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    SSD Worth it ?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by trooper1414, Aug 8, 2012.

  1. trooper1414

    trooper1414 Notebook Deity

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    I am planning to purchase another SSD , a Kingston SSD 256gb SSDNOW V200 ...simply because ...i am getting it for 139$

    I know the drive isnt the fastest , but does it make any sense to go for this drive .....or save another 70$ and get the m4 ???
     
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    LiHai Notebook Enthusiast

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    OT: Where were you able to get that price from? Looks like a great deal to me.
     
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    Its a deal on buy.com ... i have heard super bad things about that drive like slower write speeds than the 7200rpm drives ...so just curious

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    steviejones133 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    If you are planning on adding the second ssd and creating a raid setup, I wouldn't recommend doing it with different drives. It can be done and it would work but its not best case scenario. The drives will have differing performance and maybe different controllers too and its just not best practice to raid them together - you would be better of with two identical ones - in an ideal world, of course. If your not adding it to achieve a raid setup, it doesnt matter and the M4 is a good solid drive....would be down to your own personal preference.

    You may find this review (from NBR's very own Jerry Jackson) quite interesting regarding the SSDnow V200: Exclusive: Kingston SSDNow V200 Review: New(ish) And Improved At Last!
     
    steviejones133, Aug 8, 2012
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    well...M4's were on sale recently (last week) at ncix for $169 (canadian dollars) for the 256gig version. I've seen it even lower
     
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    Well in that case it does not make sense to go with the Kingston I guess

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    trooper1414, Aug 8, 2012
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