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    Anyone running Intel's SRT on an M17X R4?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Chris_c81, Jul 2, 2012.

  1. Chris_c81

    Chris_c81 Notebook Consultant

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    I assume it is possible of course? How is it performance wise? Any benefit in choosing an mSATA SSD over a regular SATA SSD? Thanks.


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    mSATA is only sata II - however by choosing this option, say as a boot drive, you free up the other two hard drive slots for either HDD or additional SSD. I played with booting from the mSATA and the SATA III standard SSD - maybe only a second or two boot time difference.
     
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    Thanks for that info. Did you ever try using either SSD as a cache (SRT)?


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    I've decided I'll get a regular 2.5" SATA 3 SSD and use it as a cache. Went for:

    http://m.ebuyer.com/386502


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    I know the common opinion is that the mSATA port is only SATA 2, but HWinfo lists it as a 6Gbps connection. The 32GB mSATA ssd is a Samsung PM830 SATA 3...
     
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