I’ve never been a big supporter of SSD upgrades. They do have advantages, though, but knowing your priorities, they can be too expensive for what you get.
First SSD involvement this month was having a pair of 256 GB Samsung EVO’s on the new PC at work. They came a few days after the PC so I was the one who installed them. I chose 2 of them to try out the performance benefits of RAID0. In the end, it proved no advantage in Perform3D. Boot times did lessen and I’ve already found that to be great, but for the actual work, meh.
Second SSD buy, this time it’s personal, was a 160GB Intel that I found in TipidPC. I meant to install it the next day, but I wasn’t successful in restraining myself. The result: The sluggish 5-year-old laptop that’s been sluggish ever since, boots under a minute and facebook within the next. Oh, it’s not really that personal as it serves as a gift to my mother who’s the primary user of that laptop.
(to be continued…)
