My wallet drive is the biggest bottleneck of my pc.

"The biggest bottleneck, besides your internet co-" *buffers* sigh...

I genuinely had a a buffering symbol happen exactly at the "aside from your internet connection" which I thought was a joke until I realised IT WAS ACTUALLY BUFFERING. Linus ... YOU MONSTER!

Nice saxophone sound coming from the trumpet picture :)

When I upgraded my HDD to an SSD on my laptop, it was like I bought a new computer.

Where can i download SSD?

That sponsor transition was so smooth, just like my face after going to the dollar shave club.

1:31 I can imagine someone watching this years later thinking, ha that's slow

I'll stick with my good ol' floppy drives idk about everyone else

I get a new HDD and a new SSD and now I can watch these "Fast As Possible" videos as fast as possible.

That wasn't as fast as possible. "Buy a Samsung 850 Evo in whatever size you need" See that was fast.

If found myself at home with no fresh shaving supplies but dollar shave club won't ship to me so I'll have to live with a full beard and hairy balls.

and it shows in recomended after i buy an SSD 😁

Incredibly informative. Didn't know how fast SSDs could wear out. Watching a ton of your SSD stuff in this sitting!

*"Speaking of a crisis, what if you found yourself at home...!?"*

Thanks, Linus! My lawnmower repair guy randomly told me that his computer is slow, and if I can fix it, maybe I'll start doing in-home repairs. From you, I've learned an SSD and a stick of RAM may be the key to saving his office computer, and Freshbooks will be my go-to software to try if I decide to start doing this full time!

ssd wear leveling/trim/smaart, etc as fast as possible. Does anybody know where to find out which drives use static vs dynamic wear leveling?

LOL, as soon as he said "Your internet connection, am I right?", the video started buffering.

4:06 epic inhale xD

Love how i learn something new every now and then from you linus. Thanks :) And good fortune to you forward!

I quiet admire how Linux relates the video topic to the ad at last.Damn he gets it everytime

Thank you so much for this, Linus. This should be the standard for reviewing SSD benchmarks.

I am getting ready to build a computer, you help me so much! I like all your videos and I subbed. What makes you different is your jokes which are hilarious and help us all learn by you making it fun to learn it.

5:20 'Razor blades' - I see what you did there Linus ;)

SSD saved my Pentium 2 computer lol

Forget 4K performance; what about 1080p performance?

Hi, is it only ssd with os like windows should be left with around 25% free space? But what about ssd that's just used as for games or other apps, is it ok to pretty much fill it up?

Wow, that was the best LTT video I've seen in a while. Not that any of the other ones were bad just that that one was great. I heartily agree about that internet. We can't even get Comcast where we live so As far as updates went I didn't get much boost. :P but it did change my pc. Its start time is about 8 sec now with win 10.

Nice, I actually needed this video :)

I have a 120gb ssd as my boot drive, and I absolutely love it (considering i got it for free). Made my computer feel so snappy and my hdd storage drive is actually really organized now.

I have a nvme boot drive, however i want to change my storage hdd to ssd as my hdd is failing. So would it be a good idea to buy a dram less bx500 1tb only for storage drive?

Can someone tell me please where do I need to setup my Gamrs/programs? Into my ssd or hdd? Thanks

Floppy disk master race!!!!

Dennis As Fast As Possible

+Techquickie Please suggest SSD and 8GB RAM of which brand and model I should buy for my Dell 7559 with configuration of Core i7 6700Q, 8GB RAM and 4GB 960GTX Graphics Card?

Hi, i bought the crucial MX500 500-GB SSD and the actual usable drive size is only 465-GB is this normal? thx.

I use SSD's as my boot drive and for gaming. Gone of the days I use to use HDD's for that task.

This guy is very good. I like his videos! I work doing support on a large scale with computers and servers. I found with the SSD drives I have used, they all out performed regular hard disks. Some types are a bit faster than others, but for the average user under normal type work there is not much difference. On large servers where there is a lot of file access with multiple users then things can start to get critical to have the extra edge of performance. Stay with name brand SSD drives. Buy the drive from a reliable authorized source. When swapping out a hard disk for an SSD it is very important to properly set up the operating system to work safely with the SSD drive. For example disable defragmentation for the SSD drive. Turn off Indexing. Install a second data drive like an HHD for example, and use this drive for the system swap file. With an SSD is it best to write as little as possible to the drive. Most SSD drives have a write cycle life of 74TB. If a computer was to be writing 40GB per day the drive should last 5 years before failure. From what I have seen the average very active user would not be writing more than about 6GB to maybe about 12GB per day average. Best to be doing most of these writes to a second HHD drive. I use SSD drives for operating system and programs. I have everything set up to the writes on an HHD drive as a second drive.

what if my motherboard can't boot from it using a racer PCIe card?? I can read the drive as a secondary drive. Though I can't boot from it. Is there a way? another card maybe? or something I could use?

