A SSD of that size would allow me to install more game and files on a faster Harddrive.  The smaller ones only have room for the OS and a fire other programs, like Firefox and EVGA Percision of course.  The speed you can get out of a single can be greater then classic harddrives set up in Raid 0, not to mentions much more reliable.  This would help make my mod rig faster all around.

A new SSD would certainly improve the way my computer is running drastically. A main purpose I'd use it for is to transfer files faster through Windows. And then finally make my game loading times and run times a beast.

i use to encode movies and play games surf internet 24/7. a SSD would certainly increase the performance of the system.

If i get an SSD it would be awesome because the hard drive I'm using is dying, when i play cod mw2 it makes an annoying sound. Its louder than the M4A1..... Good thing about SSD is that there are no moving parts, therefore i won't face this problem ever again.  I can always take advantage of fast booting window and better game performance.

I have 2 intel 80gb g1's in a raid 0 and I can run microsoft security essentials virus scan in under a Minute. Could use a SSD for the lapietop.

Hi,
I own 64GB SSD drive which acts as a system disk and caches my photoshop and premier work. I believe that the investment in SSD is really paid off. It so quiet and Win 7 on SSD loads extremely fast in comparison to Vista which is installed on regular disk.

I'm using my rig mostly for development and graphics. The major goal in design my rig was gaining the maximum level of silence. Quiet fans, noise absorption case and ofcourse quiet DISK.

It's almost noiseless and in comparison to regular disks which i heard from the other room.

VIVA SSD

When I fire up my current game rig I have five basic problems.

1. It boots slowly.
2. It draws tons of power and dims the lights.
3. It is loud.
4. My wife hates it when I game for hours.
5. My wife hates it when I say I need TRIM.

An SSD would solve the first 3 of my problems and also reduce the likelihood she would notice I have slipped off to fire it up in the first place.  It could also satisfy my lustful need for TRIM so sending me an SSD to be used as a bootdrive in my windows 7 gaming rig could save my marriage.

Please help.

That depends on which SSD you are using generally speaking yes, but they do require some proper tweaking in order to achieve their maximum potential.  Personally I have been using the 1st Generation G.Skill Falcons 64GB for about a year now, I went through firmware versions 1571 & 1819.  My synopsis from using the same brand and size on both of my gaming systems has been quit enjoyable.  But to get these things to move you need to do some minor tweaks in your registry most of tweaks are my own preferences, but out of my two drives they are going a year strong with no write or read deterioration.  One last thing I would like to ad is learn the art of disc imaging if you're going to do some heavy benchmarking or registry editing.
 
The Good
1.  Loaded times are much faster than any SCSI drive or Velociraptor.
2.  Mobile platforms can benefit from improved power configurations and run longer.
3.  Reliability being shock-proof really a mobile benefit, but I feel it deserves mentions.
 
The Bad
1.  Smaller GB sizes when compared to platter drives.
2.  Price to GB ratio.
3.  Advanced configuration for basic users.
 
Here is a list I made a while back on the G.Skill Forum http://gskill.us/forum/showthread.php?t=913
SSD Cheat Sheet Ver. 1.2:
 
Laptop BIO's Reset: Remove the battery and unplug the AC adapter from the laptop then hold down the power button for at least 30 seconds.
 
Enable Wiper/Trim for NVIDIA Nforce Boards: Go to \My Computer\\Properties\\Device Manager\\IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers\\NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller\ go ahead and Update Driver Software. Then click on “Browse My Computer for Driver Software”, Choose “Let Me Pick from a List of Device Drivers on My Computer” and pick 'Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller' and hit ok.
 
Hibernation disable: Start new search then type and then hit regedit.exe in the search results list. At the command prompt, type “powercfg.exe -h off”, and then press enter, then type exit and enter.
 
Write-cache enabled: Right click on the SSD Properties in device manager, go to policies and enable “Write Caching on The Disk”. There is no need for the quick removal option as the SSD will never be removed from the computer checked and enable “Advanced Performance”.
 
Temporary Internet Folder: Under Internet Explorer go to the “Tools”, then to which will bring up Internet Options, then go to Browser History and hit “Settings”, Go to Current Location and hit “Move Folder” then proceed to move the folder to your alternate location, IE secondary Drive or a None SSD or OS drive.
 
Defrag disabled: Right click on the SSD drive \Properties\\Tools\\Defragment\ and un-check “Schedule Defragment This Drive”.
 
Boot Defrag disable: Start add search entry under Run then type and then hit regedit.exe. Go to \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\ SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Dfrg\\BootOptimizeFunction\\E nable\ modify then type N and click OK.
 
System Restore disabled: Right click \My Computer\\Properties\\Advanced System Settings\\System Protection Tab\ and un-check C drive and follow on screen instructions.
 
Search Indexing disabled: \Start\\Control Panel\\Administrative Tools\\Services\ then scroll down to “Windows Search” and right click\ properties and change startup type to disabled.
 
Drive Indexing disabled: For both “SSD and RAM Drives” My Computer then right-click on the SSD drive properties and un-check “Drive Indexing”. Follow the small wizard guide and wait for it to finish.
 
