Netbook + 64GB SSD?

Hello,

I recently came into possession of a Corsair Nova V64 64GB SSD for cheap. It is too small for me to use in my main laptop and I do not have the possibility to install a 2nd drive on my laptop.

I have a Asus Eee PC 1001P with Atom N450 and 2gb DDR2. It currently has a 160gb HDD. Is it worth to install the SSD in the netbook or will the CPU bottleneck the performance? I am less concerned with the battery life but mostly giving my netbook some extra speed.

thanks!

 

I think the integrated graphics on the netbook commit the worst crime. XP can run on P4 at the same speed of Atom processors, so that's not really the bottleneck.

I had a 900HA with 2 GB RAM and still couldn't play Youtube smoothly @ 360p.

 

Installing an SSD in an Atom based notebook will greatly improve boot times, application launching and file copying, for example.

 

Have a Kingston SSD on my netbook - nice improvement - you're right tho - the processor will still slow it down some - but it does give it a nice boost.
I did my for traveling/office trips - was tired of lugging the 16" around, but needed to have a netbook with a bit more response.
If you have an extra SSD I would definitely say go for it - you'll notice the difference immediately.

 

I agree with both Phil and J&SinKTO. Go for it. I would.

 

I agree that it would definitely speed up a netbook experience, but I have to ask...

Is not a netbook meant to consume information with? Like music, pictures, etc.? With an effective 59GB total capacity, would not that limit the 'netbook' experience somewhat?

If not, then yes - along with everyone else I say go for it.

If it will impact the enjoyment of the netbook (because of capacity concerns), then better to sell it and get a capacity that will be more useful to either one of your systems.

Good luck.

 

I have a 64GB SSD in my netbook, except I have an actual dual core Pentium (SU4100) and not an Atom, but it's well worth it IMHO. Faster boot times, more responsive, and better battery life than most HDD's. Granted the Kingston I have in there has horrible power consumption compared with other SSD's but still better than an HDD. But that Nova should be great with power consumption.

 

I actually think that 59GB is plenty of space for media. 59GB is enough to store about 11 or 12 uncompressed DVD's (4.5GB) or BluRay rips (4.5GB), and enough to store about 70 compressed DVD's (800MB). That is a LOT of media.

Remember, you don't need to carry every piece of media you ever own on your netbook - you only need to carry enough for whatever your near-term needs for mobile entertainment are.

Yes, install it. You will get a nice bump in load times and general "smoothness" of using your machine.

Yes, your machine will still be bottlenecked on the Atom CPU. But without the SSD, your machine would have been bottlenecked by a slow mechanical hard drive. Defnitely put the SSD in there, if you happen to have a spare SSD.

 

As for capacity... you can always stream media from the cloud (such as Amazon VOD) or buy an NAS and make it your home cloud.

The 59gb (or more like 30-35 gb or so after Windows and program installation) is just for when you're off the grid.

Another option is to switch to using Linux for most stuff... that would probably make the machine feel snappier, I'd bet, without even having to get any new hardware. (Might worsen battery life though.) But... I haven't actually tried that on a netbook.

 

Especially on a netbook, you could get by with <8GB for a Win XP or Win 7 install.

 

Uh... I don't think you can install Win 7 on 8 gb without some serious hacking.

 

Yeah, XP I got by on 4GB on my Eee with the 4GB SSD + 12GB SSD.

Win 7 you need minimum 12GB, but realistically 20GB if you include page file (even if you reduce it, I recommend keeping one, maybe 512MB), hibernation file if you plan to hibernate, and any other cache files (web browser, windows, indexing if you decide to leave it on, etc).

I tried using a 40GB Intel, and while I could keep it at around 25-30GB, it was clear I could quickly encroach the 40GB limit (or 37GB or whatever the actual useable space is). With 60 or 64GB, I can utilize 40-50GB which is about what my use is with my netbook, and I'm still fine.

 

Yes 12GB is what i needed for Windows 7 with a lot of stuff disabled.