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Pemalite on 03 February 2018
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JEMC said:
Ka-pi96 said:

Would that have a really noticeable affect? I thought it would have been the CPU I'd need to upgrade for that. But if an SSD could do it I might have to start looking into getting one.

Trust me, you'll notice the upgrade from the very same moment you turn on your PC.

That said, I remember that your PC is a bit old, and I don't know if your motherboard will have an SATA 3 port to fully notice the extra speed of an SSD.

He will still notice a difference despite running a Nahelem/Westmere based CPU.
Boards of that era typically ran with Sata 2, which topped out at 300MB/s. Higher-end boards though sometimes came with Sata 3 at 600MB/s.

A mechanical disk isn't going to max either interface out except for some specific burst scenario's. (I.E. Reading data directly from a mechanical disks Ram.) Most mechanical disks will top out at 150MB/s. Sometimes even less.

An SSD will still provide a substantual improvement... And the low access times will make everything stupidly snappy and responsive.




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