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    HD and SSD

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by max22, Sep 10, 2013.

  1. max22

    max22 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Can you put a HD and a SSD in a laptop like most people use on a PC ? That or is it better to just use a SSD 24/7 on a laptop ?
     
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    misft33333 Notebook Consultant

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    Yes, you can put an SSD and an HD into a laptop

    I have my SSD for my OS and replaced my optical drive with a hard drive for storage.
     
    misft33333, Sep 10, 2013
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    max22 Notebook Enthusiast

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    How did you fit both ?
     
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    ajnindlo Notebook Deity

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    It depends on the laptop. I am looking to buy one that can handle five hard drives, two to three could be regular hard drives, and two to three SSD.
     
    ajnindlo, Sep 10, 2013
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  5. max22

    max22 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Wow I didn't even know any laptops supported that many drives. :eek:

    What kind of weight and battery life will you be looking at with that many drives ?
     
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    misft33333 Notebook Consultant

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    I have an m6600 precision

    I have a Kingston SSD (128 GB I think), one 750 scorpio black in the 2nd bay, and replaced my optical bay with a 5400 RPM 1 TB hard drive. I probably get at most 2 hours and 30 minutes to 3 hours at most just browsing and watching movies

    I got my optical drive replacement from ebay.

    You can get more information from here

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/hardware-components-aftermarket-upgrades/388625-diy-adding-ssd-hdd-storage-using-optical-bay-caddy.html

    The post may appear to be outdated, but I assure you, it was ahead of its time.
     
    misft33333, Sep 10, 2013
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  7. tijo

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    Precision M6700 here, 2 SSDs in the main bays and one mSATA, I get up to 5 hours of battery life and that is with the GPU sucking the battery 100% of the time (no switchable graphics).
     
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  8. max22

    max22 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Nice!

    A SSD on a laptop makes a huge difference! You can multitask to your hearts content!
     
    max22, Sep 10, 2013
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    ajnindlo Notebook Deity

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    A solid state drive (SSD) uses almost no power when not being accessed. And not a lot when accessed. A hard disc drive uses more power, but can be set to spin down after a while. So if you have two disc based drives, and one spins down, then that extra drive really isn't using your battery. Well, just a trickle.

    SSD are great for loading the OS, like Windows, much faster. Imagine turning on your computer and being able to use it twenty seconds later. They also load programs faster. But once a program is loaded they don't really affect performance any more. Just when thing are loaded or saved, but not while they are running.

    So they don't really help for multitasking. For better multitasking, more ram helps, a faster cpu, and bigger display help. With that said, adding a SSD is a great way to make a computer faster.
     
    ajnindlo, Sep 10, 2013
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  10. Super Bee

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    Have mine set up that way.
    SATA drive is only for data and SSD has programs and OS installed.
     
    Super Bee, Sep 11, 2013
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