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    Power consumption SSD's - Big inpact on battery life?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by kidio007, Jul 19, 2011.

  1. kidio007

    kidio007 Notebook Consultant

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    I was wondering If a SSD with a higher power consumption both IDLE and under load, will draw a lot/how much more battery than a SSD which uses less power.

    I was looking at the 256gb C300, and it turned out to use more power than ,for example, the Intel X-25. But how much does it really matter? If the differenace is noticeable, I would actually want the SSD which uses less power over performance. Any recommendations? Using a M11X, and might upgrade to a M14X later.

    Source: AnandTech - The SSD Diaries: Crucial's RealSSD C300
     
    kidio007, Jul 19, 2011
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  2. jwolf7722

    jwolf7722 Notebook Deity

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    Check out the SSD section. There is a ton of informtion there on SSD's. From what I found they dont factor into battery life that much. Mine was getting the same battery life with SSD.
     
    jwolf7722, Jul 19, 2011
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  3. granyte

    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    it depends on your power consumsion when your doing your everyday task on batterie mine get a 10 min boost but my overal batterie run time is 1hour
     
    granyte, Jul 19, 2011
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