SSD Thread (Benchmarks, Brands, News, and Advice)

[JohnnyFlash]

Hmmm... maybe I should snooparound the Fallout directory and see if the save games are moveable. Good idea Mr. 755

The saves are in the My Games folder in My Documents.

[davepermen]

Is Intel hiring stealth forum posters? If so, can you please provide contact info? I ask for no particular reason.

a) i wish.. would mean full access to all their stuff, which would be awesome

b) besides an intel ssd, i have 2 samsung ssds of different generation, and two mtron ssds (and one asus eee fitting ssd that ed up in minutes, and an oooold samsung ssd that was complete crap). so no, i'm no intel-only guy.. so far i just lack an indilinx based one "to have them all".

[LaptopGun]

Glad to hear that Newegg seems to have these things in stock. Newegg has been shady with these things, but they slightly undercut the MSRP. I dunno, I'll just enjoy my drive.

I'm sorta leaning towards clean install if I can backup my fallout3 games with no hitches

Now the real question... restore to XP (Lenovo's XP disc is free of bloat), use the install of Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 that M$ gave me for attending a conference, or go Windows 7 (Trim...)

I need to pull out 3 impacted wisdom teeth which I have to pay $1000 out of pocket... damn expensive

Good luck. Little advice, I wanted them to knock me out because I didn't feel comfortable being awake for that. At least with my oral surgeon, that meant I didn't really feel much pain or discomfort until that night. I think all the meds last way longer after surgery than laughing gas. I imagine laughing gas is fun and I know a lot of people who chose that one (they complained of pain like an hour after getting home).

[chrixx]

Hey davepermen,

Quick question. Is your Intel X18-M casing silver in color?

[davepermen]

yes it is.

[Cape Consultant]

If I clone a Win7 drive to my new SSD, do I still need to align it?

[davepermen]

first: most ssds don't need alignment, they work at around the same speed. that was a fix for crappy ocz.

second: depends on the software. if it does a 1:1 copy, no. if it doesn't, yes, maybe.

[tilleroftheearth]

If I clone a Win7 drive to my new SSD, do I still need to align it?

There are very few programs that 'respect' the drive alignment when restoring an image.

Acronis will keep the drive alignment, but only if you're restoring to the original drive you cloned from. This doesn't help in most (SSD) situations coming from a mechanical drive.

My advice is always clean install - Windows will always set itself up differently depending on the hardware (CPU/RAM/VIDEO/SOUND & now SSD) it detects at install time.

[davepermen]

while, as i said, it doesn't matter for actual ssds, i still agree on the clean install. but for a different reason: it's hella fun i just had to install office 2010 on a hdd and it was soooo boring, took sooooo long. on an ssd, it was a matter of 1-2 minutes max. so it gives you a great out of the box experience on how fast it is

[Cape Consultant]

Yeah, I eventually plan on a clean install as I want to go 64 bit, but I have so many programs with so many passwords etc that it is actually a bit problematic to re-install everything, so a cloning I will go I have already deleted 5 GB or so of crap in preparation