Intel 730 SERIES 2.5-Inch 240GB vs Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5-Inch? which one i better for gaming?
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I chose Intel because I use it more often. I play World of Warcraft and raid alot and wanted to "feel" safe while playing/raiding. My system boots up and I am playing WoW within 45 seconds from the time that I push the power button on. Entering instances are usually 5 seconds faster than those who don't have SSD.
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I think that intel 730 is better than samsung 840 evo. Because samsung 840 evo has a problem with old files. If you want samsung 840 evo. You should install patched firmware of it.
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SU7300 is way better since it supports Intel Virtualization and has an extra 1 MB L2 Cache. Performance depends a lot on L2 Cache. I would go with SU7300 for an extra $50
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same model and number.. Will do most likely same performance, I heard that Evga has bad customer services. I would pick galaxy than.
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The Lenovo website has a few different models. Exactly which one are you talking about? 59370007 Seems to be the closest, it has the same CPU, RAM and GPU combo. Only difference is it has a 24GB SSD hybrid and costs a little more ($1049 + tax). I don't think the 24GB SSD gives enough performance boost to justify the $100 extra.
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There is not enough difference to justify the price increase. Adding an SSD to this laptop will make a huge difference in speed, and it is not slow as is. This one for example Samsung 840 Series 2.5 inch 120GB SATA III internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7TD120BW
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The short answer is yes. That motherboard has a M.2 connector and supports a 42mm length NGFF SSD. However, if you are going to use the M.2 socket for an SSD that will be your primary operating system (OS) drive, then there are much better choices, i.e. Samsung XP941 and Plextor M6e PX-G256M6e, both of which use the PCIe interface rather than SATA. The PCIe interface is significantly faster and much more robust than the SATA III (6GB/sec) could ever hope to be. On the other hand, if you are just intending to use that M.2 socket for a cache drive to hopefully accelerate a mechanical hard drive on which you have placed your OS, then I suppose it would be acceptable for that purpose. However that would be a BIG MISTAKE!! You have selected a first-class Z97 motherboard for your system foundation, and therefore, you should tap into its significant potential for delivering blazing performance. Than means NOT using mechanical hard drives for anything other than data storage. Any system related drives should be SSDs, and since you have a M.2 socket onboard, then take advantage of that cutting-edge technology and populate it with a PCIe SSD. The Samsung model has 4 lanes and the Plextor has 2 lanes. Right now, the Samsung is only available online from an overseas source, but both Amazon and Newegg sell the Plextor 256GB model for $219.99, which is a good deal. Take a good look at the Plextor specs and you'll see that it delivers about a 170% increase in performance over a comparable SATA model. That would be the way to go! Hope that helps. The Beagle
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im currently using one with 750gb. So far so good. as long as its 2.5in SATA HDD should be fine.
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Sata 6gb, the difference is speed...to benefit from the 6gbs, you have to have a compatible motherboard or else it will work on 3gbs (which would be fast anyways)
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I tried a hybrid drive and it gave me similar performance to a SSD, 10 to 25% in initial load, no diference in between game load time and not much difference in start time. Basically not really worth it. The difference is like 36 sec vs 40 or 55 vs 102 sec.
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Ideally you want to go with a ssd/hdd combination. Purchase a ssd (I prefer Samsung Pro series...840/850)large enough for the os and your most frequently used applications. I would say no smaller than 240 Gbs at current prices, but larger would be better (480-500Gbs). Then go with a decently fast 4tb hdd for mass storage (WD black or if speed isn't an issue WD green). I would then purchase a separate external drive for back ups (4-6TBs depending on the size of the mass storage drive you choose). Hope this helps.
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Samsung Electronics 840 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5-Inch SATA III ... P.S. Be carful who u buy from on amazon, some people are reselling defective HyperDrives.
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I see the current ad states Z3770. When I bought it, it was Intel i3 processor. I can't say which is really current. Just looked it up. The one I bought was 11-6363BLK @ $799.99. Also it had 128 GB SSD, not 64 GB
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All SSD are backwards compatible. The only difference is in the SATA speeds. There is SATA I, SATA II and SATA III the respective transfer speeds are SATA I 1.5Gb / sec; SATA II 3.0 Gb/sec; and SATA III 6.0 Gb/sec. The Samsung 840 series are SATA III Capable. My mother board connection is a SATA I and I upgraded to this SSD without problems. You should have no issues either. The plus on this too is even though you will likely lose storage space since your computer was installed with a 1TB HD even if your old HD was 7200 or 10,000 RPM's the read/write capability does not compare to the SSD. SSD has no internal mechanical pieces so they run incredibly fast and are most definitely an upgrade. You can expect to see your computer boot in about 5-10 seconds and program load times will be significantly reduced.
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faster than what? But as far as gaming it still is up to the task for 99% of the games out there in fact with a good board and graphic card it still is able to max out every game I own! I have about every new game out totaling about 150 steam games and 20 Origin not to mention a few just DVD based. But if you are just looking to build a new unit then go newer LGA1155 is much cheaper
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OS is installed on SSD drive, I removed the 750 drive and replaced with 256G SSD. I did not raid the drives since I want to run games from the 256 SSD and keep OS and other programs on the 128SSD.
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I'm running it on a Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R mainboard. This week I attached a 250Gb EVO ssd to the IO Crest and the Samsung Magician software is reporting it as a SATA 3 (6Gb/s) interface. My drive benchmarks at 428 (sequential read), 57935 iops (random) and 402 (sequential write), 24716 iops (random), now well below the 540 / 520 max indicated. The drive has slightly better than 50% freespace.
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M.Aller, it basically me a Retail product like something you would buy in a store. below are the MFG provided information. General Information Manufacturer/Supplier: Intel Corporation Manufacturer Part Number: SSDSC2BW240A4K5 Manufacturer Website Address: http://www.intel.com Brand Name: Intel Product Name: 530 Solid State Drive Marketing Information: As a high-performance hard drive alternative, Intel Solid-State Drives boost your PC to the next level in storage performance and reliability. Improved PC responsiveness. Breakthrough storage performance. Quality you can trust. Sounds great, now determine which Intel SSD is right for your computing needs. Package Type: Retail Product Type: Solid State Drive Technical Information Storage Capacity: 240 GB Features: Multi-level Cell Flash Interfaces/Ports Drive Interface: SATA Physical Characteristics Drive Type: Internal Drive Width: 2.5" Height: 0.3" Shipping Information Shipping Dimensions : 1.8" Height x 4.6" Width x 5.7" Depth Shipping Weight : 0.95 lb