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Most of us will think that RAM is the main factor for our pc performance but the truth is that if you really want to boost your pc you should switch to SSD.

Yesterday i did it and the result is amazing. You also should not go for the cheapest ssd. Sometimes few $ can make a big difference. :)
 
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andymc said:
Has it improved using B4A or android emulators at all? Are compiles faster?
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I still have not compiled any app. I was sitting yesterday until 2am to transfer all my files and install all important soft that i use.

I had to do it from scratch since my old hdd died and i could not create an image but now i am back in the game.

For more then 1 week i tried to fix my old hdd until i gave up and bought a ssd and install everything incl. Windows. And it is working very fast now.

I have i7, 8 gbram, 240gb ssd (toshiba), 2gb nvidia graphic card i think thats enough for b4x :D
 
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Nice to hear it's going well. I have an SSD on my laptop but things seem to be getting slower. I haven't upgraded to Windows 10 yet so will probably do that soon.
I am tempted to buy a new laptop just for B4A development, but I'd like to buy that from my earnings from B4A games, but that's a long way off yet!
 
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Be aware that a SSD is not a HDD.
You should inform yourself about the things you shouldn't do to your SSD (defrag for example). You can use google to find complete lists.

That said, some weeks ago i bought a SSD for my PC as well. Everything is running fine. But the boost wasn't so big for me (maybe because my PC was in a good state before i bought the SSD allready). Price is still high (80€ for 120gb here), so my advice is: buy one if you need a new harddrive. If you are not in need, then wait till the price drops ;-)
 
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An Schi said:
Be aware that a SSD is not a HDD.
You should inform yourself about the things you shouldn't do to your SSD (defrag for example). You can use google to find complete lists.

That said, some weeks ago i bought a SSD for my PC as well. Everything is running fine. But the boost wasn't so big for me (maybe because my PC was in a good state before i bought the SSD allready). Price is still high (80€ for 120gb here), so my advice is: buy one if you need a new harddrive. If you are not in need, then wait till the price drops ;-)
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thanx for the tip

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I have an SSD on my laptop but things seem to be getting slower
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maybe you should check this out: http://www.howtogeek.com/165472/6-things-you-shouldnt-do-with-solid-state-drives/
 
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WIN10 with a regular hdd is very fast. I've bought an 256GB external SSD to get a feeling of the speed. Nice for fast backing up large files (single files: much slower).

Right now I don't Need to Change my internal hdd (1 TB is too expensive, 512GB to small)
 
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KMatle said:
WIN10 with a regular hdd is very fast. I've bought an 256GB external SSD to get a feeling of the speed. Nice for fast backing up large files (single files: much slower).

Right now I don't Need to Change my internal hdd (1 TB is too expensive, 512GB to small)
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you could go for an SSHD drive. it is also very impressive and the price is very good.

 
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a 500GB of an SSHD is cheaper then the 240GB SSD i bought yesterday :(

why have not i saw that video yesterday
 
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I'm using 1TB HDD with 8GB SSD. It's really fast when booting in Windows 10.
 
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I have updated to win 10 and now it takes about 4 sec to boot up and after entering my password i can immediatly start working. This is the best part in ssd. Everything runs now much faster.

About compile time i cannot see a big difference. I think the processor is in this case a bigger factor. (On my notebook it takes about 5-7 sec to compile before it install the app on my phone, but i need to mention that it is a 2.5 years old dell notebook with an i7 intel processor. I guess it is not the fastest processor but it is enough for my needs)

Notebook model is: dell 3521
 
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Do you know THAT FRIEND asking you to help because the pc is too slow? :D:D:D:D

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I no longer use Internet Explorer (anyone still does it? :D) but if those are Bookmarks they should not slow down a PC.

Many sw installed can do it (their services and process in background).

Also many links (to programs or files) on the Desktop, but a little, just on Desktop refresh.
 
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I've just upgraded from 8 to 16 gigabytes of RAM, no performance improvement at all, as expected.
The 240GB HyperX Savage SSD is already in place, but I'm still missing a SATA cable, so I can't post any results yet.

By the way, just for fun, I changed the following line in the B4A .ini file:
MaxRamForDex=8192 :cool:
It doesn't change anything, but it sure feels good!
 
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ilan said:
a 500GB of an SSHD is cheaper then the 240GB SSD i bought yesterday :(

why have not i saw that video yesterday
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I do not recommend hybrid drives unless you are the type of user that does loads of repetitive tasks, these drives load data onto the SSD portion of the drive for fast access. It's then ready to be recalled quickly if you needed it again. But if you do a wide variety of tasks then I see no performance benefit. I had one in my work laptop and was very unimpressed with it, so much so that I complained and had a true SSD fitted. There was then a stepped difference in performance.
A hybrid drive is little more than using a standard drive and a small usb flash pen drive as a cache.
 
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Hello,
I find this thread interesting. I just got a new 2016 HP laptop with Windows 10 and an i7 that I use as my new secondary, test, computer. I've been toying with the idea of switching to an SSD because of the performance improvements people mention. I wonder if someone could give a brief overview of the procedure for switching from an HDD to SSD, mentioning any pitfalls that might be encountered – definitely not a step-by-step procedure, just an overview.

For example, the laptop contains a 1 TB HDD. I will essentially just be swapping this for an SSD.

- Does the SSD have the same form factor as the HDD and will it mount inside the laptop? Do I need to get a specific form factor SSD?
- Windows 10 came preinstalled on the laptop. I have no Windows 10 disks, but I made the Recovery flash drive including the system files. Will I be able to use this to install a fresh copy of Windows 10 on the SSD. I don't care about any other files. I will reinstall the other stuff.

I'm kind of guessing that the procedure will be something like the following:
- Remove the laptop battery, remove the HDD. Install the SSD, hopefully the connector will be the same, close up the laptop and reinstall the battery.
- During laptop boot, press F11 (or whatever key) to enter the boot configuration, select recover (hopefully it has a from flash option). This will recover Windows 10 to the new SSD?

After it is recovered I will be able to boot the laptop into Windows 10 (on the SSD).

Am I close?

Thanks,
Barry.
 
An Schi

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IMO this thread is a dangerous mix-up of SSD and pc boost.
Everyone interested in a pc upgrade should visit a dedicated hardware forum, post actual setup and ask for bootlenecks/help there.

@canalrun: i would do a clean install and not a recovery. But this is just my opinion and i am no pro.
 
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