I'm thinking of getting an ssd to use as a boot drive for my build.The most important question is due to a budget of around £550, should i spend £60 on an ssd or put the money towards a better cpu/cpu? I do intend to upgrade this system continously. If getting an ssd is a good idea, will this one be suitable? http://www.ebuyer.com/product/268239
i understand the process to install it i think:
1) don't install HDD, just install the SSD.
2) when Power on, go to Bios and verif/set HDD controller to AHCI.
3) Install windows, let windows do it's updates, install drivers and software.
4) Once windows is installed on SSD and SSD is set to #1 for boot prioity, then Power off and put your HDD in.
5) Then if it doesn't recongize it follow this Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Computer Management>Storage>Disk Management and then format it and partition it.
However i do have a couple of questions.
1) Will this motherboard support one? http://www.ebuyer.com/363746-asus-p8h77-v-le-z77-socket-1155-8-channel-hd-audio-matx-motherboard-p8h77-v-le
2) when i set it to AHCI is that just for the ssd or is it for the whole computer? if it's just for the ssd how do i do that
3) will TRIM kick in automatically or do i have to turn it on manually? If so how do i turn it on?
Here's a complete list of the compenents:
-HD 6850 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card
-Samsung SH-222BB 22x DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Optical Drive
-Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium w/SP1
-Corsair 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz Low Profile Vengeance Memory Kit CL9 1.5V
-Asus P8H77-V LE Z77 Socket 1155 8 Channel HD Audio mATX Motherboard
-Corsair 600W CX Series V2 PSU - 6x SATA 2x PCI-E
-Intel Core i3 2100 3.10GHz Socket 1155 3MB L3 Cache Retail Boxed
-Seagate 500GB 3.5" SATA-III 6Gb/s Barracuda Hard Drive 7200RPM 16MB Cache
-Casecom 6788 All Black Case
-OCZ 60GB Agility 3 SSD - 2.5" SATA-III - Read 525MB/s Write 475MB/s 80,000 IOPS
i understand the process to install it i think:
1) don't install HDD, just install the SSD.
2) when Power on, go to Bios and verif/set HDD controller to AHCI.
3) Install windows, let windows do it's updates, install drivers and software.
4) Once windows is installed on SSD and SSD is set to #1 for boot prioity, then Power off and put your HDD in.
5) Then if it doesn't recongize it follow this Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Computer Management>Storage>Disk Management and then format it and partition it.
However i do have a couple of questions.
1) Will this motherboard support one? http://www.ebuyer.com/363746-asus-p8h77-v-le-z77-socket-1155-8-channel-hd-audio-matx-motherboard-p8h77-v-le
2) when i set it to AHCI is that just for the ssd or is it for the whole computer? if it's just for the ssd how do i do that
3) will TRIM kick in automatically or do i have to turn it on manually? If so how do i turn it on?
Here's a complete list of the compenents:
-HD 6850 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card
-Samsung SH-222BB 22x DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Optical Drive
-Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium w/SP1
-Corsair 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz Low Profile Vengeance Memory Kit CL9 1.5V
-Asus P8H77-V LE Z77 Socket 1155 8 Channel HD Audio mATX Motherboard
-Corsair 600W CX Series V2 PSU - 6x SATA 2x PCI-E
-Intel Core i3 2100 3.10GHz Socket 1155 3MB L3 Cache Retail Boxed
-Seagate 500GB 3.5" SATA-III 6Gb/s Barracuda Hard Drive 7200RPM 16MB Cache
-Casecom 6788 All Black Case
-OCZ 60GB Agility 3 SSD - 2.5" SATA-III - Read 525MB/s Write 475MB/s 80,000 IOPS