So I read the article that was posted yesterday about installing a Solid State Disk. I understand that the demonstration was done on an Apple, however I have a couple of questions about doin this to a PC.
First thing though... if there is another thread on here that explains this, it would be greatly appreciated to be directed to the proper thread.
Ok here we go.. What exactly am I doin to the PC? Am I taking out the hard drive? (can I take out the hard drive?) I know that I do the mod by taking out the optical drive. (thats the CD/DVDRW right?) By doin this how is it making my PC faster?
I am curious; if taking out the optical drive, and replacing it with the SSD makes the PC faster, then why not do the same with the actual hard drive?
Once the mod is complete. How difficult is it to replace my software ie.. Windows and Traktor.
And last.. Is it worth it? Should I just buy a new laptop? I looked into the prices of SSD's and I found, for 400 I can purchase the SSD (not the best one...but still.) a new hard drive that pushes 10,000 rpm (only 130 Gigs tho) and through the help of the Techtools family, I can rule the world.
But still... I found comps with some powerful processers. 2.5GHz for 500. So what should I do? I dont have any clue on what the processor really does. I just understand that, faster is better.
I currently have an HP DV5 that has 2.00 GHz processor speed and 2 gigs of RAM. My hardrive is about half full (All tracks are on external) But it runs real loud. Traktor seems to crash when ever it wants to, or its slow. I use a VCI 100 (firmware upgrade to 1.3) and a Kontrol X1. My VCI's left deck dont work (Might have Flashed it wrong) but my X1 works perfectly. If i run the software through my internal sound card of my laptop and just mix through my head phones, the software runs really good. However, If i use my external sound card, then the latency is horrible. So playing a party is unwise at this point.
So all these issues I have with my gear.... can they be solved by installing these Solid State Disks?
Thanks my people. Any help would be much appreciated.
Here is a mix for ya. Using the VCI 100 and the Kontrol X1.
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