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    Boot times with SSD?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Peon, Oct 23, 2009.

  1. Peon

    Peon Notebook Virtuoso

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    For those with a good SSD, how long does it take to boot your computer?

    Aside from BIOS POST time, is having an instant-on PC finally a reality?
     
    Peon, Oct 23, 2009
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    There are tons of benchs on the web that include boot times...Depends on what OS you have on-board too.

    "Instant-on PC finally a reality?"

    Not at all on one SSD, but i guess some raid-0 users are coming close to it ;-)
     
    Kallogan, Oct 23, 2009
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    after POST on my x61s with Win7 Ultimate, and a Supertalent GX, It takes around 15-20sec to get to login screen, then maybe another 5-7sec to a usable desktop. I stopped recording once Windows Live Mail and Firefox opened and were usable.
     
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    It takes about 20-25 seconds on my Acer Aspire Timeline (not including the long wait on the BIOS)
     
    runtohell121, Oct 23, 2009
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    it did a fresh install of Ultimate 32 bit on my T400 with a new Intel G2 x25-m and from the time I push the power button to the time I can start opening programs is 30 seconds. I don't have a login or password
     
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    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Yeah, I'd say it's about twenty to thirty seconds after POST as well. Doesn't seem to be too much of a difference between SSDs; my 300X CF card is just about as fast as my X25-M... maybe a ten second difference at most?
     
    Commander Wolf, Oct 24, 2009
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    I actually timed it and recorded it.. Will post the video after upload.
    It is 40 seconds, but basically booted in about 27 seconds or so.
    If you started on the video around 10 seconds, loaded to Windows in 37 second on the video.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngw0XxY01HA
     
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  8. Peon

    Peon Notebook Virtuoso

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    Thanks for the info, everyone. What's especially interesting is that the CPU seems to have very little influence on boot times, with the SU3500 booting not all that much more slowly than a P or T series CPU. I guess even with SSDs, the drive is still the biggest bottleneck.

    Oh well, one can only hope that someday, instant-on will be a reality and boot time will be indistinguishable from the time it takes to resume from sleep.
     
    Peon, Oct 24, 2009
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  9. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    SSD's arent really much faster in terms of startup.
    I have used a 2.5" Intel SSD on the octitron, and it is slower at startup than a 15K harddrive. However the SSD will shine when transferring small files, and/or when copying over excessively large files. I still find the 15K drive to be snappier, so I still use them. With a good SAS raid card, 15K drives will blow away SSD's. However for laptops there arent 10K or 15K drives, so the SSD is best for a laptop. My laptop is homemade, so it runs great with 15K drives.

    Still the fastest boot times I have ever seen were from a Gigabyte I-RAM. 2 or 4 cards in raid 0 are ridiculously fast


    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Oct 24, 2009
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