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    Pavilion dv7-7010us - main and optical drive are SATA-III

    Discussion in 'HP' started by BonsaiScott, Nov 7, 2012.

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    BonsaiScott Notebook Guru

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    I have tested 2 sites (Main & Optical drive replacement) both at >535 MBytes/sec each (Atto, 8MB, direct I/O). Waiting to get the carrier for the second internal site, but I fully expect it'll be the same speed. >1.5 GBytes/sec from SSDs in a 17", $620 USD laptop (plus 3x $60 120GB Kingston HyperX SSDs).

    Oh yeah, plays 3 BluRays from disk on a single charge. >9 hours running Outlook and cruising the web via WiFi. Not a CPU or GPU screamer, but an all-day, 17", write OpenCL GPGPU code anywhere on the planet kind of laptop. Trinity A10-4600 FTW!

    I bought 5 of the Kingston HyperX 120GB SSDs when NewEgg had 'em for $60. Here's the 4'th one on a carrier that puts an SSD in the optical drive slot:
     

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    Optical drive is proving to be flakey at 6 GBaud. Going to put a 500GB SATA-II drive in. Got the carrier for the second internal drive and it works like a champ (538 MB/sec). $35 for the carrier, $60 for the SSD, now I'm rolling.

    While the optical drive space HD carrier I got for $9.95 off e-bay works, it doesn't fit as nicely as the HP optical drive. Functional, but not rugged nor does it match the facia.
     
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    Disappointed - there is some bottleneck when 2 drives are striped on the APU. Only hit 700 MB/sec read. Second drive only adds 31%. Bummer.

    I'm going to pull the 2'nd SSD and put in a 500GB spinner for bulk. This isn't the fast machine anyway...
     

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