Reviews - SK hynix SH910A SSD 256GB

[HEXUS]

Where value meets performance.

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[Jowsey]

Two and a half years ago, I put a 60gb SSD into a somewhat lower end computer (A8-3870K, 8gb 1333 mhz ram, using iGPU) for the pretty penny of about £90 plus delivery.

By any standard it's a bit of a lame duck, it never really excelled but it has not degraded like I thought it would. The entire thing is going strong and even bloated with windows 7 (which, btw, has FILLED the SSD now even thought I don't install any programs on it) it still boots up in about 30 - 40 seconds.


So what I'm trying to say is that it is fantastic that this king of performance can be had for so cheap now, but an SSD will genuinely lengthen the span of ANY systems life span by a very noticeable margin. And as long as it doesn't die (which is what I fear my Agility 3 will do soon) it will probably be just fine for your next system.


All cheers to solid state storage ! HURRAH !

[watercooled]

To clear some space, you could try running disk cleanup, then 'clean up system files'; there are now options to remove old update and service pack backup files which can save a good few GB. Also if you don't use hibernation, you could disable that to save an an amount roughly equivalent to the size of your RAM.

On the subject of the review though, IMO it's nice to see Hynix enter the retail SSD business, and their first entry looks to be a solid performer.

[Jowsey]

To clear some space, you could try running disk cleanup, then 'clean up system files'; there are now options to remove old update and service pack backup files which can save a good few GB. Also if you don't use hibernation, you could disable that to save an an amount roughly equivalent to the size of your RAM.

On the subject of the review though, IMO it's nice to see Hynix enter the retail SSD business, and their first entry looks to be a solid performer.

Thanks! I didn't know about the new disk cleanup! However, i've already turned off hibernation, scary!!

[Kumagoro]

When you turn off hibernation, the hibernation file doesn't seem to get deleted in win 7 at least I have found.

If you run a CMD as an administrator and put

powercfg -h off (or something along this lines)

It well delete the file too.

I find the temp area in app data > local in the users profiles seems to accumulate stuff and never empties itself.

[watercooled]

Yeah that's the way I've always done it, and TBH the only way I know of besides disabling it for individual power profiles?

[Agent]

If you're unsure where your space has gone, check out Spacesniffer.

[watercooled]

I use Windirstat myself, which does something similar.