SSD vs HDD - Battlefield 3

Here is a comparison of the load time for the first mission. Specs are listed below:

SSD: Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SATA III (Note that whilst it is a SATA III SSD, it is running on the SATA II controller due to the motherboard not having proper SATA III controllers. This means the SSD is limited to SATA II speeds)

HDD: SAMSUNG HD642JJ 640GB

Computer used for test:

OS: Windows 7 Pro 64bit
Motherboard: Gigabyte P55A-UD3
Processor: Intel Core i5 750 @2.67GHz
Memory: Corsair 4GB DDR3 1333MHz
Graphics Card: Gigabyte 560GTX Ti 1024MB OC

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[crazychainsaw007]

Is 128gb enough for windows 7 plus a couple games (500+ read/write)

[timtam35gtr]

@crazychainsaw007 That does vary on how many games you plan on installing, but yeah it should be fine. I put pretty much all much applications + OS and BF3 on there and still have around 50GB remaining. The only thing I can't put on is Steam (too many games). To answer your question, 128GB is enough if it's not many games.

[Mirrors997]

Thanks for the video. I'm getting a new computer tomorrow with an SSD and I was wondering if it would be worth installing BF3 on it. 20GB is a lot of space to devote to one game, but it should be worth it.

[timtam35gtr]

@Mirrors997 The other thing I want to show but I don't have the software to do it is the battlelog side of BF3. Yes, it's worth it.

[RussScrumandRuck]

@nnaatthhaannx2 Just go a head and buy a SATA 3 SSD. It is backwards compatible with SATA 2. Also there is litterally NO difference in speed between SATA 2 and SATA 3 (look at a review done by Tom's Hardware). But I say just purchase an SATA 3 SSD because if you ever do buy a SATA 3 mobo then you can make full use of SATA 3. And no plugging a SATA 3 SSD into a SATA 2 port will not give you SATA 3 speeds. Hope I helped.

[bilalthedude]

@DeViLzzz2006 oh, ok

[DeViLzzz2006]

@bilalthedude no see that is what I want to see ... respawn point wait times cuz most servers make you wait before you can get back into action so I don't think it will be significant with this

[nnaatthhaannx2]

i have Sata 2.. i think... (not 3) and i want a sdd for battlefield, can anyone let me know if i should just buy a cheep sata2 or go for a sata 3... will i get sata3 speeds?

what are some suggestions?

i want fast, and i only need ~80gb

[KedViper]

@dirtydog413 I do have eight and 7 64-bit but it might only utilize 6 i think.

[dirtydog413]

@KedViper get more RAM, it shouldn't take that long even on HDD. 8GB is advisable for this game.

[cocojumb0]

@MegaZerOTV 4months with a SSDs? then it was clearly broken from the start. they last much longer than that, especially the newer ones.

[MegaZerOTV]

SSD's are for people who have the money to buy a 2nd one after the first dies like a battery, or simply for ones that doesnt do much shit other than starting the PC and browsing the web. A friend of mine had a an Intel SSD, he was happy about it, then after 4months, everything fucked up. He got BSOD's, fuckload of corrupted filex, bios recognizing the SSD problems, etc. If you people want speed and durability, get a Velociraptor HDD!! and who cares about BF3 SP??

[bilalthedude]

lol, imagine if you die so many times and you have to go through this amount on time for waiting for the hdd every time :P