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    HP Pavilion dv6t-6b00 CTO Quad Edition SSD SELECTION

    Discussion in 'HP' started by kwingip, Apr 15, 2012.

  1. kwingip

    kwingip Notebook Enthusiast

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    hello everyone, i recently bought this new laptop HP Pavilion dv6t-6b00 CTO Quad Edition and trying to find a good upgrade in ssd. Can anyone tell me if the laptop support SATA II or III?

    thank you
     
    kwingip, Apr 15, 2012
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  2. sl4fko

    sl4fko Notebook Guru

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    Yes, it supports SATA III, DVD drive is however on SATA II.
     
    sl4fko, Apr 15, 2012
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    prebuss Notebook Consultant

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    It supports SATA III, apparently, older versions too (II).
     
    prebuss, Apr 15, 2012
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    kwingip Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks sl4fko and prebuss

    so does that mean i can put in a Samsung 830 or Crucial M4, and bring the full potential speed of these SSDs as they are both SATA IIIs??
     
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  5. sl4fko

    sl4fko Notebook Guru

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    That's right. Further more, you can buy this and install your hard drive in a caddy and place it in your laptop as a second hard drive instead of a DVD drive.
     
    sl4fko, Apr 16, 2012
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    prebuss Notebook Consultant

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    Wow, I didn't even know that it is possible to replace dvd drive to another HDD, great idea, I might be interested in this :eek:

    So to get better performance, I should use SSD disk in a standard place (SATA III) and instead of dvd rom put my HDD?

    EDIT. Just found out that in HP 6bxx manual is written: "Supports 160-GB solid-state drive". What if I'd buy 256 GB SSD? The laptop wouldn't support it or something?
     
    prebuss, Apr 16, 2012
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  7. sl4fko

    sl4fko Notebook Guru

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    Right again :D

    Use SSD as a system drive and regular HDD as a storage disk (movies, photos, games, etc.)

    Never heard for such limitation... I think every SSD should work...
     
    sl4fko, Apr 16, 2012
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