Hi Guys, I have a mini display port on my laptop and 144 Hz monitor with dual link DVI, If I connect them with some kind of adapter will i get 144 Hz? Thanks

Some extra content I would consider worth mentioning when discussing SSDs: 1. Memory cell types: although the initial problems of TLC of short lifespan and speed degredations (Samsung 840 EVO specifically) have been mostly resovled, MLC drives still tend to have much better write speeds and much better consistency and stability over time. 2. Performance under stress: the IOPS ratings consumer drives advertise are usually the performance seen on the first 1/4/8GB read/written. Then, when the drive drops into steady state, the random (especially write) performance can become quite nasty. This relates to garbage collection performance and is a major determinant to the drive's suitablity for RAID. If the firmware is not optimized enough there might even be 0 IOPS points, in which case the system freezes. In the real world this can happen right after transferring large files onto the SSD. This is one of the differences between high end and low end drives that manufacturers are usually unwilling to mention. 3. Power loss protection: different drives feature different levels of power loss protection. Low or mid end drives usually have no power loss protection; some high end drives have basic power loss protection that allows the FLT table to be updated and saved correctly during power outage (e.g. OCZ Vector 180); some high end drives have full power loss protection that allows the whole DRAM cache to be flushed to the NAND (e.g. Intel 730). This spec could be important to people with unstable AC power. 4. User comments on product: this might sound like common sense but many SSDs in the past have had strange issues that don't easily show. OCZ Vector 180, being a high end drive, has had freezing after large file deletion problems; Samsung 840 Pro, being advertized as an enterprise grade drive, has had abnormal performance degredations when using EXT3 or EXT4 file formats. And looking way back, Intel drives used to have the 8M bug and Micron drives used to have drive detection bugs. Being storage mediums, SSDs are not good unless they are stable, and those hidden issues have great impacts on overall stability. Choosing SSD may just be one of those topics that is too hard to explain clearly in one episode. For newbies, I guess the safest solution might just be to buy whatever other people are buying at a certain price point.

Are the Samsung 850 EVO great for loading games faster?

Hello Linus, I would like to know what else can I do after changing the C drive to a SSD drive to make my computer run faster in Windows 10 ? Thank you

I have a question. I got myself a fikwot fn960. How long can I expect it to last when properly cooled?

One Wipe Charlies As Fast As Possible.

Can you guys start adding links to the websites you mention in the description. For instance, you mentioned the Tech Report thread and I wanted to check it out but was stuck searching for it because the link wasn't there. It's a small gripe and if adding the links just takes too much time or some other reason fine but I noticed it's quite an inconvenience to your audience.

Linus, I am building a NAS Unraid system. What size SSD must I use? I have 4 1tb drives for the storage, 1 2tb drive for parity and I want to use the SSD for Cache drive. Hope you can advise me.

ok heres my question i currently have hdd only if* i buy a 128gigs ssd and clone my boot files in it and have all my other games in my hdd will my hdd still have the same hdd load speed in games or ssd speed please reply...thanks!

You are a great help. I have no clue about computers and you explain things perfectly.

I really hope that there will be breakthroughs on making the movable parts on an HDD stronger and more durable.

So what if I know I'm only going to install OS (win 10) and a few LARGE games (GTA V, BF1) on a 120gb ssd? Would these count as "large file transfer" or "smaller data transfer" because I'm only loading large files, but I'm not moving them around? So my question is, would I pay attention to sequential r/w speed or 4K?

Good stuff! Possibly could have touched on Nand architecture in this vid too.. TLC, MLC, SLC and the Pros/Cons of each.

Definitely a much needed video... Good info.

"You can use butt wipes on your face if you use it first on face, not butt" LOL!

I am trying to upgrade my Dell Inspiron 15 7537 and I am not sure which SSD to purchase in terms of compatibility. I am stuck between Crucial MX300 and the Samsung Evo 850. I am looking for 500 GB storage. Can anyone please help me here

I like the way to do the commercials. It is almost another kind of entertainment for your videos

I recently bought a Sandisk Ultra II and I've been really happy with it.

5:05 Linus has predicted the quarantine

Hi, Can I install a Samsung 850 EVO 2 TB Internal 2.5" MZ-75E2T0B/AM SSD Solid State Drive in Toshiba Satellite U925T-S2120?

Could you guys do a Tech Quickie about Latency, IOPS, Throughput and how it relates to storage devices (SSDs-NVME, SAS, SATA) or pools and maybe possible bottlenecks (Chipset vs CPU connected PCIE lanes) in the storage devices or pools? If you could cover enterprise storage in a server environment as well, it would be awesome.

