should I switch the mechanic hard drive for a ssd? worth it?
1623026
Performance wise, it's worth every single penny. When I purchased mine I swaped it for a 1TB M500 SSD and the boost in performance was phenomenal. Nothing sucks more than having a very powerful PC but a slow HDD. Doesnt really work well!
1623027
since you are already spending a high price on the laptop, i dont know if its worth puting more money on the pc.If you have the extra cash go ahead, you will loose space but the laptop will go way faster.At the end ecerything depends on what you want to do with it. For me the mechanic is perfect but i dont use the laptop for anything overdemanding.
1358785
Sure, actually that is what I'm doing with my old HDD. You can do it with your SSD.
1059165
I don't understand why you would upgrade the SSD. It is blazing fast as is. If you need storage, using cloud services has worked for me. I read that upgrading these machines on your own is generally not recommended.
1327628
Absolutely! Solid state drive doesn't have moving parts like a traditional HDD. This allows much greater performance and greatly decreases risk of failure....
2127486
I don't think I use it any more. It has been awhile, but I recall having problems with it...but I can't be sure. Truth is you will see no real ("butt dyno in car-nut speak&lt;G&gt;) difference between the different specs in real world experience, so it is not worth pursuing IMHO. If on a system drive, go with an SSd -- even w/Sata2 the difference will wow you. 120GB is plenty big enough unless you had hundreds of application, then 240. $150 or less. Keep data off the boot drive.
998193
I have not seen it with strictly a ssd hard drive. I will say this though..... It works similarly to an ssd. things that you would want to operate very quickly ( like your operating system) are stored in the ssd portion, while data that doesn't need to accessed quickly/often are stored on the hd portion. Personally, I think it works very well and I'm quite pleased with it. Plus, you're not stuck with the crap Windows 08 OS. Additionally, it makes the laptop cheaper by operating the way it does. A co-worker of mine has a custom built laptop with much better hardware (including the ssd hard drive) and it's not terribly faster than this one.
1349568
I recommend backing up your existing install on the hard drive with a product like Ghost or something similar to clone / copy your windows install to the SSD then save the hard drive just in case it does not work out. Just because you switch to a new hard drive there is no need to reinstall the os and all the apps. Huge waste of time.
2227178
Replace the hdd with an ssd and it will be more than adequate for gaming on medium to low settings. I suggest only gaming while plugged into an outlet though as power draw will be high during gaming.
1968407
I bought that computer for my son, he loves it, no problems. Unfortunately I don't know what a ssd drive is, nor does he, so I can't give you any info on that.
1969632
Unless you need super fast access or archival protection for your collection I would use a mechanical HDD. The extra expense and smaller capacity of the SDD would be a limiting factor.
308123
It might extend the life further, but I don't know how much of a return you'll get on that investment. I haven't changed the spinning drive yet...I will at some point, but just because I want an SSD. If batterly life is what you're looking for, I'd get the extended battery from CDW. I've been very happy with battery life since. I easily get 5+ hours of use (no video, browsing articles, streaming music). I love having a backup battery now, too. Getting the SSD is a great idea, but might not get you what you're really looking for (extended battery life). Also be sure to look into online discussion about SSDs with this unit. The height of the drive is atypical.
1163961
if your desktop has a SATA port you're good. I would get this to run the OS/paging/scratch, and another drive to store your data on. SSD is pretty costly other-wise and this way you can still enjoy the performance gain while maintaining the capacity.
999993
I don't think it would help you much. It works by copying the most used programs to itself to speed up launching those programs. Things like your web browser, email client, word files, etc. If you have those on an SSD, they are already faster. Think of this drive as an extra 32gb of ram, to preload programs to.
413505
As long as you don't change the motherboard, you're OK. I have changed out both my laptop and desktop (OS) hard drives to SSDs with no problem.There is a Microsoft Licensing FAQ on this --- it's under Refurbished/Used PCs.http://www.microsoft.com/OEM/en/licensing/sblicensing/pages/licensing_faq.aspx#fbid=ZeL6n4MrK8a
588653
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.
1241761
Thanks Pete. I was considering this as I figured this was digital but I am guessing its not? Wanted to avoid the mechanics of a 3.5. I have an ssd drive in a pc I built and it screams. So this hard drive spins then I take it and is not digital as I first assumed. I see now that assumption was wrong and there is no advantage other than size. Thanks!
712157
I do not see the point of changing the one it has already for the one you mentioned, because both are hybrids and the hybrids have a flaw when we talk about proper speed. Change for a proper SSD (http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-MZ-7TD250BW-Solid-State-2-5-Inch/dp/B009NHAEXE/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie;=UTF8&qid;=1373543806&sr;=1-2&keywords;=samsung+ssd) than it will make a lot of difference on speed (boot up time and every day use). If you need more space, use an external drive for storage.