The Regional Manager for Channel Marketing & Sales for world’s leading SSD brand, Plextor, Bill Liu explains the benefits of SSD
Many people ask me these days how they can benefit from the use of an SSD if their budget is tight and they can’t really afford a large-capacity SSD.
The price should never stop you. We all know that an SSD can significantly improve the performance of your desktop or laptop. If you don’t have enough money to get a large-capacity SSD, go for a 64GB or 128GB SSD. They are within the price range a typical consumer can afford. In addition, based on your needs you can easily get for yourself a 1TB or even larger HDD.
So, how does it work?
You use your SSD first of all as a “boot drive” by installing your operating system on it. It will help you decrease boot times for the OS. That is the point, right? To make your system load before you can make yourself a cup of tea. No more reason to be annoyed and frustrated.
Even with a 64GB SSD you will have some space left. For example, Windows 7 needs just 25GB of space for a complete install but it can be even less if you disable some features which you might not need. Other operating systems, such as Mac OS and Linux will take up even less space. 128GB SSD will give you more room to work with.
Here’s a tip, if you’re using a 64GB drive and Windows – if you don’t mind the risk you can reduce the amount of space used for restore points (it’s not a great idea to disable it completely though).
After you install the operating system on your low-capacity SSD you will need to decide what you want to do with the space that was left off. Apparently you will want to install applications. But which ones?
There are apps which are benefiting from an SSD more than others. For example, a lot of graphic/video editing and desktop publishing software (Adobe Creative Suite such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, InCopy, etc., CAD/CAM systems such as AutoCAD and similar) will load and work a lot faster and save you a lot of time.
Basically, it depends on what you use your computer for. You can install on the SSD almost any app, including Microsoft Office suite which takes up not more than 1GB of space. Don’t forget about your web browser, it will load almost instantly if you place it on your solid-state drive.
Of course, gamers would like to install some games on the SSD but here you should remember that some modern 3D games can take up really a lot of space. However, it is up to you what you will give preference to when installing on the SSD.
When you are done with managing space on your low-capacity SSD you can use your hard drive for the rest of your needs, mostly as a storage for a variety of files, including music and video files, images and documents.
The question here is now what SSD to get for your system. I believe there should not be any doubt that you should check Plextor SSD series. Based on your budget you can either get a 128 GB M5S or M5Pro Xtreme SSD.
As long as you have a Plextor SSD, you do not have to worry about efficiency and productivity of your system.
