ETF2L – Latest activity in “upgrading to an ssd”

ETF2L – Latest activity in “upgrading to an ssd” https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-19699/ Reply by blur https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-19699/page-2/?recent=355780#post=355780 generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=19699&post=355780 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 23:56:18 +0100 Reply by Animal https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-19699/page-2/?recent=355780#post=355409 Quoted from vexioz

[...] btw, does anyone know if I can install steam on two drives? I dont want all my steamgames on the ssd, only tf2.

sure you can, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_symbolic_link Quoted from baerbel

the problem with tf2 is that it uses gcfs from different places so i never got it to work properly

"different places" ? it uses only multiplayer ob binaries.gcf source 2007 shared materials.gcf source 2007 shared models.gcf source 2007 shared sounds.gcf source materials.gcf source models.gcf source sounds.gcf team fortress 2 client content.gcf team fortress 2 content.gcf team fortress 2 materials.gcf and they all are in steamapps folder, add your steam username/team fortress 2/ folder and thats that]]> generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=19699&post=355409 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:26:08 +0100 Reply by baerbel https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-19699/page-2/?recent=355780#post=355408 generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=19699&post=355408 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:22:51 +0100 Reply by blur https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-19699/page-2/?recent=355780#post=355402 Quoted from Koeitje

m4 here, works great. But to be fair: any SSD will provide a massive speedboost. Try and get a 120-128gb ish one, so you can get some games on there also.

That is what Im thinking. 120 gb ssd's has reasonable prices, and 240 gb is too expensive. btw, does anyone know if I can install steam on two drives? I dont want all my steamgames on the ssd, only tf2.]]> generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=19699&post=355402 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:34:19 +0100 Reply by Koeitje https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-19699/page-2/?recent=355780#post=355242 generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=19699&post=355242 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:42:32 +0100 Reply by Linus https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-19699/page-2/?recent=355780#post=355237 Quoted from baerbel

i wouldnt go for an ocz if i were you. had to send in mine after about 6 months due to it just dying. also have heard similar complaints from other people.

its mainly because of the sandforce controller ocz uses, it's pretty bad, has tons of compatibility issues aswell, that firmware updates may or may not fix. I personally recommend a crucial m4 for anyone whos looking to buy an SSD.]]> generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=19699&post=355237 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:56:03 +0100 Reply by sidude7 https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-19699/page-1/?recent=355780#post=355190 Quoted from baerbel

i wouldnt go for an ocz if i were you. had to send in mine after about 6 months due to it just dying. also have heard similar complaints from other people.

I had heard this before. Even with an snsd sticker.]]> generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=19699&post=355190 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:42:34 +0100 Reply by baerbel https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-19699/page-1/?recent=355780#post=355189 generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=19699&post=355189 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:39:26 +0100 Reply by Selektionsfaktor https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-19699/page-1/?recent=355780#post=355123 generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=19699&post=355123 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:53:38 +0100 Reply by Vazzan https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-19699/page-1/?recent=355780#post=355109 generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=19699&post=355109 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:23:38 +0100 Reply by blur https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-19699/page-1/?recent=355780#post=355088 Quoted from dodgydogman

I would recommend reinstalling windows if its taking you that long, you are going to have to if you get an ssd anyway, so try that and see if it helps. It shouldnt take longer than 5 minutes on a clean install unless the drive is dying and its far more likely your windows is just messed up.. Iv got an ssd, they are great and windows boots in <2 mins, but only because I had money to spare. They are still expensive atm and I would wait for them to get far cheaper before investing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51CnDa-Cu2w

yes, my windows is most likely messed up. It would probably work to reinstall it, but Im going to upgrade anyway. It started getting slow after I installed a antivirus program for windows vista. Apparently it was not compatible at all with windows 7. The pc got faster when I uninstalled it, but its still not as fast as it should be.]]> generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=19699&post=355088 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:04:44 +0100 Reply by dodgydogman https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-19699/page-1/?recent=355780#post=354992 generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=19699&post=354992 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:34:42 +0100 Reply by blur https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-19699/page-1/?recent=355780#post=354978 Quoted from Traxx

If u care about loading times then go for ssd, but the one which has write and read speeds good for all data ( not only compressed like in some OCZ's ). Many people recommend Crucial M4 but if I were you I woulnd't spend money on it. At least not now.

I care about loadingtimes, for some reason it takes me around 10 minutes from when I push the powerbutton, until I actually can do anything in windows. The HyperX ssd has 555 mbps read and 510 mbps write.]]> generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=19699&post=354978 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:15:13 +0100 Reply by sidude7 https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-19699/page-1/?recent=355780#post=354977 generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=19699&post=354977 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:01:54 +0100 Reply by WhirPool1993 https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/off-topic/topic-19699/page-1/?recent=355780#post=354931 generator=rsdiscuss&baseurl=https://staging.etf2l.org&feed=forum&forum=off-topic&topic=19699&post=354931 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:49:44 +0100