Superfetch disabled: Start new search entry under Run, then type and then hit regedit.exe. Go to \Hkey_local_machine\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Co ntrol\\Session Manager\\Memory Management\\PrefetchParameters then right click EnableSuperfetch. Hit modify and change 3 to 0 and hit OK, Also this can be done through \Start\\Control Panel\\Administrative Tools\\Services, then scroll down to superfetch and make sure it’s "disabled" on startup.
 
Prefetch disabled: Start new search entry under Run, then type and then hit regedit.exe. Go to Hkey_local_machine\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Con trol\\Session Manager\\Memory Management\\PrefetchParameters then right click Enableprefetcher then hit modify and change 3 to 0 and hit OK.
 
Pagefile disabled: Right click \My Computer\\Properties\\Advanced System Settings\\Advanced Tab\\Performance\\Settings\\Advanced Tab\\Virtual Memory\ and then hit change, un-check "Automatically Manage Paging File for all Drives" then check "No Paging File" and hit set.
 
Moving the Pagefile: Go to “System Properties”. Click “Advanced System Settings” there on settings under “Performance”. Hit the “Change” button under “Virtual Memory”. The Virtual Memory window opens and it will display all drive partitions on top and the size of their paging files. Select your Solid State Drive and check the “No Paging File” entry. Click the Set button to set the new preferences. Now select another hard drive and assign the pagefile to that drive if you have more than two drives
 
Move the “Temp and Tmp” files: Go to \My Computer\\Properties\\Advanced\\Environment Variables\, then highlight the "temp or tmp" depending on which one you’re working on, pick the variable, click edit, and Change the path to another hard drive if they are located on the Solid State with the “Variable Value Field”.
 
PIO Mode: Make sure the SSD is not running in PIO mode. To verify that go into the Device Manager, open IDE ATA / ATAPI controllers and double-click all Primary and Secondary IDE Channels. Verify that there are no signs of PIO Mode under the Current Transfer Mode entry in Advanced Settings. It should list Ultra DMA Mode 5 by default on there.

A ssd would be used to allow for a better responsive system, with the ssd acting as a inter-storage solution where I can use it more as a very large and fast swap file (that holds my OS and games) and that would allow me for faster load times and a better way to handle the waterfall of data storage speeds without using large ram drives (and really expensive and high density ram).

The cray supercomputers focused on getting as much data to the processor as possible and eliminating the bottlenecks that others simply ignored in their designs, and thus it was one of the faster commercial mainframe in it's time. I aim to do the same with this ssd.

I notice after having 2 Velociraptors in RAID-0 32k Strip as a Primary OS partition that going to an X25-M G2 the boot-up time from a cold start on a 4.2ghz i7 with 6GB's at 1600 on an EVGA X58 SLI was nearly identical.

The fact of having 798gbs of free partition vs only 74.4 with only 8.7gb's with only system files to make my pc operate with it's peripheral software is nearly not enough.  This being said I did not install any games on the Primary OS drive and have everything on my storage HD which si 500GB of just games of 465GBs and only 89.7gbs left.  Having music, videos, and other patches on that already made it overflow so I had to use my 300gb which is 298gb of use and that only has 121gbs left. This being only a 64gb contest would give the people recieving the HD a headache and find out it's not enough to install everything they want.

The winners of the Kingston hard drive contest can only use this for special business software and/or offloading all their games off their main to it because using it as an OS drive for Windows 7 x64 Ultimate is not enough.

I deserve to win because I know the reason what is should it only be used for.

SSD hard drive are well worth the extra money if you are strictly interested in performance.  I have read some awful stories about SSD hard drives and was weary when i purchased my OCZ Agility 60GB SSD.  I have all my games installs on this drive and they load up super fast.  I am actually in the market to purchase another one and put my OS on it.  I would like to get all top ratings of 7's in windows 7 64 bit.   

I am a believer in the SSD hard drivers.  The read and write speeds are unmatched.  

The short and sweet of it is that I'm tired of my PC rating suffering because of the hard drive. Everything else in my case scores 7.1 or higer in the Windows Rating; except for the hard drive. It is a sad little 5.2 and needs to be retired as a system drive. Is this a petty reason? Probably, but has a PC gamer, we are proud of our babies, and want them to be the best they can be. And, sometimes, that's hard to do when you have to balance upgrades with a household budget.

SSD will increase my 3Dmark to a higher Level!

I just built a system for myself after gaming on a laptop for about 2 years.  All of the parts are pretty high end but I saved a little when it came to hard drives and that is now my bottleneck.  I toyed with the idea of setting up RAID but it has such mixed reviews that I didn't bother with the hassle.  SSD's on the other hand are universally praised and envied so it is a no-brainer but didn't fit my budget at the time of build.

I would use this drive for the OS (Windows 7) to get boot times maximized and to run my favorite sim (iRacing) so I can be the first out on track every time.  That can make a major difference when qualifying to get in clean laps without dealing with traffic and to get in as many laps per session as possible.

Mod Rigs System
http://www.evga.com/commu...omment.asp?sysid=19661

I am a college student at the university of iowa struggling to pay my bills as well as to (forgive me if this sounds corny) for fill my passion for becoming a DJ. With constant HDD failures  from companies like seagate  and western digital, maybe a kingston ssd might be able to change my luck and secure a more reliable audition for my next DJ experience.

Thanks