Sandisk Ultra 60gb £39.98 at novatech

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  silver1451 year, 9 hours ago35 LikesShow comment toolsReply

  JakeBiles

  VashTheStampede

  CDR

  If you have a media PC, why would you need an SSD if the files are located on a network?
  
  I'm not trolling, I have a HTPC (Acer Revo with XBMC) and have the files stored on this desktop in the study, but the HTPC is never off, and only runs mkv's, so what advantage would you get from running it on a SSD?

  
  
  fast bootup

  
  Actually you use ROM located on the motherboard for the start up procedure, making it irrelevant.

  
  
  haha, yes, the OS is installed into ROM, oh where did my education go so wrong....
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  polly6911 months, 4 weeks ago5 LikesShow comment toolsReply

  Heres a little help for you all who are buying a small SSD as a boot drive when using one of these small drive when you set windows up on your machine it allocates some of the HDD as a paging file also known as virtual memory this is usually the same as the actual amount of physical memory in your machine, my main i7 desktop has 16gb of vengeance ram and has also allocated 16gb of virtual ram for paging meaning im loosing 16gb of SSD storage which is a fair chunk, its not so bad on a 120gb+ drive but on a 60 or 64gb drive its a lot as most laptops now come with a minimum of 4gb so that's 4gb of a small boot drive gone. My laptop has 8gb so if i had my spare 64gb SSD in i would loose 8gb of space. The thing is a paging file was only really useful when systems had a small amount of ram as there wasn't enough ram so it would use the allocated space on the HDD which was slower but did the trick, new systems with 4gb or more don't need the paging file so to get your space back disable the paging file altogether.
  
  The thing i would do would be to open the task manager and check the performance tab when your using your machine as you normally would if there a good amount of headroom disable it. If i had 4gb of memory i would probably change the page file to 1gb to be safe earning you back 3gb of precious SSD space but anything over 4gb and just disable it as the chance of eating 6 or 8gb of memory is pretty much impossible so its a useless waste of space.
  
  Right click computer and choose properties,
  on the left hand side of the properties page will be advanced system settings, click that.
  That should land you on the advanced tab if it doesn't choose the advanced tab.
  Choose the settings button in the top box performance.
  then choose the advanced tab if it doesnt dump you there.
  The second box down will be virtual memory choose change
  untick automatically manage paging file at the top.
  Highlight C or what ever your boot device letter is and click no paging file followed by set, windows will complain just click yes.
  Windows will then ask to rebbot to make the cange and when you reboot you will have your space back.
  
  This also works on desktops so if your like me and have 16gb of memory and a SSD disable your page file and gain your 16gb of space back.

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  GAVINLEWISHUKD1 year, 10 hours ago #1Show comment toolsReply

  In before somebody post this in a few hours for the same price from Amazon, Ebuyer, Dabs*
  
  
  
  *Delete as appropriate!
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  Oneday771 year, 9 hours ago #2Show comment toolsReply

  I paid £60 for a refurb C300 60gb about a year ago so this is a good deal.
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  CDR1 year, 9 hours ago #3Show comment toolsReply

  If you have a media PC, why would you need an SSD if the files are located on a network?
  
  I'm not trolling, I have a HTPC (Acer Revo with XBMC) and have the files stored on this desktop in the study, but the HTPC is never off, and only runs mkv's, so what advantage would you get from running it on a SSD?
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  spannerzone1 year, 9 hours ago1 Like #4Show comment toolsReply

  I guess the silent hard drive would be the benefit for media pc perhaps?
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  nonumb1 year, 9 hours ago #5Show comment toolsReply

  CDR

  If you have a media PC, why would you need an SSD if the files are located on a network?
  
  I'm not trolling, I have a HTPC (Acer Revo with XBMC) and have the files stored on this desktop in the study, but the HTPC is never off, and only runs mkv's, so what advantage would you get from running it on a SSD?

  
  
  Its a bedroom pc so doesnt stay on and silent is best, also a revo, dualboot ubuntu and open elec. I have SSDs in all my pcs and really cant stand slow computers - at this price I think its worth it for the speed upgrades. I'll probably actually swap this with a kingston one I have in another pc as this is faster.
  

  
  Edited By: nonumb on May 22, 2012 21:58
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  VashTheStampede1 year, 9 hours ago1 Like #6Show comment toolsReply

  CDR

  If you have a media PC, why would you need an SSD if the files are located on a network?
  
  I'm not trolling, I have a HTPC (Acer Revo with XBMC) and have the files stored on this desktop in the study, but the HTPC is never off, and only runs mkv's, so what advantage would you get from running it on a SSD?

  
  
  fast bootup - people generally consider htpc's as an appliance, rather than a computer, faster boot would make it feel more like that.
  

  
  Edited By: VashTheStampede on May 22, 2012 21:59
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  JakeBiles1 year, 9 hours ago1 Like #7Show comment toolsReply

  VashTheStampede

  CDR

  If you have a media PC, why would you need an SSD if the files are located on a network?
  
  I'm not trolling, I have a HTPC (Acer Revo with XBMC) and have the files stored on this desktop in the study, but the HTPC is never off, and only runs mkv's, so what advantage would you get from running it on a SSD?

