I'm not sure what I'm talking about but I'm obviously looking at buying an SSD (never had one) but with my limited knowledge, and perhaps reading too many reviews, I am totally confused as to which SSD (120GB) to go for.
My intention is to use the SSD as a boot drive to include just programs (office, 4-5 games, plus numerous other small apps). As much as possible, I will be moving all the document folders and files to a normal HD (for ease of backup purposes).
If I understand correctly, in this situation opening and saving documents (mainly very large excel files & photos) will be constrained by the performance of the hard drive (which I'm OK with).
In this situation the SSD may by doing very little writing in itself. If I understand correctly (??????) a good performance benchmark would be the "PC Mark Vantage" as this seems to be a measure of the time to access programs etc.
Eg. here:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4421/the-2011-midrange-ssd-roundup/6
In this situation I see no benefit in going for a more expensive Vertex 3 when the Agility 3 would have comparable performance (cost is an issue).
Does my logic make sense or am I missing something?
Also, in the above situation would a 60gb version be practical? how much of a performance impact do smaller drives have? With respect to the aforementioned group test, I'm also a bit confused as to how much noticeable difference there would be in everyday use?
Hope this all makes sense. Will be most thankful if soeone could advise.
My intention is to use the SSD as a boot drive to include just programs (office, 4-5 games, plus numerous other small apps). As much as possible, I will be moving all the document folders and files to a normal HD (for ease of backup purposes).
If I understand correctly, in this situation opening and saving documents (mainly very large excel files & photos) will be constrained by the performance of the hard drive (which I'm OK with).
In this situation the SSD may by doing very little writing in itself. If I understand correctly (??????) a good performance benchmark would be the "PC Mark Vantage" as this seems to be a measure of the time to access programs etc.
Eg. here:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4421/the-2011-midrange-ssd-roundup/6
In this situation I see no benefit in going for a more expensive Vertex 3 when the Agility 3 would have comparable performance (cost is an issue).
Does my logic make sense or am I missing something?
Also, in the above situation would a 60gb version be practical? how much of a performance impact do smaller drives have? With respect to the aforementioned group test, I'm also a bit confused as to how much noticeable difference there would be in everyday use?
Hope this all makes sense. Will be most thankful if soeone could advise.
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