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SSD support on Samsung Series 5 (NP530U4C)

Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by sath, Oct 17, 2013.

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Hi

Can anyone assist me please. I am trying to find out if the above Notebook supports SSD drives (at the moment it has a SATA III SSHD in it).

Secondly whether the motherboard supports SATA III .

Thirdly is SATA III backwards compatibile. I mean if the MB supports only SATA II will a STA III drive work. Is there any sense in using a STA 3 drive if the motherboard only supports 2, should I then get a cheaper SATA 2.

Thank you in advance.

sath, Oct 17, 2013

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Yes, a replacement of a SSHD (Hybrid Hard Drive) and a SSD is a simple swap.

Should be Sata III. But you can verify with HWiNFO or AIDA64.
HWiNFO, HWiNFO32/64 - Download
Release Package | AIDA64 Extreme Edition (beta) 1.85.1632

Yes, SATA III is backwards compatible but check the specific drive when you decide which SSD to buy. There's a lot of sense using a newer SATA III in a SATA II interface. Newer tech, probably quicker, this will translate to SATA II. The sequential speeds will not. I would look for the quickest drive (low queue depth performance in a mix of reads and writes) when buying for SATA II. A SATA II drive may or may not be cheaper.

Bullrun, Oct 18, 2013

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