P-6860FX... M-PCIe or M-PCI?

Does my laptop have mini PCIe or mini PCI?

I was thinking about getting a hard drive to go into one of the free slots so that I could install my main programs on it so they load faster and take off the strain from the other hard drive when starting up.

 

Mini PCI-E

 

Thanks...

How well do you think my above idea would work?
Would this not speed up my start up and over all responsiveness if less programs were started from the main drive and instead from the ssd?

 

It won't speed up starting unless you put Windows on there. Maybe a little bit if you have startup programs on the SSD.
It will speed up any programs on the SSD.
Most Mini PCI-E SSDs are pretty slow compared to SATA ones though.

 

There is one with 115 and 55 sequential read and write speed.

This would be faster then my old Rapter in my desktop. It still opens up programs pretty snappy.

That all I was planning on doing was to put start up programs and most used programs on it. I would only get the 16GB version. I'm sure it would speed my start up by at least 10 seconds as well considering I have xfire starting up.

 

be wary of the PCI SSD's most of them use the Jmicron controller... which is utter rubbish.

If you want to get a SSD i would suggest saving up to be able to get a true SATA SSD.

I have a PCI SSD in my 6860, but all i use it for is Storage of PDF files. Any multitasking will bring it to its knees and cause stuttering.

 

So you saying if I use it to run my virus software, xfire, maybe steam, skype, firefox and maybe a couple other programs it will be really slow?

 

I'm saying it will more than likely lock up your system for multipule seconds/minutes.

You might not ever make it stutter (if not then thats great for you) but if you ever do hit the "stutter" you will envy people with 4200 RPM drives.