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17-11-2012, 20:04
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Join Date: Jun 2006
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Latest addition has been delivered!
 Will be installing it and upgrading to Windows 8 at some point in the next fortnight 
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18-11-2012, 10:18
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Moonshine
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Chelmsford, innit!
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Cool
I just put a 120gb SSD in as part of a major upgrade (being currently bubba-less I figured last chance for a major upgrade!): i7 2600 (second hand) gigabyte motherboard 32gb RAM (I use virtual machines quite a lot so went for the max), 64gb mSATA on the motherboard for superquick start (if I get bored with that gimmick I'll add it to system storage) and the 120gb for OS. Still using my "old" HD 5670s for graphics, but don't need all that much power for counterstrike  On the windows experience the HDD score jumped to 8.1  lowest is the graphics on 6.9 It takes longer for the motherboard to post than to boot to login screen for win8
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23-11-2012, 09:55
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The Last Airbender
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Pigmopad
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Nice
I'd love an SSD in my little server, should minimise hibernate/wake times by quite a bit I'd imagine.
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23-11-2012, 19:52
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A large glass of Merlot
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It's certainly made an improvement (oh, and I might have upgraed to Windows 8, which I like
 )!  Looks like a budget GFX card is next on the list... Anyone have any suggestions of a cheap (sub £50) card which will poop all over my GeForce 8800 GT?
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25-11-2012, 07:13
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Stan, Stan the FLASHER MAN!
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: In bed with your sister
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Another fan of SSDs here. I was skeptical about their benefits but I was pleasantly surprised at the difference in boot times. Since installing my OS on the SSD, my boot time has quartered and waking from sleep is virtually instantaneous.
I always maintained that the best single upgrade for a lowish spec PC was to add more RAM. I would now put adding an SSD on a par with that.
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26-11-2012, 08:50
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A large glass of Merlot
Join Date: Jun 2006
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Now it's bedded in, I've done some counts on bootup...
From pressing the power button to the lock screen - 14 seconds From POST screen to the lock screen - 5 seconds Seriously impressed with those times! Plus, programmes load almost instantly. Obviously this'll slow down as the system gets bogged down with stuff, but if I keep on top of background processes and maybe do a full refresh (I like the built in refresh and restore options in Windows 8) once a year or so then hopefully it'll stay nice and nippy for a good long time
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