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    which is a good hard drive for an envy 15t?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by christian666, May 23, 2012.

  1. christian666

    christian666 Notebook Enthusiast

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    hi all,


    which is a good hard drive for an envy 15 t?
     
    christian666, May 23, 2012
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    Regular hard drive or solid state hard drive?
     
    ForeverZen, May 23, 2012
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    christian666 Notebook Enthusiast

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    regular

    mechanics


    Will an envy 15 t benefit from a 6G.s drive? or the mother board will not accept its 3.0 sata
     
    christian666, May 23, 2012
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    It's sata 2 but a sata 3 hdd will work just fine.
     
    ForeverZen, May 23, 2012
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    But either way it's still a slow hdd.
     
    ForeverZen, May 23, 2012
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    compared to ssd everything is slow
     
    christian666, May 23, 2012
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    Momentus XT Solid State Hybrid Drive 750 is good. i boot in window in 28 sec. U get best of both world. Not quiet as fast as ssd. but faster then hd
     
    smoky3266, May 24, 2012
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    U can get oem from newegg for around 140.
     
    smoky3266, May 24, 2012
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    Thats amazing... 28seconds? My Crucial M4 256GB though not one of the fastest SDD it is one of the most reliable ones and it takes me about 18seconds to boot into windows 7 on my Envy15
     
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    an overall % improvement can you say is the hybrid hdd compared to a mechanical hdd?

    how many sec did a mechanical hdd takes to boot into windows ?
     
    christian666, May 25, 2012
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