Moderators Nergal Posted October 6, 2012 Moderators Share Posted October 6, 2012 We're often talking about SSDs here so when I came across this article I thought of y'all http://www.techradar...r-cheap-1101301 ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 I jumped on the SSD bandwagon in May - love mine. Glad I waited a while to get it though, as I got it for a pretty good price. winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodles Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 New SSD releases (especially from Samsung) are always exciting. I've Crucial M4 128GB and Samsung 830 128GB tested and installed in a few PCs. Read about this release about 1-2 weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Fast Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 I'm waiting till they have 500 GB for around $100. That's nice. + I want triple the speed, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Keatah Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 I'm not so sure TLC is a good thing. It will reduce reliability and drive up the cost of MLC. Meantime you will need massive overprovisioning and more ECC. Eventually there will be another breakthrough in the market, and we'll come full-circle back to reliable SLC. http://thessdguy.com/samsung-introduces-tlc-ssd/ Note that TLC is used in disposable products like iPods, GPS, phones, and small memory devices like SD cards and key drives. It is nowhere near any "serious" computing devices. http://www.micron.com/products/nand-flash/tlc-mlc-and-slc-devices TLC is going need 3 years to become reliable and respected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted October 8, 2012 Moderators Share Posted October 8, 2012 Until I followed those links I was wondering what was wrong with a little TLC. If you want to talk to your drive, and even give it an occasional caress to make sure it's happy and won't let you down, then what's wrong with that! You might think I'm not too conversant with SSD, and you could be right. Methinks these things are getting too complicated. I'm happy to stick with my bog standard HD, give it an occasional defrag and the odd kind word and that's it. You might even call me a dinosaur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Keatah Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 The complexity is only going to get worse. And TLC based disks have chips that can only be written to 700 times before they go dead. Thus there are extra spares within the disk that come online as it ages. SSD's are great and all, but the base "flash" technology was intended for use in BIOS chips and stuff that is not constantly being re-written. Give the industry another 2 or 3 years to sort the bugs out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted October 12, 2012 Moderators Share Posted October 12, 2012 in the meantime, it'll be the earlier up-takers of the technology who will make it better for the rest to follow... Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Keatah Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 I did the early adoption thing, a pay-to-participate beta program is what it really was, and never again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted October 12, 2012 Moderators Share Posted October 12, 2012 having just got my first SSD about 2 weeks ago, mainly due to the latest price drop and the fact i was due a 'windows refresh', i have to say, so far so good. sadly my mobo only has 3gb/s sata port, so i'm losing the 6gb/s potential but still getting 20-25secs startups and 10secs flat shutdowns. Apps start almost instantaneously. i've always had a question mark over their longevity (Keatah; you mention the 700 writes TLC chip lifespan) so i shall see... Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Fast Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 I don't have an SSD drive, & my startup is about 25 seconds cold boot, & around 10 shutdown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_B Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 I don't have an SSD drive, & my startup is about 25 seconds cold boot, & around 10 shutdown. How much of that 10 seconds shutdown time is taken by your browser closing down 1000 Tabs ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted October 14, 2012 Moderators Share Posted October 14, 2012 I don't have an SSD drive, & my startup is about 25 seconds cold boot, & around 10 shutdown. you must have a decent rig i'm guessing. as a comparison, i've gone from a shutdown of 30secs on the old HDD to 10secs with the SSD and the 20-25secs startup is from the push of the power button to actually being able to type in Word, which i find quiet amazing. Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Fast Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Mine is around there, although it may take + or - a couple seconds here & there. @Alan, I usually terminate the browser via X in the corner, before applying shutdown options. If not, Firefox may erroneously believe it suffered a major crash, & both send an erroneous crash report to Firefox developers, & also attempt to reload them all on startup. Newer versions of Firefox wait till you click a page to load the tab, if it suffers a crash, but that would still be something I rather avoid. However, when you actually do have a crash, it is very nice to know they are still there!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 If you had one of these new fancy SSDs, perhaps Firefox would instantly close (gracefully) your army of tabs and you'd have nothing to fear winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Fast Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 My army of tabs is fine. Until I run out of memory. Then it slows. But you are right. Some say SSD operate like RAM, not HDD. Perhaps I could open more with one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 I picture you closing your firefox army being much akin to the 'self detonate' feature from the show Gundam Wing. winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodles Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 is what came to mind, actually winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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