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[kiddingguy]

I currently have an OCZ Vertex 2 SSD (read around 285MB/s; write 275MB/s)
Is an Intel 520 SSD (r: 550 MB/s; w: 500 MB/s) noticeable faster or doesn't it matter in day-to-day activities?

The SSD will be primary used for Windows booting, and starting of programs like Kaspersky IS, IE, OL2010, Photoshop Elements and a bit of Word and Excel etc.

[Detection]

Copying files would be faster, its the access speeds (seek time) you would notice the most between drives for normal opening of programs I would imagine, although I doubt it would be massively noticable between SSDs really

[philcruicks]

Yeah providing you have a SATA3 connection on your Mobo, you should notice an increase, its not gona be massively noticeable, but your talking nearly double the access speeds..

[kiddingguy]

@philcruicks; I have a SATA3 connection on my mobo

[kiddingguy]

There might be some sort of increase, but it's not worth the bucks (from what I understand here....)?!

[Astra.Xtreme]

Keep tabs on the deals that occur and you can probably get a good deal on a recent SSD.
I bought a 120GB Vertex 3 for $100 after rebates a few months back.
I believe you can get a 128GB M4 for $120 currently. The OCZ drives seemed to have spiked in price lately.
Intel tends to be the most expensive of the bunch for whatever reason.

[Bun-Bun]

Not noticeable at all unless you just run benchmarks all day and look at the pretty numbers. Save your money.

[Wakers]

Depends what you do. If you spend a large amount of time copying files or if you play a lot of big games, you might notice the load and copy times increase from ssd to ssd.

General windows use? We're probably talking a fraction of a second increase.

[kiddingguy]

I'm talking general Windows use.

For games I already have an Vertex Turbo SSD and a 10000 RPM WD Raptor.

[MorganX]

Tray SATA6. You will notice a difference, PhotoShop will open off an SSD as fast a Painbrush.

@kiddingguy, for games, USB 3.0 has made life an inexpensive joy for me. I actually have some games that just don't like running off an SSD.

[+djdanster]

I have 2 OCZ Agility 3 SSD's in RAID 0, going at nearly 1.1GB/s read and write. I can boot into windows with a fully usable desktop after the bios screen in 12 seconds! I can open heavy programs such as Photoshop in 3 seconds! If you can afford it and the motherboard supports it, this is definitely the future!

[Wakers]

@djdanster - eh, that's slow for an SSD.

i5-2400 and a Corsair Force 3 SSD here and Win 7 starts in 5 seconds (from BIOS to usable desktop) and Photoshop launches in 1 second or less.

[kiddingguy]

I'm not going RAID and am not planning to use it as game-SSD.

Still worth it for booting into Windows and day-to-day usage like IE, Chrome, Outlook and other Office products?

[Wakers]

Hmm..If it were me, I would say no.

I don't really care about boot times - my habit always was, and still is, turn on PC and make a drink. Boot time could be 3 minutes and I wouldn't notice.

Opening programs wise - office programs open instantly now, but they were only taking a second to open before.

[Kelxin]

Went from an Intel X25 to an Intel 520, made an enormous difference for me.