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    HP Pavilion dv8000 and SSD

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Sinless, Mar 24, 2012.

  1. Sinless

    Sinless Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, i need to upgrade my very old dv8000 with a ssd, but, that BIOS can recognize a ssd? i plan to buy a Kingston SSDNow V200 Series SATA 3.

    Help !
     
    Sinless, Mar 24, 2012
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    baii Sone

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    Not sure how old dv8000 is but if it is running a SATA drive before, it should be no problem.
     
    baii, Mar 24, 2012
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    frankvii Newbie

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    I own a dv800 (dv8233cl) and have checked into putting an SSD in and decided against it. The dv8000 has a SATA 1 interface so it is limited to 150.Mb/sec. So the faster Sata 2 and Sata 3 drives will be hobbled by the Sata 1 interface. Also, since the dv8000 only has Sata 1, the better 7200 rpm hard drives can deliver that 150 Mb/s for a much lower $ per GB price. So I went with a Western Digital Scorpio Black. Decreased my windows load time by about 40% and I got 360 Gb for less than an older Sata 1 60Gb SSD would cost.
     
    frankvii, Sep 25, 2013
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