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pow |
posted on 29th Oct 10 at 15:21 |
I'm getting the idea that this isn't worth it really. The M11x is a laptop with one 2.5@ SATA bay. | |
Bart |
posted on 27th Oct 10 at 18:01 |
I bought 3x 60gb Samsung SSDs when they were on offer @ £90 each! they're back up tpo £153. | |
pow |
posted on 27th Oct 10 at 16:45 |
I'm not sure that the M11x is SATA3 compatable though :| | |
Rob_Quads |
posted on 27th Oct 10 at 11:25 |
quote: Its cheaper because its the older gen slower version. IMO its not worth going for an SSD unless you go for one of the faster ones which are currently around the 190 mark for one that does Read 285MB/s, Write 275MB/s. These are approaching the most we are going to see from the SATA2 breed of SSDs. The speeds are only going to get quicker but soon will be limited by other things i.e. SATA3 discs will be when they really start to make a huge difference but then you will need SATA3 capable hardware which is quite rate at the moment. Take a look at scan - they are very good at showing the comparitive speeds of the discs in the titles which make comparing them much eaier i.e. http://www.scan.co.uk/Shop/Computer-Hardware/All/Hard-Drives-SSD/Solid-State-Drives-%28SSD-18-25%29-80GB-500GB | |
Neo |
posted on 27th Oct 10 at 11:13 |
quote: They used to, we managed to kill a few SSD's in a matter of days constantly writing data to them. This was about 3 1/2 years ago however. I would hope they have sorted the issue by now though. | |
noshua |
posted on 27th Oct 10 at 09:41 |
Do these drives still have a limited number of read/write cycles as well as the speed dramatically decreasing as the drive fills up? | |
VrsTurbo |
posted on 27th Oct 10 at 09:38 |
but i would stay its not worth it unless your running apps that you want to open quicker or games. | |
VrsTurbo |
posted on 27th Oct 10 at 09:37 |
quote: that would be great if the laptop could have 2 harddiscs | |
Nismo |
posted on 27th Oct 10 at 09:33 |
Why get such a large SSD, just get a 40Gb SSD for like £50 and whack the OS on it, then stick a 500gb / 1Tb SATA in for docs & data. | |
pow |
posted on 26th Oct 10 at 21:34 |
Had the Alienware now for 4 months, love it it's brilliant. |