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Just bought an SSD, and DSL hookup!
12 years ago
So, it's been time to upgrade my hard drives for a while now. Until now I've had a grand total of 540gb of storage between the two drives in my case >.=.< And somehow I got by with that despite all the crap I've collected over the years. Thanks to some extra cash I got in I was able to get a 2TB HDD and a 120gb SSD.
This will be the first time I use an SSD in any of my computers, I've always been hesitant to use them as their reliability wasn't all that great in the beginning and they aren't nearly as proven as HDDs. But I figured by now they should be reliable enough as an OS drive, though the 2TB will still be holding all my important stuff.
For those curious I got a Kingston HyperX 3k. It's not high end but the life expectancy they are boasting with the duty level it's expected to see should be more than enough. 3 Years plus a bit, for an OS drive seems about fair for an SSD.
In other news I finally got the lines sorted in my apartment, by pulling them all out and patching together what I could >.=.< So I went and signed up for a local DSL service, they are cheaper than the big names, and I should have a working DSL connection in two to three weeks. It only takes that long because Bell Canada still has to come and hook a line up... and they are slow.
This will be the first time I use an SSD in any of my computers, I've always been hesitant to use them as their reliability wasn't all that great in the beginning and they aren't nearly as proven as HDDs. But I figured by now they should be reliable enough as an OS drive, though the 2TB will still be holding all my important stuff.
For those curious I got a Kingston HyperX 3k. It's not high end but the life expectancy they are boasting with the duty level it's expected to see should be more than enough. 3 Years plus a bit, for an OS drive seems about fair for an SSD.
In other news I finally got the lines sorted in my apartment, by pulling them all out and patching together what I could >.=.< So I went and signed up for a local DSL service, they are cheaper than the big names, and I should have a working DSL connection in two to three weeks. It only takes that long because Bell Canada still has to come and hook a line up... and they are slow.
Good to know you'll eventually be getting a new connection though! Hopefully it's less painful than the last one!
I've already trimmed it down to about 90gb of stuff on it, just to see how small I can make my windows install on the SSD. It'll be smaller than that, but with all the .NET, DirectX, and other redistribution package crap I have to install for all my games and stuff to work it does end up bigger than some people have it. I bought a 120gb SSD, so I'll have more than enough space.
Now I just have to figure out how to get Minecraft to install to my data drive, because it writes a lot, and that's not a great thing for an SSD. It seems I can make the saves go to the data drive easily, but the actual game keeps wanting to go into Appdata, despite telling it the game directory is on my D drive...