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    Expresscard slot to supplement ssd drive? 32gb a-data device, or card reader for page file? (will explain)

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by mas5acre, Jul 11, 2008.

  1. mas5acre

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    Okay, hi there all you notebook webslingers....

    I bought a new tx2500z tablet pc and it will have the following specs:

    HP Pavilion tx2500z customizable Notebook PC

    * Upgrade to Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (64-bit)
    * AMD Turion(TM) X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile Processor ZM-86 (2.4 GHz)
    * 12.1" diagonal WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen (1280 x 800) w/Integrated Touch-screen
    * FREE Upgrade to 2GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)!!
    * ATI Radeon(TM) HD 3200 Graphics
    * HP Imprint Finish (Echo) + Microphone + Fingerprint Reader + Webcam
    * Wireless LAN 802.11a/b/g/n and Bluetooth
    * 320GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
    * LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-RW with Double Layer Support
    * 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
    * Microsoft(R) Works 9.0
    * HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope
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    Upgrade of specs after market:

    *PREORDERED (ETA 7/13) OCZ 128GB Core Series SATA II 2.5" SSD Solid State Internal Hard Drive OCZSSD2-1C128G
    * OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Laptop Memory - Retail
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    I know expresscard ssd solutions are slow and the trandsend model isnt even fast enuff for readyboot, so I've been looking at the 32gb A-data expresscard ssd which supports readyboot, which to my (lack of) knowledge would make it a faster sdd than the trandsend which doesn't support readyboot. I do not want the card for readyboot at all, I mean the mlc ssd as my primary drive should be pretty zippy. I just wanted another 32gb of space at least as fast as the bandwith as an external usb drive.
    Originally I planned on adding a 32gb sd card to sit inside the card reader. The way I remember it, larger SD cards aren't flash but micro hard drives, I thought this would be good for the page file since an ssd has limited writes. Bad news is I found out that on the particular card reader found on the tx2500z, memory cards of any sort don't sit flush with the machine, sd cards or even the smaller xD cards.
    Another solution I thought of was to get a expresscard card media reader. Hopefully the cards in this would sit flush and would allow a 32gb sd card or many others including Memory Stick Pro Duo to sit flush, I saw a part on newegg for like $70-$80
    Another question would be is how would performance be between the a-data expresscard ssd and a sd in an expresscard card reader?
    I'm not looking for ssd performance out of which ever I buy, but rather slightly increased capacity for important isos and pictures, static not changing files.
    If I can't come up with a feasible solution I may buy an expresscard tv tuner, might buy it later anyway.




    EDIT: Apologize for Dbl. post, not intended.
     
    mas5acre, Jul 11, 2008
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