Hi guys, I am considering into buying an SSD - Samsung 840 EVO Basic, 120GB and given the fact that I want to migrate from an HDD to SSD, I did some research on how extend it's life. I am using a laptop so, the SSD will replace the HDD.
What I want to know is if it's possible to continue with my usual stuff (dj software, photoshop, utorrent, browsing, watching movies, etc) or should I change some of it?
My biggest concern is torrenting.
I came to understanding that I should deactivate in Windows...
Install the SSD, physically, with no other drives installed, except the OS installation media (looks like that's your only choice, here).
Install Windows 7 or newer, from scratch.
Update it, and reinstall your software.
All done.
There's plenty in Windows you can go and disable, but don't do it
because you have an SSD. FI, disable hibernate to gain space, if you don't use hibernate. Disable indexing only if you never use search, else remove indexed locations, if you want to save a little time (it shouldn't index SSD locations, anyway, except for a few of them, like the start menu, so even that is more of an HDD-centric tweak). Disable Superfetch if it wastes IO time loading files you'd rather it didn't, rather than files you might use.
Et cetera.
Windows 7 and newer have SSDs in mind, starting at the installer.
- is an SDHC memory card a good idea or isn't worth?
For devices that can only use SDHC, or for which other storage is inconvenient, of course it is. Otherwise, Hell no. You will quickly wear out that SD card,
and if you get a slow SD card, it may be slower than your internet connection, and actually bottleneck your torrents (SDs not capable of even 10 IOPS are still being sold). You will not quickly wear out that SSD.
But, if you're likely to run out of space with 120GB, find a sale on a ~250GB SSD, instead of fussing about with silly software tweaks. It's worth it to go ahead and get the bigger drive, instead. If you're in the U.S., $150-160 is a typical ~250GB sale. I've seen the Toshiba THNSNH, Samsung 840 Evo, and Sandisk Ultra Plus 250GBs for one of those prices within the past 2 weeks, just counting Newegg promo emails.