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    SSD for Clevo-P770DM. Help to config!

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Asting, Oct 19, 2015.

  1. Asting

    Asting Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello everyone! Hope, I put this question in right place.
    I am in process of obtain my Clevo P770DM, but am a bit confused about storage system configuration.
    My laptop will have: 6700k, 970m, 8 Gb 2133 RAM(update in future) and 1TB Hitachi 1k7000 for data/multimedia storage.
    I still need some ssd for OS, games, working files, etc... I would like to have some 1 fast ssd for 512Gb for system+games+files, or 1 fast for 256Gb (for system) + 1 512Gb cheaper one for games+files. If am right, I have 2 x m.2 (PCIe-x4) and 1 x 2.5" sata free slots after installation of Hitachi 7k1000.
    Now in my mind: wait few days(I hope) for Samsung 950 512 Gb. Seems awesom specs. I worry a bit about temperature, at some sources I saw it may get 80 and start the throttle during big files writing. Lets say for daily OS usage, gaming and video editing - may this ssd be comfortable?

    So, I will thankful for any advices, recommendations and configurate suggestions. Sorry for english in some cases.
     
    Asting, Oct 19, 2015
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  2. Spartan@HIDevolution

    Spartan@HIDevolution Company Representative

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    I ordered mine through HIDevolution and they actually have the faster Samsung SM951 NVME version, so I ordered 2 of those and configured them as RAID 0 for a total of 1TB and for storage I chose 2 Samsung 2TB Spinpoint 5400 RPM HDDs also in RAID 0 for a total of 4TB for the storage.
     
    Spartan@HIDevolution, Oct 22, 2015
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  3. PushT

    PushT Notebook Consultant

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    I would get rid of all hdd's. They have their place, but not in a laptop. 2.5" ssds are so cheap now. I can't imagine using hdd for anything other than backup, media server or similar.

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    PushT, Dec 18, 2015
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