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    How much does a processor affect boot time ?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by wearetheborg, Aug 25, 2007.

  1. wearetheborg

    wearetheborg Notebook Virtuoso

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    Does a faster processor mean a correspondingly faster boot time ? What is the relation ?
    I would have thought the boot time mainly depends on the HDD
     
    wearetheborg, Aug 25, 2007
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    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    It pretty much depends on the amount of ram, the hard drive speed, and the condition of the OS (amount of things on startup, how fragmented it is).

    While a stronger cpu might reduce the bootup by a couple seconds, the 3 things mentioned before contribute a lot more, and can mean the difference between a 30 second boot and a 3 minute boot.
     
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    At least on my old PIII more RAM meant slower boot because it checked Ram stability, more means more time.
     
    powerpack, Aug 25, 2007
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    That was my impression too.
    But check out this post:
    http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=48426
     
    wearetheborg, Aug 25, 2007
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