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Solid State Drives

  • 26-03-2010 1:05pm
    #1
    Groucho2000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85 ✭✭


    Hi. Does anyone konw if solid State Drives and Hard Disks interchangeble on laptops/netbooks? If I buy a netbook with a 160gb hd can I put in a solid state drive instead? I see there is also IDE SSDs - will this work in old laptops with IDE Hds? Thanks.


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  • #2
    asgaard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 631 ✭✭✭asgaard


    If you buy a netbook with HDD (f.e. on SATA) i don't think so that you can put SSD disk, but in some netbook models (f.e. Asus EeePC 901) you can change SSD on HDD (it must be HDD 1,8 on ZIF and very thin [5mm] -there must be ZIF connection in netbook if not soldering and go)


  • #3
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,729 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    IF its the same form factor power and data interface then there should be no problem.


  • #4
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Overheal wrote: »
    IF its the same form factor power and data interface then there should be no problem.

    Indeed, there should be no problem swapping out the hard disk for an ssd, that said, they are still very expensive, and have only marginal performance increases.


  • #5
    i71jskz5xu42pb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,806 ✭✭✭i71jskz5xu42pb


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    they are still very expensive, and have only marginal performance increases.

    I'd love to know what you base that statement on as the data that is out there indicates otherwise.
    http://www.notebookcheck.net/SSD-versus-HDD-in-comparison.18750.0.html

    Do you have one? I have one in my laptop and I have to say I will never go back. Just for the boot/application load times alone it is worth the extra cash.

    Granted they are expensive compared to regular drives. But you can get 120GB for ~€300. But if you're not storing a huge movie/music collection on your laptop then 120 is loads.


  • #6
    i71jskz5xu42pb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,806 ✭✭✭i71jskz5xu42pb


    Groucho2000 wrote: »
    If I buy a netbook with a 160gb hd can I put in a solid state drive instead?

    I did this recently, no problems. Just need to make sure it's the same type of connector (SATA/IDE) and the same physical size (obvious enough).


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  • #7
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,729 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Tara Ancient Dachshund wrote: »
    I'd love to know what you base that statement on as the data that is out there indicates otherwise.
    http://www.notebookcheck.net/SSD-versus-HDD-in-comparison.18750.0.html

    Do you have one? I have one in my laptop and I have to say I will never go back. Just for the boot/application load times alone it is worth the extra cash.

    Granted they are expensive compared to regular drives. But you can get 120GB for ~€300. But if you're not storing a huge movie/music collection on your laptop then 120 is loads.
    If we're gonna get into opinions, I still won't buy one. Give it a couple Generations until they can extend the read/write lifespan, for a start, and bring down the cost.

    I mean if you have the money and you want performance: theyre surely great. But im mostly a frugal guy.


  • #8
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,285 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    If it fails, they are apparently a lot harder to do data recovery on. So Back Up Your Important Data Even More !


  • #9
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,125 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    Tara Ancient Dachshund wrote: »
    I'd love to know what you base that statement on as the data that is out there indicates otherwise.
    http://www.notebookcheck.net/SSD-versus-HDD-in-comparison.18750.0.html

    Do you have one? I have one in my laptop and I have to say I will never go back. Just for the boot/application load times alone it is worth the extra cash.

    Completely agree. My SSDs were one of my best and worst purchases I've had in a while. Best because instantaneous access times are sweet! Worst because using a pc without one is annoyingly frustrating.
    Tara Ancient Dachshund wrote: »
    Granted they are expensive compared to regular drives. But you can get 120GB for ~€300. But if you're not storing a huge movie/music collection on your laptop then 120 is loads.

    Pfft. If you want to store a huge movie/music collection on your laptop and still use an ssd as your boot drive you can. You can replace the optical drive in your laptop with a HDD bay. I have this in my laptop. 128GB SSD for my boot drive and a 500GB HDD for all my files and things like that. Really recommend it especially if you rarely use an optical drive like myself.


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