Just bought an SSD

[Kirito]

You would pretty much need a new system.

A new CPU, DDR3 memory, a 1155/AM3+ motherboard, a newer PSU.

So buy a new motherboard...

[Wint]

A bit late to the SSD party but I have two in my gaming comp, one for the windows image, one for my Users folder. I transferred my XI install off the Windows drive and onto the Users drive, didn't take long at all

[kazaran]

As far as SSD drives to buy, many have come a logn way from early problematic ones. Stability weise, Intel seems strong, as well as Samsung drives.

[Laraul]

Most people agree that SSDs aren't helpful with games. The primary usage is to decrease Windows boot time. Windows does have an efficient disk cache. Once something is loaded it's cached in RAM for much quicker retrieval time. So you don't really see much long term benefit from using an SSD.

[Alhanelem]

Most people agree that SSDs aren't helpful with games. The primary usage is to decrease Windows boot time. Windows does have an efficient disk cache. Once something is loaded it's cached in RAM for much quicker retrieval time. So you don't really see much long term benefit from using an SSD.

No, most people don't agree SSDs aren't helpful with games- But it depends a lot on the games you're playing. Particularly in games where things are dynamically loaded on the fly an SSD basically eliminates any possibility of "hitching" when data is being loaded (Common in some multiplayer games when a player joins the game and their model/other data isn't already loaded). It also helps a lot for games that simply have a lot of data to load and take a noticeable amount of time on a HDD.

[Colino]

I moved over to windows 8 recently (yeah I know, but it's actually not that bad!) and I just can't believe how fast it is with my new SSD, it's actually a bit depressing because I used to turn my pc on then doing something else while it's booting like go to the toilet or something, but now it just boots so quick I have no time to do so.

[Matsume]

I moved over to windows 8 recently (yeah I know, but it's actually not that bad!) and I just can't believe how fast it is with my new SSD, it's actually a bit depressing because I used to turn my pc on then doing something else while it's booting like go to the toilet or something, but now it just boots so quick I have no time to do so.

You'll just have to find yourself one of these bad boys:

[Kirito]

I was thinking about getting an Intel® Desktop Board DZ77SL-50K and an Intel Core i7-3770S Quad-Core Processor 3.1 GHz 8 MB Cache LGA 1155 BX80637I73770S. What do you think? Seems pretty good for about $400. Any cheaper intel processors that can also run well?

[Alerith]

Am I the only one who read the thread title as "Just bought a Super Star Destroyer"? :\