MyDigitalDiscount Contest - Win a MyDigitalSSD BP3 256GB mSATA SSD and mSATA to USB 3.0 Enclosure Combo Kit

Congratulations to long2905, the winner of the/MyDigitalDiscount giveaway contest! long2905's answer to the question was randomly selected from the 210 official entries. Thank you to everyone who entered, and please don’t feel disheartened. We plan to run similar contests in the coming months, so you’ll have more chances to win!

- Cleonard


And now, a word from our friends at MyDigitalDiscount

Congratulations to long2905 you have won a MyDigitalSSD BP3 256GB mSATA SSD and mSATA to USB 3.0 Enclosure Combo Kit! We will contact you shortly via PM to arrange the shipment.

We would like to thank NotebookReview and its members for the great support we have received from this community over the past year and look forward to the years to come.

For all of you who didn't win, we're happy to announce new low prices on our BP3 mSATA drives as well as some NotebookReview exclusive coupon codes for even greater savings.

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Thanks again for all of your participation and have a very happy holiday season with your friends and family!
MyDigitalSSD



Hey Folks,

We’re going to try something new here. MyDigitalDiscount submitted their new MyDigitalSSD BP3 256GB mSATA SSD and their new MyDigitalSSD USB 3.0 External 2.5" SATA / 50mm mSATA SSD Enclosure Combo to our editors for review. In addition, they wanted to do something fun for the NotebookReview community. So they offered us a second MyDigitalSSD BP3 256GB mSATA SSD and mSATA to USB 3.0 Enclosure Combo Kit to give it away to someone in the NBR Forums. And that someone could be you!

So how do you win? Simply answer this question:

How would you use the MyDigitalSSD BP3 256GB mSATA SSD and mSATA to USB 3.0 Combo Kit?

The winner will be chosen at random from comments posted below that answer the question. Comments that don’t answer the question will be deleted. One comment submitted per person. Multiple answers from same person disqualifies all from that person.

And if that isn’t enough MyDigitalDiscount is offering NBR members a collection of discount coupons for their mSATA to USB 3.0 Combo, Smart Series and BP3 mSATA SSDs



And now, the fine print:

1. NotebookReview.com members are eligible and will be automatically entered to win the MyDigitalDiscount.com Inc. (“MDD” Product Giveaway after posting a valid response answering the question asked in this thread.
2. You must be eighteen (18) years of age or older. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
3. Employees of TechTarget, Inc. (“TechTarget” or MDD, are not eligible to enter the Product Giveaway. No Purchase Required to Win Free Products
4. The MDD Product Giveaway will remain open until Nov 21, 2012. At the close of the MDD Product Giveaway, the winner will be selected at random and notified via email. Winner will have 72 hours to respond before another winner is selected.
5. Product value is estimated at $279.99.
6. The winner of the MDD Product Giveaway will be notified via email.
7. Prize(s) are not eligible to be exchanged, returned or resold.
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I would use the 256GB to replace my slow 5400RPM HDD
Then the USB 3 can connect to my USB3 port and be a storage device
EDIT2: I'm in again

 

I would use it for transferring files from the school media server to home so I can do my projects in the comfort of my own chair. And it would be so much easier due to faster speeds of SSD and USB 3.0

 

I would use the SSD for my OS and important programs.
I would use the cable for backup purposes.

 

I would use the ssd in the enclosure to save all of my games on to free up space. Also since it's an ssd it will make it nice and fast! Thankfully I have usb 3.0 ports!

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need it as internal SSD, my current one too small!, need the USB 3 case for my storage HDDs

 

I'd use the MyDigitalDiscount mSATA in my workstation laptop to expand my extremely-limited storage capabilities in my laptop, and that would also allow me to move one of my current SSDs to my desktop in order to boost it's performance.

 

I would use it for video editing.

 

I would use the drive/kit to revive a laptop that's starting to show it's age. My mother would definitely be able to make use of a functional machine that has no moving parts.

 

I'd replace my older, smaller MyDigitalSSD in my W520 with the BP3. Then I'd take my old one and attach it to the USB 3.0 adapter.

 

I would use it as an external until I found an adapter that would allow me to use it in either my desktop or my aging tablet pc.

 

i'd use it for two main purposes: 1. to store ableton, my music production digital audio workstation of choice, and the many, many GBs of sounds, samples, effects, and virtual musical instruments/soft synths that go along with it (in fact, it'd coincide nearly perfectly with the release of the highly-anticipated ableton live 9, which requires 25-50GB of storage depending on the version); and 2. GAMES!!!

connected via USB 3.0 to my sager (or installed directly into its now-empty msata bay/slot, albeit sata II)? phew! blazingly fast access times.

