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    ssd + firefox + small performance gain

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by zakazak, Sep 29, 2009.

  1. zakazak

    zakazak www.whymacsucks.com

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    hey guys, i got win7 x64 and a asus g50vt-a1 (dualcore 2,5ghz,4gb ram,9800M GS 512mb) and recently bought a intel postville g2 80gb.

    so my problems:

    1st firefox freezes from time to time.. i read about it in the ssd thread. any fixes?

    2nd: i think i only get a small performance gain with that ssd. hdtune tells me i have 193mb/s.. how ever booting takes 35seconds (10seconds faster than with sata). programs start faster ye.. but not sooo überfast as i expected them to start :(

    normal or some bug/failure?

    thanks :)
     
    zakazak, Sep 29, 2009
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  2. iGrim

    iGrim Notebook Evangelist

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    Looks normal to me. SSD drives are not magic. Write performance on them sucks.

    People think SSD = super fast hard drive when in reality it only fast in seek and moderately fast reads. Everything else sucks. Write speeds suck causing poor performance, future reliably is awful....ect, ect...
     
    iGrim, Sep 29, 2009
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