jshtax Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Has anyone used an SSD drive and if so have they noticed any increase in performance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack from Ohio Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Has anyone used an SSD drive and if so have they noticed any increase in performance? Yes and Yes. Wait till June to change. We have 4 systems with SSD at the firm. Big improvement in ALL areas. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 I upgraded one computer with an SSD drive a little more than a year ago just to see what it'd be like. I didn't expect much, but I was really surprised. Since then, I've upgraded the rest of the computers--4 desktops and a laptop, all with 256gb Samsung SSDs. My slowest desktop is about 5 years old, and loading Photoshop on that computer has gone from being obnoxiously slow to quite snappy. It's not a very big drive, but it's just got to hold the Operating System and some software. Most of my files (photos and other documents) are stored on the NAS in my closet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 My laptop has an SSD. Only 256gb though. Ultrabook, thin. My desktop is 3 years old. Has a smaller SSD for OS (c drive), regular HD (1tb, d drive). But I don't recommend this setup. I thought I could custom install software to regular HD (d drive), but some software (especially with ATX 2013) still wants to put things on c drive. I have enough room but I'll be getting a new system later this year with a larger SSD and only the one HD. Go SSD but go big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jshtax Posted February 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 I think what we are doing it putting SSD(Samsung 250GB) in and installing windows and all programs on it but having a backup drive for documents and stuff to be stored on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Posted February 10, 2014 Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 jshtax: If you're using ATX2013, it wants to do all things on your c drive, backups, etc. See Jack's comments. 250gb sounds like a lot, but the os and other reserved space will gobble up a big chunk of that. I would try to go bigger for the c drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jshtax Posted February 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 We are networked. I thought all data was stored on the network drive not the local c drive except for when working on a return. We are looking at switching out the workstation hard drives but I suppose the server needs to be SSD as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelmars Posted February 10, 2014 Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 check out how much of your c drive you are currently using and go a bigger. I am using 200 gig so I am getting a 500 gig ssd only about 100 more than a smaller one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jshtax Posted February 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 Installed SSD HD's today loading time of program is much improved but still not fast and crisp function. I have to agree with Jack in that this will never be smooth until a 64 bit platform is developed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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