Pimp my laptop
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Hi guys,
I am planning to make my laptop a bit faster and decided to
buy a new HDD.
Has anyone any experiences with those flash memory hard discs?
How fast do they really are in comparison with a normal SATA hdd
(boot-up speed, data transfer rate,...)?
Also I've noticed now, that there are hdds with a spinning speed
of 7200 rpms - didn't know that before, I thought 5400 rpms was
the fastest for 2.5" discs.
How about heat issues with using 7200rpm hdds in a laptop?
Could imagine that such a hdd fries the hardware pretty much...!
I am planning to make my laptop a bit faster and decided to
buy a new HDD.
Has anyone any experiences with those flash memory hard discs?
How fast do they really are in comparison with a normal SATA hdd
(boot-up speed, data transfer rate,...)?
Also I've noticed now, that there are hdds with a spinning speed
of 7200 rpms - didn't know that before, I thought 5400 rpms was
the fastest for 2.5" discs.
How about heat issues with using 7200rpm hdds in a laptop?
Could imagine that such a hdd fries the hardware pretty much...!
- 3DOKid
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For the £ per Mb it's not really worth it in my opinion. I would rather have 500Gb HDD and wait an extra 5 seconds.
having said that booting is quite a bit quicker, but day to day access to the drive it's not massively noticeable to be honest. Plus the quality of SD HDD's is a fairly broad spectrum with only the best one being truly worth the expense.
having said that booting is quite a bit quicker, but day to day access to the drive it's not massively noticeable to be honest. Plus the quality of SD HDD's is a fairly broad spectrum with only the best one being truly worth the expense.
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So, I have been looking into this.
Seems the OCZ are quick for sequential loads. i.e. improves boot times but not so hot where there are lots of 4k read/writes. Also, the OCZ ones seem to have a lot of failures. Looking at their forums, there are a lot of unhappy customers.
Intel use a different controller chip and have fewer unhappy customer. It seems intel are a little slower on the sequential reads (so they boot a wee bit slower) but the 4k file is a lot better.
I'm toying with this or Samsung Galaxy Tab 10"
Although, I don't really need either. So, i'll probably get neither. (oh to be young again )
Seems the OCZ are quick for sequential loads. i.e. improves boot times but not so hot where there are lots of 4k read/writes. Also, the OCZ ones seem to have a lot of failures. Looking at their forums, there are a lot of unhappy customers.
Intel use a different controller chip and have fewer unhappy customer. It seems intel are a little slower on the sequential reads (so they boot a wee bit slower) but the 4k file is a lot better.
I'm toying with this or Samsung Galaxy Tab 10"
Although, I don't really need either. So, i'll probably get neither. (oh to be young again )
- JohnnyDude
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Buzz!!!!
I'm just throwing my vote in that I love the SDD disk I got. Everything is legitimately faster. Also, there's no noise.
It's all about price though. I've seen cheap deals show up like $100 for 94Gb.
Hm, and I suppose if it were down to that or a sweet juicy tablet as a toy, I'd go with the galaxy tab, 3DOKid.
I'm just throwing my vote in that I love the SDD disk I got. Everything is legitimately faster. Also, there's no noise.
It's all about price though. I've seen cheap deals show up like $100 for 94Gb.
Hm, and I suppose if it were down to that or a sweet juicy tablet as a toy, I'd go with the galaxy tab, 3DOKid.