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    Is my M4 64GB wasted in my netbook?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by oan001, Jan 21, 2012.

  1. oan001

    oan001 Notebook Evangelist

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    First off, I'm very happy after installing this disk in my Lenovo S205 (E-350, 4GB RAM). I've run some benchmarks and they are nowhere near the performance I would expect from this drive. I realize this is probably a result of the weak processer/chipset.

    I am currently in the process of returning a faulty Kingston SSDnow V200 64GB which I got originally to put in the s205.

    Anyways. Although I am very happy with the boot/load times and the disk overall I'm starting to feel that the M4's true potential is going to waste.

    What are your thoughts on this? Is it a waste putting a SSD in a netbook?


    To conclude I've attached some benchmark runs, both with the windows ACHI-drivers (which gives insane 4K-64Thrd speeds. Must be a bug), and the AMD-drivers which I'm currently using.

    Any input/discussion appreciated, as always ;)
     

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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    It's personally up to you. All my notebooks are going to SSD just for the fact there are no moving parts and mechanically more reliable. Also quick boot up time and overall a more responsive system, is that not worth it to you?
     
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    Look like it is SATA 2 speed?

    Honestly , bench have almost no importance in real life use. IMO ,The "true potential" seldom reach on any consumer computer.
     
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  4. oan001

    oan001 Notebook Evangelist

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    Of course it is. That is why I bought it in the first place ;)

    What do you mean by "real life use"? If the true potential seldom reaches our notebooks, why choose a faster ssd like the M4 over the slower V200?
     
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    I read plenty of reviews when i jump on my SSD, and some show they make almost no difference when come to daily task. Just a quick google give this

    AnandTech - OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS & Patriot Wildfire SSDs Reviewed

    intel/SF/SATA3 crucial are included.

    One misconception(imo) when people buy SSD is looking at max speed, which alot(not sure if this is the right word but meh) of NBR oppose to.
    M4 is recommended because of reliability and great community support. Plenty of SSD brand do not have any from of feedback what so ever.
     
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  6. oan001

    oan001 Notebook Evangelist

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    That was a very good read. Thanks for the link!
     
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    you aren't wasting your ssd...the ssd is the one thing that you can do on you netbook that will make the biggest difference

    The s205 is SATA2 only...so you are only going to get SATA2 speeds. IF you plugged in your M4 into a SATA3 laptop, you'd notice a jump right away in speeds. Its purely the sATA bus and has very little to do with your CPU

    But the M4 is rock solid and is very stable. I wouldn't trade it for another
     
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