HDD to SSD…performance differences?

[Yoeddy1]

Hi guys,

My G23 has an HDD in it, and I happen to have a few 1TB SSDs that I need to find a use for.  Any concerns dropping this size of a SSD into this machine?  I would imagine faster boot up times are the main benefit here?  Any other performance increases by going to SSD?

Thanks,
Jason

[sixcardmark]

Go for it.  It should help all games and bonus rounds load faster.  Max out the memory to two 2GB sticks if not already.  I have extra 2GB sticks if you need any.

[Yoeddy1]

Go for it.  It should help all games and bonus rounds load faster.  Max out the memory to two 2GB sticks if not already.  I have extra 2GB sticks if you need any.

Will do, thanks man!  I’m already maxed out on RAM. 

Jason

[Tilt]

If you have a smaller size SSD, use it.  You'll run out of NVRAM long before you'd ever be able to fill a 1TB SSD drive.

[Yoeddy1]

If you have a smaller size SSD, use it.  You'll run out of NVRAM long before you'd ever be able to fill a 1TB SSD drive.

Yeah, I thought about that too, but these were all laying around doing nothing, so I just wanted to make sure that 1TB wouldn’t be too large or cause a problem with performance.

Jason

[Tilt]

I'm not sure what the max size is.  I use 120GB PNY SATAIII SSD drives in mine and the NVRAM will be full before the drive will.  Some makes of SSD drives are not compatible.  Really all I can tell you is try it and see if it works or not.

[a69mopar]

as long as the machine recognizes the drive, being larger won't matter.  I'm pretty sure I've seen one with a 500gb drive, probably in some documentation, but nothing said it was the maximum.  I would try it, but I usually try everything.
Thanks,
Wayne

[gameking6]

If you have a smaller size SSD, use it.  You'll run out of NVRAM long before you'd ever be able to fill a 1TB SSD drive.

Yeah, I thought about that too, but these were all laying around doing nothing, so I just wanted to make sure that 1TB wouldn’t be too large or cause a problem with performance.

Jason

I wish I had 1 TB SSD drives laying around
It should work. If not partition the drive (remember always use quick format on SSDs)
Have a great Holiday

[Yoeddy1]

If you have a smaller size SSD, use it.  You'll run out of NVRAM long before you'd ever be able to fill a 1TB SSD drive.

Yeah, I thought about that too, but these were all laying around doing nothing, so I just wanted to make sure that 1TB wouldn’t be too large or cause a problem with performance.

Jason

I wish I had 1 TB SSD drives laying around
It should work. If not partition the drive (remember always use quick format on SSDs)
Have a great Holiday

You too!

Thanks,
Jason

[sirius7]

Keep in mind the boot record is different than what Windows uses.  In my case I had to format the hard drive from the diagnostics menu (to get the boot record set right) before I mirrored the old drive to the new drive.  Just thought I'd let you know in case you have boot issues with the new drive.  If you are re-installing everything from scratch on the new drive you wouldn't have that issue.