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I'd use the 256GB mSATA to replace the 60gb mSATA ive ordered a few days ago. It would be great to be able to store more stuff on the ssd to make my laptop ligthning fast. And not be limited to only the OS and programs i use very frequently.
I'd use the USB 3.0 to conect my other 60GB mSATA, it would be usefull for example exchanging files with other people with the speed of light

 

Replace the msata in my AW primarily because of the reviews I have read online, and most likely use the msata-usb3 adaptor with the dell-aw msata and dedicate it to USB storage, or backup

 

I would use it multi-fold.

I would produce a new review of the unit, put that out on YouTube and of course throwback to NBR and MyDigitialDiscount for hosting the contest and giving proper thanks.

The actual use for me would be to hold project files like video & photoshop on an external, I have to use a slow USB 2.0 HDD and it slows down workflow quite a bit, and I don't want to keep all the files on my local SSD because they consume too much space or I often find myself working on a project on my laptop some today, and then my desktop some tomorrow.

 

Guess i would use it for super fast external storage since i dont think my Clevo P170HM got a mSATA connector.
Might change once i get a new computer though.

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How would you use the MyDigitalSSD BP3 256GB mSATA SSD and mSATA to USB 3.0 Combo Kit?

That would be easy...I would have a quick USB 3.0 SSD to save all my 3D Animations and models, It would make it so I could easily take my work to other computers and without the headache of small USB flash drives. How nice would that be..... Pretty sweet.. kick the platter...hahaahhaa

 

Back up my files on desktop. If I lose the data it will cost me.

 

I would use it as a fast recovery disk, and for portable VMs. So I can boot a bunch of recovery tools and any OS I wish, without it being terribly slow!

 

Selofain, if you win you could always take the adapter out of the USB 3.0 case and use that. It directly connects with SATA interface. Also it is available separately in the mSATA accessories section of MyDigitalDiscount at only $14.99.

MyDigitalSSD

 

The SSD would be a nice upgrade for my laptop. 256Gb is just perfect because I will use it for Windows and several games.

I have some HDDs laying around. So I definitely can use the enclosure for storage, especially when my laptop have USB 3.0 ports.

And thank MyDigitalDiscount for bringing this contest. It's awesome .

 

I would use the enclosure and drive to store my GNU/Linux virtual machine that I use for developing Android roms and apps. My current laptop drive is too full, and therefore I can only run it at home where it is terribly slow.

 

Well I'd use the SSD to finally give my P150EM the speed it deserves. Seriously, it really hurts having such a top-end machine held back by a 5400rpm hard drive.
And the USB 3.0 ports it has need to be worked out, so the USB 3.0 Enclosure would also come in handy.

And I have to agree with leeshjnn. Thanks for this awesome contest.

 

I would use one partition on the mSATA as a boot disk for windows, and another for Ubuntu. I was just CADing up a quicker release for mSATA drives, so maybe I use the Linux partition as a recovery for other broken computers using the enclosure!

 

I would snap it in my Asus G73JH and migrate my OS and a lot of my games to it, just to have a snappy boot time and game loading especially for the Total War: Shogun 2 game!!

 

I would use the mSATA drive in my thinkpad to install another OS. Most likely linux. The mSATA to USB converter would be great to use with my current 60GB mSATA as a protable media drive. The combined speed of SSD and USB 3.0 would be terrific for moving many large files that I deal with daily.

 

First, install OS+Programs on partitions on the mSATA SSD, and later do very fast backups using the USB3.0 enclosure or just the mSATA to SATA adapter, on another system.

 

This one is easy....I'm in the middle of an attempt to upgrade my Acer w500 tablet. 32gb is simply not enough space, but a 256gb drive would be a pretty nice replacement. The support MyDigital has given the owner of this guide on doing the upgrade has made me pretty sure that i'd rather work with a MyDigital SSD drive than any other company.

 

In my Precision I have a 60 GB mSATA SSD that I'm using as a cache drive. I would replace it with the 256 GB mSATA drive... and in addition to using it as an Intel SRT cache, I'd use the extra space to stash my VM images on there.

And for the enclosure, that would be great to stick my current 60 GB drive in so that I could use it as fast external storage.

