Dell e4200 Hardrive Upgrade?

Where can i go for an upgrade of my 64gb ssd other than dell.

the prices are unbelievable from dell, surely by now there are some aftermarket upgrades, i love the dell but i need more space.

thank you in advance.

Many thanks

Jonathan

 

The E4200 uses a special slim 1.8" format. You can see what ebay offers. I found this.

John

 

Wow...Still expensive however are you sure that will fit because the hard drive i have is purley a chipset, this one is encapsulated in a case.

Thanks

 

I have a 128gb brand new out of a brand new E4200 let me know if you are interested.

 

It sounds like your current one is a mini-pcie card. The Dell also supports a 1.8" Sata drive. You can get a Intel X18M 1.8" SSD and keep your current 64gb mini pcie ssd.

 

MaxGeek: How so, the ssd is the hard drive therefore there wouldnt be any space?

thenew3: Sent You a PM

thanks guys

 

It's not Mini PCI-E, it's actually called a uSATA (micro SATA).

They are rather expensive regardless of where you order: Samsung MMCRE28GTDXP-MVB01 128GB 1.8" MLC Solid State Sata Hard Drive | Shop, Buy, Deals & Compare | PCMag.com

My suggestion is that it would be a lot cheaper to get a SDHC card or to get a drive to put in the PC Express slot if you aren't using it.

 

They are a 1.8" design (unlike traditional 2.5" drives used in laptops) and they don't have a metal/plastic case. It's just the bare circuit board.

They also don't use the traditional SATA connector. uses a smaller "micro" SATA connector.

Not many companies make drives in this format. I only know of Samsung and Toshiba that makes drives that fits the E4200.

All Dell OEM SSD's are made by Samsung.

If you need one, I can get these for about $250 each. they are dell oem and either never been installed in a machine before (brand new) or are pulled out of new machines (so likely only a couple hours of use from Dell testing and loading the factory OS on it).

 

The main reason I sold my E4200 was no replaceable SSD, except Dell/samsungs From Dell.

I had wanted for ages to put an Intel X18 or the like in. Now a G2 especially with W7.

If it was do-able I'd buy another E4200.
Love the machine except for that.

OR... if they just made them with faster SSD's as the Intel's, or Vertex etc.

There's also NO trim function/support I understand even with Windows 7 on the New Dell/samsung encrypted 128/256 SSDs. (Dell forums long discussion)
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what's wrong with the dell/samsung SSD's? I've owned/used pretty much every brand/model SSD and honestly, in everyday use, you'll not be able to tell much difference in them (except for the early jmicron based ones that stuttered constantly).

The latest dell/samsung ssd do support TRIM.

I work in the IT dept of a large university, and I've had co workers that claim that XXX brand was so much faster, so I've done an experiment where I loaded a laptop with a "mystery" SSD, didn't allow them to see what SSD it was, let them use it for a week, then at the end of the week, swap the SSD for a different SSD. after a week with each SSD (tried total of 5), they could not tell any difference between any of the brands/models in everyday use. and these are the same folks that claim the intel were so much faster.

Unless all you care about is benchmarks, you'll likely not notice any difference.

Just my $0.02