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    Two different SSD manufacturers - one system

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Azeroth, Apr 4, 2012.

  1. Azeroth

    Azeroth Notebook Consultant

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    Is it a bad idea to have two different SSD manufacturers in the same system? Specifically, Intel and Crucial M4.

    Intel = primary OS/boot drive
    Crucial M4 = storage/apps

    Situation - Picked up an M4 today because of the good price and would like to replace one of my mechanical HDD with it.
     
    Azeroth, Apr 4, 2012
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  2. Gandalf_The_Grey

    Gandalf_The_Grey Notebook Evangelist

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    No problem at all.
    It's the same with two HDDs.
     
    Gandalf_The_Grey, Apr 4, 2012
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    Excellent. Thank you.
     
    Azeroth, Apr 4, 2012
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    Go nuts. Unless you are planning to RAID them (where you would just be getting a performance hit on the faster one), not a problem at all. It's just like putting a WD 1TB data drive and a Seagate 500GB extra data drive in the same system.
     
    madmattd, Apr 4, 2012
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