 

I would use it to transfer my school files to my working laptop at home so I better can administrate servers and such

 

I would use it to store movies, movies, and more movies!

My 1.5TB RAID 0 array is 2/3rds of the way filled, and I still got a bunch of Blu-rays and DVDs to go.

 

I'd definitely use the SSD to replace my current internal HDD. Then I'd bump that HDD down to my secondary data/storage drive.

Or, if my motherboard doesn't support mSATA as my primary drive, I would drop the mSATA SSD into the combo enclosure kit, and make it my exclusive external drive for all my VM's (currently VMs are on my E:\; my HDD is partitioned into 3 drives). No more annoying disk thrashing when I have 3 VMs running!

 

i would frame the msata disk and hang it on the wall since this would be the first time i won something...about the msata to usb3 enclosure combi kit...i really have no idea what that is and what can be done with it so...maybe i could make the frame a bit nicer with it?!..dont know, have to see it first.

maybe you could send me a notebookreview sticker or patch too to put it on the frame. i of course would post a picture of it here and everytime someones visit me he will see its from you...free advertising :thumbsup
i would call that a winwinsituation

 

I would show people how transferring files and working off external drives should be done these days in and out!

ah the joys of SSD's

 

I'd put the SSD into my X220 Tablet's mSATA slot and install Windows 8 on it, after cloning my current Windows 7 install with the mSATA to USB 3.0 Enclosure Combo Kit. This way I can keep my Windows 7 install and I won't have to recover it from a backup if Windows 8 is awful without the proper drivers!

 

First, obviously, I would hand-carve an altar in the shape of MDD's logo and lovingly place both the SSD and enclosure atop it. I would then fast for five days while burning incense and sacrificing small animals.

After that, I'd use the SSD for my new laptop--might be the NP9150--and have the enclosure as a backup/troubleshooter device.

 

I'd use it to upgrade my current mSATA and use the old one for external drive.

Also be happy to do a review for it.

 

I'd use the msata ssd in my m18x r2 to install game of software on it.

 

The girlfriend has been complaining about her slow computer. Well surprise- she's got a 5400RPM HDD. An 256GB mSATA SSD would certainly rock her socks off and who knows if I'll get lucky?

 

I would replace the DVD drive in my Envy 15 with this, and install my main OS to it for awesome performance

 

I would replace my BR drive in my xps 15, install my Win 8 on it and enjoy the blazing speeds of ssd while working on my collage projects.

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I'd hook it up to my super-fast wireless router as a way to serve media across my network.

 

Would use to upgrade from my old MydigitalSSD 64GB bullet proof mSata, and use the enclosure for it to use as a backup drive for all my important stuff.

Even if I don't win, MDSSD has my business as their 64GB Bullet Proof has only gotten faster with their firmware upgrades in the 1+ year I've had it, and the 128gb Smart Series is simply amazing. Never had my laptop been so fast. Would be awesome to compare all 3 models and how they differ with the different controllers and sizes, and how much they have advanced over the course of a year.

 

I would try the Windows to Go feature in windows 8 with the ssd in the enclosure for fast booting, security and apps storagesince my laptop (elitebook 8460p) does not have an mSATA slot and I want to mantain my HDD for file storage with the windows 7 partition. If the windows to go experiment fails, I would use it for a linux (xubuntu 12.10) live usb with persistent storage with the same objectives in mind. (I am more curious about the performance in windows to though).

 

I would replace my old SSD to boost my notebook performance and capacity, and give the old one to my family so they can feel how better SSD than conventional HDD.

 

I would swap out the 5200rpm drive in my notebook and use it in the enclosure as an external drive so the speed doesn't slow me down.

 

Sounds awesome!

I'd replace my current 128 GB MyDigital mSATA ssd with this one, to give me and my OS a bit more room.
Also, brand new external HD using the adapter from my old ssd!

 

I'd throw my VM's on it. actually I didnt know anyone made a mSATA to USB3 enclosure/adapter. ill probably buy one for the 120GB mSATA I got without a home since I replaced it with a 240. sounds like the perfect solution for getting my VM's external while hopefully retaining a good amount of performance.

 

I would see if I could mod the SSD to work in my P150HM by tapping the sata pins from the Esata port.

I'm sure the Enclosure would come in very useful as well, never have enough of those around.

 

I would use the MyDigital SSD in my laptop to get record-blasting boot times in Windows 8 on my new HP Envy. I would use the USB Kit to take my entire hard drive full of tools with me when repairing computers!