SSD vs PCI SSD

[offremike]

I'm thinking of having either a PCI SSD as my Windows 7 (or windows 10 when it officially releases). But im not sure if going with an SSD is the better solution. I'm only trying to stay within the 500GB range for space. 

I primarily wanted to use PCI SSD because it frees up my SATA ports and i only planned to have a video card, possibly a sound card (so i should have the space for it).

 

Any thoughts?

[SSOB]

A regular SSD is the way to go.

[WereCat]

PCI SSD is a LOT faster but a LOT more expensive. I think that SATA SSD will be more than enough for your OS.

[offremike]

Can someone explain why I'd have to "trim" my ssd and what that does? i was told that before when i had my first SSD and it started to randomly reboot my computer.

[DarkEnergy]

I would go with regular SSD. You can use it for other things too. 

[Zinqs]

Regular ssd

[SSOB]

Can someone explain why I'd have to "trim" my ssd and what that does? i was told that before when i had my first SSD and it started to randomly reboot my computer.

TRIM keeps SSD performace nice and snappy. Without it the SSD would degrade fast. 

[offremike]

TRIM keeps SSD performace nice and snappy. Without it the SSD would degrade fast. 

 

How do you do it? or is it a complicated process?

[FizzyFantom]

How do you do it? or is it a complicated process?

Depending on your OS it could be very simple. In Windows 7/8/8.1 it will automatically be set to use TRIM if your SATA drives are set to AHCI in your BIOS. You can easily check this, it's usually called something like "Configure SATA as". This tutorial should be able to help you if you have it set to IDE:

http://www.askvg.com/how-to-change-sata-hard-disk-mode-from-ide-to-ahci-raid-in-bios-after-installing-windows/

 

You can download Crystal Disk Info to check if TRIM is working on your SSD:

http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html

It will be listed in black under "Features" like this: