how much of a boost putting your OS on an SSD gives, I know in games there are no more loading screens (with a capable CPU and GPU). But how does putting an OS on an SSD affect speeds besides start-up speeds.
 
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I recently built a new PC with an SSD. After installing the OS and doing all the updates, Windows 7 only take 20 seconds to start up. W8 is faster. Huge difference. It used to take a few minutes to completely start up with an old 7200 RPM HD.

barto

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I recently built a new PC with an SSD. After installing the OS and doing all the updates, Windows 7 only take 20 seconds to start up. W8 is faster. Huge difference. It used to take a few minutes to completely start up with an old 7200 RPM HD.
 
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neieus

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Just like the previous post mentions your windows and programs will open much faster it is truly night and day difference. I took a different approach by using an ssd cache drive and things open and load so fast that watching non ssd systems load drives nuts.