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Eve on a SSD... Worth it?
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ChromeStriker
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2016-01-07 08:27:09 UTC  |  Edited by: ChromeStriker
Hi tech savy eve players (seems to go hand in hand)

So the "sales" happened... and i picked myself up a SSD Big smile mainly for my OS but have been thinking what else was worth putting on there....

Now the big question is EVE ... is it worth the hassel of transferring it over? is there any notable benifit?

Also if it is worth pushing it over, how do you get around all the temp files and logs etc? is there an easy way of keeping them on my standard hard drive?

Many thanks

No Worries
Gregor Parud
Imperial Academy
#2 - 2016-01-07 08:41:22 UTC
a) it's not a hassle. you just copy/move the folder and create a new link
b) yes it helps a lot
c) but lots of the latency you have on things like the market won't solved because that's a server issue
Solecist Project
#3 - 2016-01-07 08:49:22 UTC  |  Edited by: Solecist Project
I plan on using an ssd for the OS and programs ...
... and a small msata one for hibernation and pagefile seperately.

Boosts performance so much. SSDs are the first item thqt actually boosted productivity,
by removing all the time waiting for the HDD. My first SSD was the best purchase ever.

If you keep temp files om the hdd you won't do yourselfma favour,
especially when it comes to EVE.

That ringing in your ears you're experiencing right now is the last gasping breathe of a dying inner ear as it got thoroughly PULVERISED by the point roaring over your head at supersonic speeds. - Tippia
Lan Wang
African Atomic.
OnlyFleets.
#4 - 2016-01-07 09:21:07 UTC
ive actually held off buying ssd (dont know why) but more i start loving how windows 10 has transformed my machine, think ill grab one too :) the way i see it, you want anything to read fast then throw it on the ssd

Domination Nephilim - Angel Cartel

Calm down miner. As you pointed out, people think they can get away with stuff they would not in rl... Like for example illegal mining... - Ima Wreckyou*
Gregor Parud
Imperial Academy
#5 - 2016-01-07 09:24:52 UTC  |  Edited by: Gregor Parud
I use a 512GB Samsung 850 EVO with 2 partitions, one 64GB for the OS, pagefile and installed windows software, the other for games and video editing. And then a normal TB HDD for downloads, torrents, fraps and uhm "stuff". SSD really are a massive performance boost.
Oliver Delorean
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2016-01-07 09:29:23 UTC
SSD is so worth m8! I dumped my 1TB hard and bought 512SSD and but all my stuff on it from OS to installed programs.
Everything runs instantaneously.

Answer:
Eve - Loads Faster (Game performance feels same)

Anyways SSD is the best investment you can do to your computer!
Don't think! Buy it!
Primary This Rifter
Mutual Fund of the Something
#7 - 2016-01-07 09:34:20 UTC
EVE's temp files don't take up much space, and modern SSDs don't wear down with writes nearly as much as they used to.
Solecist Project
#8 - 2016-01-07 09:45:53 UTC
Lan Wang wrote:
ive actually held off buying ssd (dont know why) but more i start loving how windows 10 has transformed my machine, think ill grab one too :) the way i see it, you want anything to read fast then throw it on the ssd

Can you elaborate on these changes win10 did? Thanks!

That ringing in your ears you're experiencing right now is the last gasping breathe of a dying inner ear as it got thoroughly PULVERISED by the point roaring over your head at supersonic speeds. - Tippia
Gregor Parud
Imperial Academy
#9 - 2016-01-07 10:04:00 UTC
Win 10 is no faster than win7 other than a slightly faster boot time, 3D performance is the same (+/-2%). It's just that people come from a bloated Win 7 they've had for years, then install a new OS and suddenly it's a whole lot faster.
ChromeStriker
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#10 - 2016-01-07 10:22:53 UTC
ahh no worries i have the SSD lol thats tonights job of setting it up... just deciding what to put on it :)

Glad to hear they live up to their reputation!

No Worries
Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#11 - 2016-01-07 10:46:30 UTC
ChromeStriker wrote:
Hi tech savy eve players (seems to go hand in hand)

So the "sales" happened... and i picked myself up a SSD Big smile mainly for my OS but have been thinking what else was worth putting on there....

Now the big question is EVE ... is it worth the hassel of transferring it over? is there any notable benifit?

Also if it is worth pushing it over, how do you get around all the temp files and logs etc? is there an easy way of keeping them on my standard hard drive?

Many thanks


It makes a huge difference, especially when session changes like eg undocking.

