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I have a friend who has asked me for help getting him a new computer. He's never had a computer before, and he's really asking to go super-cheap on this one (we're talking on the order of ¥5000) and while I can certainly help him on that, this got me thinking:

 

What's the lowest CPU that you would recommend using an SSD with?

 

I know that some people use a SATA III SSD on older SATA II interfaces and that it still makes for a nice boost in snappiness despite the bottleneck, but I've also had a laptop with a SATA III interface that had an AMD E-350 which just wasn't powerful enough to take advantage of my SSD (we're talking zero noticeable performance increase), which is why I have my A10 laptop now. But then there are the single-core Celeron processors in the low-end NUCs, and those have to use SSDs, which implies that they're designed to be reasonably zippy on an SSD.

 

Now don't take this the wrong way, I'm not just going to go out with him and grab an SSD for him, this is just out of curiosity based on him asking me for help.

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doesnt matter, its a substantial upgrade in almost every system. A friend of mine put it into a core 2 duo laptop with sata2 interface and he said he had noticeable speed increase. Then again, its not that great of a deal when the pc costs less than the ssd :D

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SNIP

 

Even on a basic pentium I notice a substantial performance upgrade

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That's not really how that works. 

Was for me when I did it. Then again... Brazos...

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Really any relatively new CPUs will benefit from it

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Was for me when I did it. Then again... Brazos...

 

I have upgraded E series processor laptops at work and had massive increases in performance

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I have upgraded E series processor laptops at work and had massive increases in performance

Funny... Must have just been something dodgy with that particular laptop. I didn't get anything on that laptop. It was okay for a while doing what I did on it (word, surfing, etc) but then I found some friends who helped me become a proper PC enthusiast. I grabbed an SSD as soon as I had enough money from my job, first thing I ever bought online, and... nothing happened. It still took ages to load. Weird.

 

Nowadays, I'm stressing my laptop way too much with Handbrake and the like, that's why I made sure it was moderately powerful this time. The SSD turned that laptop magical.

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I have to agree with most the comments here.  When I bought all new hardware, My SSD was at the local amazon warehouse (the rest wasn't) and was at my house first.. I noticed it was a GREAT increase in my performance with a Screwed up CPU and Mobo

Old Specs were: CPU- AMD Anthlon X2 5000+ 2.4Ghz Dual-core, Some crappy foxconn Mobo, EVGA 550ti, 600W psu, etc

And the HDD was still good, Actually still use it for my music storage and some steam games (Rest are on my Terra, and 2 or 3 on SSD)

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Was for me when I did it. Then again... Brazos...

"Lowest recommended CPU for an SSD." This is what I was referring to. 

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Well. cheers, everyone, for the clarifications. :D You guys are why I love this forum so much. I can ask questions for clarification and get proper answers.

Wish I could make everyone's answer the best answer (as they all are, really) so I'll just throw it up for grabs. First one to claim dibs gets their answer posted as Best Answer.

GO FORTH!

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I have a friend who has asked me for help getting him a new computer. He's never had a computer before, and he's really asking to go super-cheap on this one (we're talking on the order of ¥5000) and while I can certainly help him on that, this got me thinking:

 

What's the lowest CPU that you would recommend using an SSD with?

 

I know that some people use a SATA III SSD on older SATA II interfaces and that it still makes for a nice boost in snappiness despite the bottleneck, but I've also had a laptop with a SATA III interface that had an AMD E-350 which just wasn't powerful enough to take advantage of my SSD (we're talking zero noticeable performance increase), which is why I have my A10 laptop now. But then there are the single-core Celeron processors in the low-end NUCs, and those have to use SSDs, which implies that they're designed to be reasonably zippy on an SSD.

 

Now don't take this the wrong way, I'm not just going to go out with him and grab an SSD for him, this is just out of curiosity based on him asking me for help.

Im planning to buy a ssd for my laptop (2x1.4ghz pentium...........) and will be hoping for god thatll stop the win7 from lagging around...

i do believe a ssd is an upgrade in most cases at least, if its not a processor from 2010 or earlier id say.

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