Intel X25-M Postville 80GB & Windows 7 (RC) installation and some tests - PART 2/2

[korgpadude]

i think its ur cpu and ram that makes the installation slow

[ThePatrykfilm9000]

realy fast! what's your system specs?? please tell me..

[ThePatrykfilm9000]

nice video!! pretty fast!! what is your download speed??? my is 650kb/s

[HylianFury]

btw lol at the illegal copy of office 2007 xD

[HylianFury]

its fast on the video very fast ^^

[JamieandhisIbanez]

so do u keep ur programs and os on there? wud it b better performance wtith just os?

[classic1144]

yes! just the os on the ssd would give an amazing performance increase :)

[PimYuTub]

no, the os still has to load a lot of files from programs while booting windows. with these programs on a regular hdd it will only slow it down. besides, you probably do not only want your os but also the programs you run on it to be fast.

[PimYuTub]

correction: it would be faster with just the os if you would not install any programs at all though but i dont see the point of that.

[emilionl]

ziet er niet zo snel uit als ik verwacht had,

[Iskull24]

Doesnt look like fast to me,

What do u have there?

Mine is intel i5

Asus MB

650 PS

8Gbs Ram

Wins 7 64-bit

1GB ATI HD 4850

[sciences8]

It's fast. The videos to show the installation of the RC (which installed slowly mind you) and then he shows the first boot up (which is the slowest). More of a demonstration rather than benchmark. And system specs don't matter for an SSD as long as you have a decent CPU (any dual core). It seems like you just wanted to flaunt you're system.

[ThatEvilGuy]

I don't know, it is fast, but it does not look THAT much faster so justify such a price for it.

[bverstee]

I agree any ssd is very expensive at this moment, but of course there are always people like me who can't wait: I can't wait to buy upgrades like these, and I can't wait till my computer finishes a task - both problems are solved when buying a ssd. In about 2 and a half years ssd's will become mainstream and will be as expensive as a conventional harddisk.

[ThatEvilGuy]

Congratulations on your purchase bverstee, I don't mind paying a premium and I was about to buy a 160GB version, till I saw your vid. It's just that I expected it to be mindblowingly fast.

How do you find it in everyday tasks?

[bverstee]

Well, mindblowing fast! ;) Almost all apps start within a second, my computer only needs 4 seconds to get out of standby (S3 state), and Windows 7 makes the computer feel more smooth then ever. I say it's a golden combination: an ssd with Windows 7. I will certainly offer that combination for sale (I sell computers as one of my hobbies).

[97268324]

@bverstee what, on ebay ?

[TheShiz00]

@ThatEvilGuy It is mindblowing fast, belive me! Watch some linustechtips vids about his ssd's and you will see the difference.. your programs will never open in 5 or 10 sec like word probably does, they will load on 1,5 sec as max.. even photoshop is opening in about 2 sec, and that is pretty fast.. check out the videos.

[MrJackanthony]

@bverstee Hi. I have posted this question a few times but no answer. I have 80GB hard disk partitioned into 5 I like to keep it that way. If I install windows 7 will It really take 15GB from the system drive? because I don't even have that much.

thanks and congrats on the ssd

[keelsies00]

Dat is snel, maar wat zijn je specificaties?

[bverstee]

Okee, Good question ;) Specs of this machine are: i E8400, 4GB (4x 1GB) DDR2, P35-DS3, i X25-M 80GB, WD Raptor 80GB, some other data disks, 8800GT 512MB, Win7 x64 build 8100 (RC).

[keelsies00]

OK, bijna hetzelfde als mijn. E8400@ 4.8GHz, Asus Formula II , 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz, 2x Samsung F1 1TB raid 0,

9800GX2

[peterpansen23]

you can obviously use tools like vlite to strip win7 of some of it'S features. i heard it's possible to get a win7 64bit installation down to 5-6gigs and the 32bit to almost 4 gigs

[moridlooney]

how mutch gb do you have left for aplications after installing windows 7?

(64 bit)

[bverstee]

It's been some weeks ago no when I installed Windows 7. The Program Files and Windows folder now take about 25GB, so I think the plain Windows installation takes up about 15GB or so. Anyway there is ENOUGH space left on the ssd. If people want a less expensive ssd, you can choose one such as the OCZ Vertex, or other with Indinlinx or Samsung controller (a bit slower).

[topbanana188]

Just ordered mine

[SSEi02]

I'm so happy to see the prices of SSD go down along with them getting faster. I look forwarded to waving bye-bye to mechanical hard drives.

[EjectSkate]

Can't wait to get mine!

[summ22]

oooh jaaaa mmmh... hoohhhh..

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