Huh autocorrect tried to change that to 'undignified'. Even my phone thinks I'm a bad :'(

"Just remember later that I warned against any change to jump ranges or fatigue. You earned whats coming."

Grath Telkin, 11.10.2016
Pix Severus
Empty You
#12 - 2016-01-07 12:40:52 UTC
There are a lot more cons to Win10 than pros, especially if you're coming from Win7 and value your privacy.

SSDs are always worth it though. Going from using HDDs to run your OS from, to SSDs, is one of the most noticable performance boosts you'll ever have.

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Lan Wang
African Atomic.
OnlyFleets.
#13 - 2016-01-07 13:13:26 UTC
Solecist Project wrote:
Lan Wang wrote:
ive actually held off buying ssd (dont know why) but more i start loving how windows 10 has transformed my machine, think ill grab one too :) the way i see it, you want anything to read fast then throw it on the ssd

Can you elaborate on these changes win10 did? Thanks!


it made my laptop run faster doing any tasks, booting up creative suite, microsoft edge is faster than chrome, looks much better and more user friendly, better multi monitor support, integration with my xbox one and hotmail etc

Privacy issues? i use facebook and if you use facebook privacy concerns are pretty irrelevant. there is ways arr
ound the privacy issues via the settings

Im still exploring windows 10 but everything i do on it seems to be much easier than windows 7 (i dont just use my laptop for gaming, its also my work computer)

Windows 7 is dated and old now

Domination Nephilim - Angel Cartel

Calm down miner. As you pointed out, people think they can get away with stuff they would not in rl... Like for example illegal mining... - Ima Wreckyou*
Indahmawar Fazmarai
#14 - 2016-01-07 14:22:01 UTC
When moving to my new computer, EVE was installed by default on the SSD main drive. Now my Captain Quarters load in less than 10 seconds and is so fast that I've turned them on for all my a characters. Lol
Solecist Project
#15 - 2016-01-07 14:28:18 UTC  |  Edited by: Solecist Project
Lan Wang wrote:
Solecist Project wrote:
Lan Wang wrote:
ive actually held off buying ssd (dont know why) but more i start loving how windows 10 has transformed my machine, think ill grab one too :) the way i see it, you want anything to read fast then throw it on the ssd

Can you elaborate on these changes win10 did? Thanks!


it made my laptop run faster doing any tasks, booting up creative suite, microsoft edge is faster than chrome, looks much better and more user friendly, better multi monitor support, integration with my xbox one and hotmail etc

Privacy issues? i use facebook and if you use facebook privacy concerns are pretty irrelevant. there is ways arr
ound the privacy issues via the settings

Im still exploring windows 10 but everything i do on it seems to be much easier than windows 7 (i dont just use my laptop for gaming, its also my work computer)

Windows 7 is dated and old now

Yeah, win10 is so great, they give it out for free to literally everyone who ever used windows.
I'm sure all these settings totally help you not being the product they make money off. :)

That ringing in your ears you're experiencing right now is the last gasping breathe of a dying inner ear as it got thoroughly PULVERISED by the point roaring over your head at supersonic speeds. - Tippia
Lan Wang
African Atomic.
OnlyFleets.
#16 - 2016-01-07 14:47:39 UTC
Solecist Project wrote:
Lan Wang wrote:
Solecist Project wrote:
Lan Wang wrote:
ive actually held off buying ssd (dont know why) but more i start loving how windows 10 has transformed my machine, think ill grab one too :) the way i see it, you want anything to read fast then throw it on the ssd

Can you elaborate on these changes win10 did? Thanks!


it made my laptop run faster doing any tasks, booting up creative suite, microsoft edge is faster than chrome, looks much better and more user friendly, better multi monitor support, integration with my xbox one and hotmail etc

Privacy issues? i use facebook and if you use facebook privacy concerns are pretty irrelevant. there is ways arr
ound the privacy issues via the settings

Im still exploring windows 10 but everything i do on it seems to be much easier than windows 7 (i dont just use my laptop for gaming, its also my work computer)

Windows 7 is dated and old now

Yeah, win10 is so great, they give it out for free to literally everyone who ever used windows.
I'm sure all these settings totally help you not being the product they make money off. :)


Can you elaborate on how microsoft are making money from me from a free upgrade? if they charged you for the operating system would it make it a more appealing? linux is free and osx also released a free os

Domination Nephilim - Angel Cartel

Calm down miner. As you pointed out, people think they can get away with stuff they would not in rl... Like for example illegal mining... - Ima Wreckyou*
Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#17 - 2016-01-07 16:57:36 UTC  |  Edited by: Ralph King-Griffin
Lan Wang wrote:
Solecist Project wrote:

