2012-07-15, 08:03
Just thought that I'd post my impressions.
Windows 7 x 64, XBMC 11.0 Eden, HUGE library of 2000+ movies, and I think 12,000+ episodes, using the Customizable Confluence skin. I bought the Samsung 830 series SSD to go into my Asrock ION 3303 and replace the 5400 rpm hard drive that comes with it.
Three letters summarize my impressions: OMG!!!
My XBMC was getting a little bit sluggish, although I've done a ton of customization and performance tweaking. Or maybe because of that tweaking.
Anyway, everything is much faster - opening up XBMC, booting up, remote control clicks, moving up and down in levels within XBMC, updating the library.
Because of that, XBMC is once again - AWESOME!!!!!
(A couple of tips - install Windows 7 FRESH onto your SSD. There are some optimizations that Windows 7 does that won't be caught if you do a ghost image with Acronis or Ghost Norton. IMPORTANT - if you simply copy and paste your XBMC folder in AppData to the new XBMC AppData folder, your XBMC database will be copied over and won't have to be rediscovered).
Windows 7 x 64, XBMC 11.0 Eden, HUGE library of 2000+ movies, and I think 12,000+ episodes, using the Customizable Confluence skin. I bought the Samsung 830 series SSD to go into my Asrock ION 3303 and replace the 5400 rpm hard drive that comes with it.
Three letters summarize my impressions: OMG!!!
My XBMC was getting a little bit sluggish, although I've done a ton of customization and performance tweaking. Or maybe because of that tweaking.
Anyway, everything is much faster - opening up XBMC, booting up, remote control clicks, moving up and down in levels within XBMC, updating the library.
Because of that, XBMC is once again - AWESOME!!!!!
(A couple of tips - install Windows 7 FRESH onto your SSD. There are some optimizations that Windows 7 does that won't be caught if you do a ghost image with Acronis or Ghost Norton. IMPORTANT - if you simply copy and paste your XBMC folder in AppData to the new XBMC AppData folder, your XBMC database will be copied over and won't have to be rediscovered).