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    Plextor M2 SSD in an R2

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by balthazar2k4, Mar 14, 2011.

  1. balthazar2k4

    balthazar2k4 Notebook Geek

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    So I am kicking around the idea of putting the new Marvell based Plextor M2 SSD into my R2. It uses a SATA-III interface to achieve it's insane 480/310mb/s speeds. What is everyone's thought on using this on SATA-II? Would it be complete waste or would I see the difference over a Sandforce 1500 based drive?
     
    balthazar2k4, Mar 14, 2011
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  2. steviejones133

    steviejones133 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    One things for sure, you wont get those kinda speeds ove Sata II. Cant say I know what you WOULD get...I would do some more research on the Sata II performance if you can get it.

    Im in the same boat - looking for a good SSD but not wanting to waste a load of cash on a Sata III drive that will just look good on paper.

    A good Sata II performer is the Crucial C300. You cant go wrong with a G2 Intel X25-m either as they are rock solid - not the fastest but reliability is a huge comfort when spending a tonne of cash in my book!
     
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  3. TurbodTalon

    TurbodTalon Notebook Virtuoso

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    If SATA II tops out around 300MB/s. My Sandforce Phoenix Pro hits 270MB/s. You probably won't own a SATA II laptop for the rest of your life, and you can throw that SSD in your next one. You'll probably just be pinging off of the speed limit all of the time, which isn't a bad thing. :D
     
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  4. steviejones133

    steviejones133 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Yeah - forgot to mention that...the main benefit of getting a Sata III drive is for futureproofing for your next purchase. Saying that, probably be Sata IV by that time knowing my luck LOL :rolleyes:
     
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  5. hizzaah

    hizzaah Notebook Virtuoso

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    you seen any reviews around of the plextor drive? i was thinking of getting one for a while, but i couldn't info on it so i moved on
     
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    steviejones133 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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  7. DR650SE

    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    I saw go for it for the same reason TurbodTalon did. You can put it in your next laptop. Also you can go a little past the Sata III limit. Look at my RAID 0 link in my sig for example. In Crystal Disk Mark, I hit a a 624MB/s in the reads, where as the SATA II should have limited me to 600MB/s. Plus with all the tweaks and stuff, it'll be a quick drive either way. Definately way faster than those 500GB 7200RPM drives your sporting now.
     
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  8. TurbodTalon

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    Crap. SATA II is 600MB/s? I was way off. I'm nowhere near that ballpark. Maybe I should run RAID0 SSD and replace the optical drive with the 1TB...
     
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  9. DR650SE

    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    Nah, it's 300MB/s, you were right, but in RAID 0, you should hit 600MB/s
     
    DR650SE, Mar 14, 2011
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