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    XPS M1330 - after market solid state drive?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by BoredBillJ, May 14, 2009.

  1. BoredBillJ

    BoredBillJ Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have an XPS M1330 that I bought on the cheap side. I eventually plan to buy a Sony laptop and add an after-market solid state drive.

    I'm wondering if I could go ahead and buy the drive now and use it in my 1330 for the time being. I'm looking at the 256g drive from Corsair:

    http://www.corsair.com/products/ssd/default.aspx

    Any thoughts on how hard it would be?
     
    BoredBillJ, May 14, 2009
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    It's a fine drive. Samsung second-gen MLC controller. Brilliant sequential speeds, but fairly tame random speeds. For the most part it shouldn't give you any problems; just load it up as you would a normal drive, and let it go.

    Don't get the 64GB drive. Apparently the controller can vary from drive to drive, and they're currently using JMicron, which is fail.
     
    Commander Wolf, May 14, 2009
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