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It's been a good few years since I last delved into the insides of a PC but I am thinking of getting one of these from ebuyer

http://www.ebuyer.com/411064-zoostorm-desktop-pc-7873-0446

Will just be used for LR and PS. Main storage will be on my Synology NAS.
I would like to add an SSD to it to speed things up but know nothing about them - the only SSD I have seen was one attached to an IBM mainframe many years ago which cost a fortune and was the size of a truck :-)

Can I use any SSD device in that zoostorm PC? Any recommendations?

Cheers,
Brian.
 
OCZ Agility 3 240gb in my laptop, massive improvement over a HDD. As with all things storage get the biggest your wallet will allow.
Get a SATA III SSD not a SATA II. You'll also need a converter bracket as most SSD's are 2.5" laptop size not desktop size.
Like this.
 
Ive been running 2 x Sandisk drives for a while now. Both Sata 3 one for my O/S and one as a scratch drive for editing. Can complain of any faults.
 
I have a Corsair and just put a Sandisk in the wife's PC.

Both are much better specced than the Samsung ones I looked at.

Whether the write speed is noticeable is another matter.
 
Would using a ssd as the main drive with the photos being on a secondary Sata 7200 1tb Hd improve LR4 speed?

Thanks
 
I have a scratch sata drive in my pc. I copy the photos to my SSD and sata scratch drive. That way I have double security.

I then work of my SSD drive which means faster editing. I then regularly copy it to the sata.

That way I get the bet of both worlds.

Sadly by the time you've added all your drivers and program's the initial startup of th pc isn't as quick as it could be, but once fired up SSD drives make a heck of a difference.
 
Thanks Neil and Chris.
 
sep9001 said:
Thanks, any idea if these come with the brackets to fit to the 3.5" bays?
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Same price at ebuyer. Pretty sure these are bare drives and you need the "kit" version to get the bracket included.
 
I don't think any come with an adapter plate, they are only about £4 to buy.

My case luckily had holes for 2 1/2 drives in the drive caddies so I didn't need any.
 
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They don't have any moving parts so you can leave them wherever really. I'm a bit OCD with my computer case and I like things to be fixed but plenty of people just leave it loose.
 
They usually have 8 holes for screws so easy enough to fix them somewhere in the PC.
 
Thanks.
 
It's more important that you bolt down your SSD drives as it improves immensely the transfer of heat out of the drive.

If you get one spend the few quid and get the brackets, they cost so little they are worth it to lengthen the life of your drive.
 
ChrisH said:
It's more important that you bolt down your SSD drives as it improves immensely the transfer of heat out of the drive.
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Where did you get that advice?
 
ChrisH said:
It's more important that you bolt down your SSD drives as it improves immensely the transfer of heat out of the drive.

If you get one spend the few quid and get the brackets, they cost so little they are worth it to lengthen the life of your drive.
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I'm not sure they actually heat up that much. Could be wrong though. :shrug:
 
ChrisH said:
It's more important that you bolt down your SSD drives as it improves immensely the transfer of heat out of the drive.
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Both of mine are plastic casings, so no idea where you get that idea?
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Probably because both of mine have alloy chassis's but hey each to their own if they dont get warm then it's not a problem. I'll keep bolting mine down :D
 
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sep9001 said:
Thanks, any idea if these come with the brackets to fit to the 3.5" bays?
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Why bother?

They are so light and small you can easily secure them anywhere you want with some double backed foam.

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