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    1tb hd usually slow ?

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by gritts, Dec 14, 2016.

  1. gritts

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    im getting my m2 ssd tommorow thank god as ive been noticing this laptop is bloody slow with the 1tb hd,is this common for these ? boot up is slow and everything is very slow for about the first 10 to 15 mins & hd light is on solid or constantly flickering ! not had this long still getting my way round it & i hope the 256gb m2 ssd will make a big diffrence
     
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    Mobius 1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    hdd is cancer

    how slow is it to die from cancer? that's how slow a hdd is if you use it as a boot drive
     
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    Jumping from SATA HDD to SSD is a major jump. Jumping from an HDD to an NVME M.2 SSD is even bigger. Boot times I'm guessing like 1/5 the time? It'll be way way faster in every regard.
     
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    i have 1tb 2,5" hdd at 5400 and is really slow (75mb/s), the good thing is that i use it as third drive and i save trash on it, the best thing is that is super quiet
     
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    Oh how did you do it? Its near 2017 and using a HDD to boot up should be a sin :p. Glad you're getting a M.2 SSD. It's night and day difference!!!!
     
    SUADE8880, Dec 14, 2016
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    Been using HDDs for 8-10 yrs and after using PCIe NVMe the difference is huge.
     
    Vasudev, Dec 16, 2016
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    That would also mean. Those OEM who makes HDD slot is a sinner :p
    Specialy those without ssd option
     
    dark-scion, Dec 18, 2016
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