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Installed an Intel 320, 120GB last week. I am running a SATA II laptop with an i5-520M, 8GB RAM, ATI HD 4570, 512K, Win 7 Pro x64. I have done several tweaks like turning off Superfetch, etc. along with one for my chipset here.
My Crystal Mark scores are reasonable and similar to my AS SSD scores. I can't post an image yet, but the Seq reads are 247, Seq Writes 136, 512 Read 173, Write 134, 4K Read 17.5, Write 37, 4K QD32 Read 144, Write 83.5.
So given my chipset and SATA II the scores are alright. However, it doesn't feel fast. I had a 500GB spinner at 7,200 RPM and honestly this doesn't feel as snappy as I was expecting. I had a Mini 9 with a tiny 16GB SSD and Atom processor netbook and ran stripped down versions of the various Win 7 Release Candidates. It booted fast and I could feel the difference. Maybe the 4K reads were better?
Did a clean install, ran latest Intel chipset drivers first, disabled unnecessary services, running at tweaked high performance power plan, removed Windows stuff I don't use, have first box checked in Write Cache. FWIW, I did most of the SSD Optimizations here Except, I elected for a small 1024 page file. I have 95GB free of 111. Verified TRIM and running in ACPI.
I realize feeling fast is subjective but am I missing something? I know the 320 isn't the fastest but I was able to get it for $138 with overnight shipping. That was too cheap to pass up.
Edit: Long time Anand reader, first time poster. Ex old school OC'er.
My Crystal Mark scores are reasonable and similar to my AS SSD scores. I can't post an image yet, but the Seq reads are 247, Seq Writes 136, 512 Read 173, Write 134, 4K Read 17.5, Write 37, 4K QD32 Read 144, Write 83.5.
So given my chipset and SATA II the scores are alright. However, it doesn't feel fast. I had a 500GB spinner at 7,200 RPM and honestly this doesn't feel as snappy as I was expecting. I had a Mini 9 with a tiny 16GB SSD and Atom processor netbook and ran stripped down versions of the various Win 7 Release Candidates. It booted fast and I could feel the difference. Maybe the 4K reads were better?
Did a clean install, ran latest Intel chipset drivers first, disabled unnecessary services, running at tweaked high performance power plan, removed Windows stuff I don't use, have first box checked in Write Cache. FWIW, I did most of the SSD Optimizations here Except, I elected for a small 1024 page file. I have 95GB free of 111. Verified TRIM and running in ACPI.
I realize feeling fast is subjective but am I missing something? I know the 320 isn't the fastest but I was able to get it for $138 with overnight shipping. That was too cheap to pass up.
Edit: Long time Anand reader, first time poster. Ex old school OC'er.
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