Hi linus i was wondering if the Samsung 850 Evo is worth to buy or not? Or recommend me another brand of SSD which performs fast just like the Evo.

Man you ad announcement is really something!

My laptop has SATA-2 3Gb unfortunately... so which is the cheapest SSD I can buy to sort myslef for just a month or two while I wait for a good sale(and replace my first gen i3 laptop...)? my current dying drive is a WD Scorpio black 7200 rpm 320GB. thanks for any help!

what ssds are best for running raid? I have a 4 ssd raid 0 setup, and i get benches of 1.6 Gb/s transfers for large files, and decent windows performance, but the ssds by themselves are nothing special

Gah... that 50hz hum is making my head hurt... please would you figure out where it comes from and get rid of it?

I see a trumpet but I hear a saxophone.

If I have a laptop running windows 10 (origonaly vista) would it load be worth the upgrade if I put in 2GB of ram (it has 1GB) and an SSD (5400rpm)

I've had a SSD as my boot drive for almost 5 years, is there a program that can tell if I need to start looking at a replacement?

the bottleneck in my PC is my ancient ATI HD4870

My old HDD still going strong with over 24000+ hours.

Sir i just want to know the compatibility of my ssd and my motherboard, the exact brand of my SSD was "Transcend M.2 SSD 820S SATA III 6GB 240GB, is it okay to used it in my Asus Ex-a320m-gaming?

Hi Linus. Which ssd with 1Tb is your personal recommendation regarding reliabilty for 24/7 usage in a Qnap NAS? i found out that samsung 850 pro is pretty good. what do u think?

Omg, that was the best advertisement ever, may just sign up now. Whatever they're paying you for that, they should double it.

So.......what's the best SSD?

5:05 - Linus, I was enjoyin' my beard while you came up with this.

Honestly, any SSD from one of the big SSD makers (Samsung, Crucial) at any price point will be unnoticeable from any other SSD at the same price point. Write cycles are not important anymore either. You can put hundreds of terabytes on a modern name brand SSD before you get any performance degradation. And by the time that happens, which would probably take like 20 years or so on a normal computer, the technology will be so different that it's not even worth keeping an SSD.

so your saying replacing my bestbuys $200 laptop hard drive with a SSD make it faster?

please answer me which is better having partition of 200 gb hd or having 120 gb on ssd

i m a cheapo and i wana put a ssd just for making it my widows drive so i want 250 gb vich 1 shuld i get?

I need to sign up for Dollar shave club, my shit is bad LOL. Thanks for another video LTM

"As fast as possible?" *Sets to 1.25 Playback speed*

Hello, is it only ssd with os should be left with at least 1/4 of its total capacity empty? What about ssd that's just used for storage, gaming, installing other programs, should those be left with 1/4 of its total capacity empty as well? or it's ok for it to be almost full. Will it affect its lifespan and its performance?

well this clears up a lot for me, I coulda used this vid a year ago when searching for a good boot drive...

Linus media group as fast as possible?

...this didn't really help me.

so i want to start getting ssd's but i'm broke atm [need to save up(price is not a problem)]...if i just wanted an ssd to run windows (so small but fast) what should i get?

Hello, I need a solution to factory reset Samsung 128gb SSD. Hdparm on linux confirm the SSD security is set to maximum, and DCO - frozen. Samsung does not provide support for those models. All linux command I tried failed to restore DCO, hdat2 also failed. In windows SSD appear as unallocated space. Formating on windows -`` I.O error, windows can`t formate these drive`.

Power supply tier lists as fast as possible

Would game loading be faster on a SSD?

Guys I have something I need help with. I switched from W7 to Kali Linux 2016 as my main OS. For some reason wireless is less effective when connecting in Kali than in Windows. My room is the farthest from the router and Kali is too slow to even launch Ice Weasel. If I move closer to the router it works but really slow. I never had this problem with W7 on the same laptop so I know it isn't my card. Should I change drivers maybe? If so what driver should I use?

Good stuff. I hadn't seen this info explained before.

The pictures behind you suggested that an SSD will compress jpeg images. Possibly just a mistake in your background images. But they can't. JPEG is not further compressible (well, not without permanent loss of quality).

New editor?

What happens when a fusion drive runs out of ssd cells? Does the drive still work?

I am completely lost with this kind of stuff, therefore would like to ask you a question....I have an HP Envy x360 m6 convertible laptop, and use it for music creation/production. Would this be any help in making laptop run better? If so recommended ssd?

SSD is "must have" now in PC

Search in Google - best ssd drive hdpixels Select HDpixels Enjoy

what about slc and mlc ssd's? I am thinking about getting a dual level cell ssd for the increase in speed.

The dollar shave club plug was almost as funny as their warehouse ad... thanks linus

4:06 Best inhale 2016.