which mSATA drive should i get??

Hi everyone,

i'm currently looking to buy a new notebook. I will be buying either the Sager NP8230 or NP8250 (probably the 8230)

and now i've come to decide if i'm taking the mSATA drive they offer me ( Crucial 256GB CM4 Series mSATA SSD - Preconfigured as an OS Drive (Primary Drive C) +CA$242.65 ) or this one here

Newegg.ca - Plextor M5M PX-256M5M mSATA 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) ( Plextor M5M PX-256M5M mSATA 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) +CA$221.99).

EDIT: find this one too : http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=179_1089&item_id=055988
I'm looking for a 240 or 256Gb mSATA in for around 230$.

Please help me

thanks,
Alex

 

Get the Plextor. It's essentially an msata M5 Pro

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i also find this one here and it's cheaper Canada Computers | Solid State Drives | Crucial M4 256GB mSATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SSD) (CT256M4SSD3)

 

Hands down Plextor, M4 is too old, if you say its the new M500 vs m5m it would take some debate before a decision can be made....

 

I'd still spend the extra $13 and get the Plextor, but if you'd rather save a few dollars and have slower 4k reads/writes, then by all means go ahead

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haha i like that sarcasm

once i install the SSD, is it hard to format so it becomes my main C drive ?

 

i need a mSata and the M500 is only a SATA.. correct me if i'm wrong but it won't fit in my notebook?

 

Lol glad you didn't take it the wrong way. I am not familiar with your laptop, though I'd imagine you'd want it to be the only disk installed during installation. After the install, you can put the other drive(s) back in.

Last thing I'd like to say is that a lot of people would probably recommend the m4, but they're reasoning would have to do with popularity and not performance. Plextor is just as reliable as Crucial, if not more so and if you were asking which sata III SSD to get, I would definitely be saying Samsung 840 Pro and not Plextor. The only reason I have an M5 Pro instead of an 840 Pro is because I needed something before the 840 Pro was released. That said, I'm entirely happy with my M5 Pro purchase

Oh I didn't see this reply until now, but yes I completely agree.

I think they were trying to say crucial needs to up their msata game or that Plextor m5m Way > m4, but it would be debatable between m5m vs. M500, despite the two having different interfaces.

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the notebook comes with a 750GB 7200RPM HDD, so that's why i want to add the mSATA drive so i can install couples games and OS (win8 64bit)

 

Love the M4...


But it is time to say goodbye to an old friend...

Plextor is the better buy going forward (and good advice to have the SSD or HDD you're installing Windows to as the ONLY storage device in the system at time of install...).


Good luck.

 

so i need to somehow unplug my HDD while instaling window? is this going to be hard? Because i'm not too familiar with this.

 

No, it shouldn't be hard.

Just remove it from the drive bay (hopefully this is easily accessible on your new system) and put it back after Windows is fully installed.

 

ok ok! Or can i just buy a SSD and no HDD and put everything on an external hard drive?

 

Sure you can. I refuse to use internal mechanical drives due to noise, so I keep all static data on an external or my media server. I don't think this will work for everyone, but you could do one or even two SSDs like I do and skip the spinners. It's really up to you

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There is an M500 mSATA. Some sizes aren't available yet, (240GB & 480GB). The 120GB is available at Newegg.