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    SSD Hard-Drve on Inspiron 1520. Possible? Worth it?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by salanalani, Apr 12, 2009.

  1. salanalani

    salanalani Newbie

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    Hi,

    I am looking to upgrade my Inspiron 1520 to make it faster, so I am thinking to get the below SSD internal hard-drive:

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231221

    So I just want to be sure that my Inspiron 1520 will accept such kind of internal Hard-Drives and will it really make a difference to my PC speed (boot time, loading, etc...)?

    Currently, my hard-drive is the normal/defult one 160GB (5400RPM). Also, I have the latest BIOS version.

    Thanks in advance...
     
    salanalani, Apr 12, 2009
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  2. fluffboy

    fluffboy Notebook Evangelist

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    im pretty sure it will work..but as you can see the drive is SATA II (3.0gb/s) while your laptop is only capable of SATA speeds (1.5gb/s)

    i think that you will see a big improvement on boot time and loading applications.
    also it will use less battery :D
     
    fluffboy, Apr 12, 2009
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  3. wobble987

    wobble987 Notebook Virtuoso

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    of course it will made a difference to boot speed, loading, and general things, however it is a shame that you have SATA instead of latest SATA II interface. this will actually becomes a bottleneck with SSD drive.
     
    wobble987, Apr 12, 2009
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  4. salanalani

    salanalani Newbie

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    Can I upgrade my laptop to fully support SATA II drives, and how can I know my interface type (if it is SATA or SATA II)?
     
    salanalani, Apr 12, 2009
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  5. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    You can use an SSD in your Inspiron 1520. It will run at the full SATA2 speed. If you get a good SSD, you will find it a significant improvement over your current spinner. The SSD you have selected is not a good SSD. It is based on a JMicron controller which is known to have very poor IO performance.

    Get a drive with a controller made by Intel, Samsung, Mtron, or Indilinx.
     
    Commander Wolf, Apr 12, 2009
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  6. stevezachtech

    stevezachtech Notebook Evangelist

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    JMicron controller really does have a bad quality, you should choose the other recommended options above for your SSD HD..
     
    stevezachtech, Apr 16, 2009
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