# Custom Gaming Systems (Wow ) **URL:** \ **Category:** Marketplace\ **Created:** [December 9, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-gaming-systems-wow/563598 "2010-12-09T23:58:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![heavyarms553](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/779978/32.png) [@heavyarms553](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heavyarms553)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-gaming-systems-wow/563598/41 "2011-09-22T15:06:23Z")
Quick question, do solid state drives dramatically improve load times? ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-gaming-systems-wow/563598/42 "2011-09-22T16:34:50Z")
[Depends on your setup.](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1280&bih=644&q=solid+state+drive+load+times) There’s definitely going to be an improvement, but how much depends on what exact hardware you’re comparing, as well as other factors that may affect boot and load times. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-gaming-systems-wow/563598/43 "2011-09-28T02:41:40Z")
> [@heavyarms553](#): > > Quick question, do solid state drives dramatically improve load times? Yup and there are fun new toys in the form of Hybrid SSD’s that combine an 8GB SSD with a 500GB standard hard drive. They shift the most commonly used files to the SSD portion. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-gaming-systems-wow/563598.md?page=2)