Storage Solution Asus GL552VW

Hello,

Specs of my new laptop are in my signature. Ofcourse the big thing still missing is an SSD, the current 5400rpm hdd is kind of slow especialy comming from a machine who had an SSD. I was thinking of using the empty m2 SATA slot and keeping my HDD. But after reading up on some threads im not so sure anymore. There seem to be a lot of heat issues with those m2's. Is that with all of them or only those Samsung drives?

So im debating against replacing my HDD with an SSD or just adding in an M2 and keeping my HDD. The last option would ofcourse mean a lot more storage.

any advise would be apreciated!

 

You can get a 1TB HGST 7200rpm HDD for your 2.5" slot and there is a m.2 slot which I believe is PCIE... So you should be able to add a 256GB/512GB M2 PCIE SSD... I would recommend the Samsung 950 Pro if you can afford it or get a SM951 like me...

 

i would keep my origional HDD if i were to get an M2 drive. Those samsung drives get really hot and not sure if it would be good to put them in my machine which wont cool them at all.

 

You can always get a 1TB hybrid drive, or SSHD as Seagate is calling them now. After a couple of days your OS boot files and most accessed apps will get thrown into the NAND so it should behave like an SSD while still having plenty of storage. Unfortunately the new models are 5400 rpm for the mechanical portion, but based on benchmarks they are still pretty fast. If you want a fast purely mechanical drive, the HGST 7K1000 that Tom suggested is the fastest available for notebooks right now.

 

i dont really need that much space, a 240gb ssd would be fine. Would preferably have 500gb or more. But it seems a waste to just toss the HDD i got with the machine.

 

Get an external enclosure and use it as a external HDD.. Problem solved

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00GYLDD...rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=569136327&pf_rd_i=B00ICUN6LA


The thing is you need to nail a budget down and get something accordingly... In your case, if you have around £250, get the Sandisk Extreme Pro 960GB SSD... There will be no need to get anything else...

 

Budget is 100-200€, but would rather stay closer to 100.

I just dont see the point of getting an SSD instead of an M.2, i would get less space for more money. Only reason im reluctant about the m.2 drives is the heat issues i have seen in the Samsung 950 and the Plextor M6e. I would not want to put in a drive in my laptop that overheats and comprimises my other parts by doing so. Been reading a lot about SSD's the last few days but there isnt a lot of info out on the m.2 drives (apart from the 950 which is loads of info about). So i dont know how heat is handeld in the other m.2 drives.

Sorry my OP was not clear, so how is preformance, heat and reliability for other m.2 drives like the Kingston HyperX predator, Sandisk X300, Z400s, Samsung Evo 850, Intel 535 and 2500 pro? Most of these drives are 100-120€ (with expection of the hyperX ofcourse)

 

Those M.2 drives are m.2 SATA ones, which would work with your laptop... I would recommend the Sandisk Z400s or the Crucial MX200 SATA drives off the top of my head... Let me look around get back to you with something in your budget..

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From what i read the z400s is not the best option out there, it is the cheapest tho.

 

The MX200 is the best choice.. The 500GB Version goes for £130 which is around 180 euros... There is a 250GB version of it too..