Lastly, we examined load times on Windows startup, an offline version of Tom’s Hardware browsed with IE8, Photoshop CS4, and Windows shutdown. The SSD's advantages are not only desirable for enthusiasts, but for average users. After all, why wait if it's not necessary?



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Summary
- Old Vs. New: Where To Spend Your Upgrade Dollars?
- Scenario 1: Motherboard/CPU/RAM
- Scenario 2: Graphics Upgrade
- Scenario 3: SSD Upgrade
- Test Systems And Benchmarks
- Scenario 1 Results: Synthetic Benchmarks
- Scenario 1 Results: Application Benchmarks
- Scenario 1 Results: Efficiency And Power Consumption
- Scenario 2 Results: PCMark Vantage
- Scenario 2 Results: 3DMark Vantage
- Scenario 2 Results: Games And Power Consumption
- Scenario 3 Results: PCMark Vantage
- Scenario 3 Results: SYSmark 2007 Results
- Scenario 3 Results: Startup, Shutdown
- Conclusion