Single 'biggest impact' computer upgrade in years.
I have been steadily upgrading my home computer over the years, always keeping up with the latest graphics/cpus, etc. I stopped last year at the quadcore (Q9650) because it runs most of what i do fast enough for now (photoshop, games, compositing apps). I got an opportunity to test severals SSD drives including the OCZ v2 128GB and the Intel X25M 160GB drives. I played with both for several days and at the end of that time I wrote up my thoughts (for a distributors sales literature), returned the loaners, and went out an ordered two OCZ drives. They are now my main boot drives in both my work and home machines. The difference these drives make in day to day life are bigger than any other upgrade I have done in recent memory. Even the SLI upgrade was easy to dismiss after a few hours of gaming, but the OCZ drives continue to amaze me with how snappy everything is. I chose the OCZ over the Intel just because of price. I would have purchased the Intel drives which are noticeably faster, if they were even close to the OCZ price.
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Single 'biggest impact' computer upgrade in years.
I have been steadily upgrading my home computer over the years, always keeping up with the latest graphics/cpus, etc. I stopped last year at the quadcore (Q9650) because it runs most of what i do fast enough for now (photoshop, games, compositing apps). I got an opportunity to test severals SSD drives including the OCZ v2 128GB and the Intel X25M 160GB drives. I played with both for several days and at the end of that time I wrote up my thoughts (for a distributors sales literature), returned the loaners, and went out an ordered two OCZ drives. They are now my main boot drives in both my work and home machines. The difference these drives make in day to day life are bigger than any other upgrade I have done in recent memory. Even the SLI upgrade was easy to dismiss after a few hours of gaming, but the OCZ drives continue to amaze me with how snappy everything is. I chose the OCZ over the Intel just because of price. I would have purchased the Intel drives which are noticeably faster, if they were even close to the OCZ price.