SSD O/S drive?

[Dave_S]

Has anyone used an SSD as an O/S drive? I'm considering replacing the HDD in my HTPC with a 32GB SSD as I want to lose the clattering HDD sound and improve performance. I don't need high capacity so I might as well spend the same sort of money (~£80) on a 32GB SSD.

Comments?

Dave

[Kim2770]

Go for it.. But make sure you get a new generation SSD.. the older ones aren't that good.. The new generations will blow you away! SO FAST!!

[Mr G]

I was about to go down the route of getting a SSD for similar reasons to you - not so bothered about the increase in speed, it was more a case of having a silent drive as my current Maxtor 250GB 7200rpm was incredibly noisy when seeking. Plus as I'd upgraded the case & PSU fans to silent ones the HDD noise was very apparent and very annoying!

After much research and dilly dallying I finally went for one of http://www.ebuyer.com/product/164274

All I can say is It is silent and actually a whole 27MB/s faster than the previous HDD* in spite of the Samsung only being a 5400rpm drive. Bonus!! Plus it runs really cool too. When I was cloning my old drive to the new samsung I couldn't keep my hand on the Maxtor where as the Samsung was barely warm.

Review here

* Benchmarked in HDTune

[Dave_S]

Interesting, that would save me a fair wodge of cash as well! I need some new HDDs for my Windows Home Server as well so perhaps I should grab a few

Dave

[Liam]

SSD drives degrade overtime, meaning they begin to slow and date corruption will eventually kick in. this will be accelerated in your case as its an OS drive and there will be a lot of read/writes.

[Dave_S]

SSD drives degrade overtime, meaning they begin to slow and date corruption will eventually kick in. this will be accelerated in your case as its an OS drive and there will be a lot of read/writes.

Hmm, not so great then! Time to go for the 5400rpm Samsung methinks.

Thanks

Dave

[sunnybono]

if you want speed go for a raptor.

[Liam]

+1 on the Raptor, not as loud as they used to be. in fact its the quietest drive in my machine

[frisbee]

if you want speed go for a raptor.

Not exactly quiet though.

[Mr G]

It might still be worth tweaking the AAM settings of your existing HDD using http://hddscan.com/. There's a chance you could reduce seek noise.

[Liam]

Not exactly quiet though.

I have 3 HD's in my PC. its the quietest one of the lot

[sideways14a]

+1 on the Raptor, not as loud as they used to be. in fact its the quietest drive in my machine

I have a few in Raid, lets just say the only reason i dont hear them is because of the overclocked coolers on the video cards..
Yeah they are noisy

[Hallsy]

I must admit, I have soft mounted my 1TB deskstar and I never hear it making a noise - not unless I was sitting very close to it in a silent room

Under normal use, watching movies, etc I can't hear my HDD at all

[Duff Man]

I'm looking to get some Samsung F2's for a new NAS, good speed/price/noise

By friend has SSD's in raid on his gaming rig, yes its fast but the cost is eyewatering!

[Dave_S]

I suspect any modern HDD is going to be quieter than this old clattery thing in my HTPC currently I don't need uber performance that was just a bonus of the SSDs, it's the noise I want to reduce / remove.

Dave

[Asht_200]

You thought of going 2.5"?

[New200guy]

i have to western digital blue drives in raid 0. very quite. don't hear a peep out of them. i do however hear my old PATA western digital drive that i have in a usb case when it seeks every once in a while.