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    mSATA 80gb drive + Seagate Momentus XT

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by 1rarebuy, Jul 26, 2012.

  1. 1rarebuy

    1rarebuy Notebook Guru

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    Has anyone tried this? I'm thinking of using the mSATA as a boot drive and the Seagate as a normal HDD (albeit with a bit of that sumptuous ssd cache.)

    I already know better to use mSATA as a cache drive in this setup (double Cache=eww). If anyone has experience with this setup or has any theory to offer on the topic please share.

    My Google has the aim of a stormtrooper right now for some weird reason. Ty in advance!

    Edit: both drives should be SATA III
     
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    There are no problems what so ever with using a SSD and Momentus XT in a dual drive config. You will see slightly faster operation for some of the stuff on the XT thanks to the SSD cache on it, that's it.
     
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    TY, that's all I needed to know!
     
    1rarebuy, Jul 26, 2012
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