Yeah, win10 is so great, they give it out for free to literally everyone who ever used windows.
I'm sure all these settings totally help you not being the product they make money off. :)


Can you elaborate on how microsoft are making money from me from a free upgrade? if they charged you for the operating system would it make it a more appealing? linux is free and osx also released a free os

girls , yer both pretty ,if somewhat cynical, jaded and gin soaked.

just upgraded myself last night and im a little more impressed than i was expecting to be

and to be fair ,

google
[/privacy]

lets move past that particular point, they do it, Microsoft does it, hell im fairly certain the brick i use to throw messages with did it.

Murderers of Negotiable Motivations

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Doc Fury
Furious Enterprises
#18 - 2016-01-07 17:06:03 UTC
Gregor Parud wrote:
I use a 512GB Samsung 850 EVO with 2 partitions, one 64GB for the OS, pagefile and installed windows software, the other for games and video editing. And then a normal TB HDD for downloads, torrents, fraps and uhm "stuff". SSD really are a massive performance boost.


That's a tiny boot partition if you ever get a significant RAM upgrade, as your pagefile is going to swell to match.


Lan Wang wrote:


Can you elaborate on how microsoft are making money from me from a free upgrade? if


The same way google makes money from providing a free search engine, web browser, and android, et; al.

☼

There's a million angry citizens looking down their tubes..at me.
Solecist Project
#19 - 2016-01-07 17:15:56 UTC  |  Edited by: Solecist Project
Lan Wang wrote:
Solecist Project wrote:
Lan Wang wrote:
Solecist Project wrote:
Lan Wang wrote:
ive actually held off buying ssd (dont know why) but more i start loving how windows 10 has transformed my machine, think ill grab one too :) the way i see it, you want anything to read fast then throw it on the ssd

Can you elaborate on these changes win10 did? Thanks!


it made my laptop run faster doing any tasks, booting up creative suite, microsoft edge is faster than chrome, looks much better and more user friendly, better multi monitor support, integration with my xbox one and hotmail etc

Privacy issues? i use facebook and if you use facebook privacy concerns are pretty irrelevant. there is ways arr
ound the privacy issues via the settings

Im still exploring windows 10 but everything i do on it seems to be much easier than windows 7 (i dont just use my laptop for gaming, its also my work computer)

Windows 7 is dated and old now

Yeah, win10 is so great, they give it out for free to literally everyone who ever used windows.
I'm sure all these settings totally help you not being the product they make money off. :)


Can you elaborate on how microsoft are making money from me from a free upgrade? if they charged you for the operating system would it make it a more appealing? linux is free and osx also released a free os

They(=many companies who offer free products/services) track your cookies, access data on your mobile,
save what you talk about (any apps with access to the microphone. It's legal, you allowed it),
sell information about what you do to computer, where you surf, what your interests are,
what you buy, ... you can look it all up. They sell that data.

That's no conspiracy, that's how companies nowadays make money. "You are the product."

Linux is free. It's open source. Companies make money from Linux by offering support. That's completely different.

And I understand now that it's useless going on, because you don't understand enough about it (you compare linux to this just because it's (actually) free) and don't care anyway, even when the consequences will be actually dramatic at some point in the short to medium future.

That ringing in your ears you're experiencing right now is the last gasping breathe of a dying inner ear as it got thoroughly PULVERISED by the point roaring over your head at supersonic speeds. - Tippia
Lan Wang
African Atomic.
OnlyFleets.
#20 - 2016-01-07 18:01:11 UTC
yeah i know that, its common, google do it and i also work work in marketing for a lead generation company so im pretty clued up on how companies sell data and how to get data to then be sold on or convert to sales, sheesh i even make stuff to look like certain companies to trick people into giving me the details, because you know some people are so stupid that if something is the same colour as something else they can actually think its exactly what they are looking for when its actually not. and yeah its legal

Im not going to boycot an operating system for gathering data when its just common these days and if you you are holding off upgrading an operating system because someone might gather your data then you are pretty silly because they are probably already doing it through another method,

if privacy of your details is such an issue then you should really stop using the internet and any device that connects to the internet or makes calls, its not that i dont understand its the fact i dont understand why people complain about a certain thing with privacy when every other thing is already doing it.

Domination Nephilim - Angel Cartel

Calm down miner. As you pointed out, people think they can get away with stuff they would not in rl... Like for example illegal mining... - Ima Wreckyou*
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