  
  
  fast bootup

  
  Actually you use ROM located on the motherboard for the start up procedure, making it irrelevant.
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  hellyea121 year, 9 hours ago #8Show comment toolsReply

  It's not your hard drive thats limiting the stream bandwidth, it's the network connection. Getting SSD to HTPC will give you virtually no gain, since good ol' hdd's, or even flash drives are good enough to keep codecs/system ect.
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  nonumb1 year, 9 hours ago #9Show comment toolsReply

  georgecat

  VashTheStampede

  CDR

  If you have a media PC, why would you need an SSD if the files are located on a network?
  
  I'm not trolling, I have a HTPC (Acer Revo with XBMC) and have the files stored on this desktop in the study, but the HTPC is never off, and only runs mkv's, so what advantage would you get from running it on a SSD?

  
  
  fast bootup

  
  
  
  
  Yeah the boot speed of an always-on PC is critical :p

  
  I dont have it always on though. Its a second media pc and so doesnt get used as much so not really great to waste energy having it always on.
  

  
  Edited By: nonumb on May 22, 2012 22:03
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  mbuckhurst1 year, 9 hours ago #10Show comment toolsReply

  CDR

  If you have a media PC, why would you need an SSD if the files are located on a network?
  
  I'm not trolling, I have a HTPC (Acer Revo with XBMC) and have the files stored on this desktop in the study, but the HTPC is never off, and only runs mkv's, so what advantage would you get from running it on a SSD?

  
  
  I'd understand a person wanting an SSD more than a person who leaves a HTPC switched on all the time, in reality it must be possible to find a window where there is utterly no point in leaving the machine running? I know I had mine off for hours every day, but it was possible to schedule the machine to boot at specific times.
  
  In fact the reason I'm reading this thread is because I'm considering this would be a perfect purchase for my HTPC, that uses an external 3TB drive for local data and an HP microserver with 12TB for networked data, but is powered by an Atom, so might perform better with a faster disk.
  
  mike
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  MBeeching1 year, 9 hours ago3 Likes #11Show comment toolsReply

  It secretly pains me to see SSD prices so low these days :p
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  nonumb1 year, 9 hours ago #12Show comment toolsReply

  MBeeching

  It secretly pains me to see SSD prices so low these days :p

  
  
  I know what you mean I paid £160 for 2 40gb kingstons a couple of years ago.
  
  I still think its one of the best upgrades you can make to a pc. Especially if the hardware is a bit old, stick on a lightweight linux distro add a ssd and its like brand new.
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  smicer071 year, 9 hours ago #13Show comment toolsReply

  Worth paying extra for the 128?
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  Simulacra1 year, 9 hours ago3 Likes #14Show comment toolsReply

  These are getting so cheap now. Every SSD ive fitted has improved the machines speed no end. Don't worry about it being 'another ssd deal' either. Keep 'em coming abd ignore the few idiot ssd deal haters.
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  kypok1 year, 9 hours ago3 Likes #15Show comment toolsReply

  will wait till it drops to £20 :)
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  jwsg1 year, 9 hours ago #16Show comment toolsReply

  The future is .... http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/32140250/Crucial-CT256V4SSD2-256GB-V4-Solid-State-Drives/Product.html slower it seems - not the new Crucial we're expecting
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  silver1451 year, 9 hours ago35 Likes #17Show comment toolsReply

  JakeBiles

  VashTheStampede

  CDR

  If you have a media PC, why would you need an SSD if the files are located on a network?
  
  I'm not trolling, I have a HTPC (Acer Revo with XBMC) and have the files stored on this desktop in the study, but the HTPC is never off, and only runs mkv's, so what advantage would you get from running it on a SSD?

  
  
  fast bootup

  
  Actually you use ROM located on the motherboard for the start up procedure, making it irrelevant.

  
  
  haha, yes, the OS is installed into ROM, oh where did my education go so wrong....
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  999tigger1 year, 9 hours ago #18Show comment toolsReply

  Yep all these deals are encouraging so that ssds will be standard and the price will fall much more. For anything with programs, then I think 120gb is the min usable. In the last 12 months thoygh they seem to have dropped loads.
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  nonumb1 year, 8 hours ago #19Show comment toolsReply

  999tigger

  Yep all these deals are encouraging so that ssds will be standard and the price will fall much more. For anything with programs, then I think 120gb is the min usable. In the last 12 months thoygh they seem to have dropped loads.

  
  I disagree. I have 80gb in my main rig, 64gb in my netbook and 30gb in my media centre. I think you only need 120gb if you have lots of games, or a lot of programmes.
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  plewis001 year, 8 hours ago #20Show comment toolsReply

  nonumb

  999tigger

  Yep all these deals are encouraging so that ssds will be standard and the price will fall much more. For anything with programs, then I think 120gb is the min usable. In the last 12 months thoygh they seem to have dropped loads.

  
  I disagree. I have 80gb in my main rig, 64gb in my netbook and 30gb in my media centre. I think you only need 120gb if you have lots of games, or a lot of programmes.

  
  
  Kind of missing the point, 120GB is a reasonable minimum for a laptop - I had a Corsair Force F60 in my Alienware and while it was fast (I'll ignore the constant blue screens), I only had space for Windows and World of Warcraft.
  
  This is a good deal if you're after a 60GB drive then but unless you can pair it with a larger mechanical disk (17" DTR laptops mainly or desktops), it would be nearly pointless for a laptop user.

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