Just Upgraded to a SSD and Its Not That Fast

aramp1

aramp1

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I just replaced my Raptor with a 50G PCI-4 X4 OCZ Retrodrive (which I have Windows and programs only on) and I don't notice any speed improvement. I'm guessing my old processer is holding me back a bit, but I'm just wondering if there's anything I can do to speed things up a bit.

Here's the basics:
ASUS P5Q PRO Motherboard
Intel Pentium 4 LGA775 3.20 GHz
4 Gb RAM
Windows 7 SP1 64 GB

Thoughts and suggestions welcome!
 
Have you not noticed any improvement in your startup times? That would be unusual. The other benefits you should be seeing would be programs starting faster, quicker file searches and transfers, and anything that scans through files like a virus scan should work much faster. Most other programs won't see much of a benefit other than the quicker startup.
 
i may be asking a pretty stupid question but did you install with the system board with your boot device in ACHI mode?
 
also check OCZ forums they might have worst rebate service, ok products but their forums are great helpful. it shows you how to do step by step on each SSD you might have OS installed.
 
I go along with what everyone else has said.

PCI SSD is a little diff animal than the standard SSD.
I'd start @ OCZ and see if there's something that needs to be different from the way you set up. Also look for driver update and FW releases.

If it's this one, my quick look found a couple important things like , defrag must be manually disabled and a recent driver update.
http://www.ocztechnology.com/ocz-revodrive-pci-express-ssd.html
Your mb is listed here and appears that it "Tested in PCI-E_2". You may need a certain bios revision.
http://www.ocztechnology.com/displaypage.php?name=revo_ibis_moboguide
 
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and if it's installed in a sata socket that isn't fast enough to show a speed increase. I've heard that the newest drives (the vertex 3 at least) get a serious performamce drop by using outdated ports
 
Okay, I'm sorry about my description. It is fast. I just thought it'd be a lot faster than it is. I did read the sticky (before I even bought the drive actually) and installed it using the OCZ instructions (which were pretty simple to follow). I didn't check if the drive was aligned correctly, but I will. I'll also do some reading over at the OCZ forums. Thanks for the suggestions.
 
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Looking at your other specs, load times should have improved quite a bit, but you would still be seeing a relatively slow system, at least compared to a more "up to date" one, because of, mainly, the processor
 
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