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    Crucial M4 128gb 2.5 Sata 6gb/s Solid-state Drive

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by zaymaa, Feb 7, 2012.

  1. zaymaa

    zaymaa Newbie

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    Looking to upgrade for my Sager NP8170 / Clevo P170HM. Thoughts?

    - Ram: 8GB - DDR3 1333MHz Dual Channel Memory (4 SODIMMS) <nobr><small> </small></nobr><nobr><small> </small></nobr>
    <nobr><small>- Primary Hard Drive: 500GB 7200RPM (Serial-ATA II 300 - 16MB Cache) </small></nobr>
     
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  2. Identitycrisis

    Identitycrisis Notebook Consultant

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    Installing an SSD is one of the best upgrades you can make for a user experience improvement, everything loads quicker, and the operating system feels a lot snappier. I had an 80gb SSD waiting for my NP8130. Came in today, just installed it now, but haven't loaded windows on it.

    I have the crucial in my desktop and have no complaints. just make sure to update the firmware to prevent an issue from occuring in the future.
     
    Identitycrisis, Feb 7, 2012
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  3. Support.3@XOTIC PC

    Support.3@XOTIC PC Company Representative

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    The Crucial M4 have had alot of people here say great things about them. 128GB is the perfect size as long as you have a second HDD for storage.

    Also consider the brand new Intel 520 series drives, while they cost more their read/write times are quicker.
     
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  4. Shaithis

    Shaithis Notebook Guru

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    In a word, yes.
     
    Shaithis, Feb 7, 2012
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  5. Anthony@MALIBAL

    Anthony@MALIBAL Company Representative

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    An SSD is a highly recommended upgrade. Just pop it into your second bay and make it the primary drive for bootup. You can keep you using the HDD for storage that way.
     
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    Hubris2 Notebook Consultant

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    I put a 256Gb Crucial M4 in my P150hm and I'm loving it. Lightning-quick boots, applications fire up really quickly, and when you aren't accessing the physical hard drive it can spin down leaving you a fairly quiet computer running off the SSD.
     
    Hubris2, Feb 8, 2012
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  7. mubay

    mubay Notebook Consultant

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    I have the 128Gb M4 (amazing drive), its been super stable for over 2800 Hours!

    Here are my benchmarks if you want to take a look at them:

    [​IMG]

    Those are with the old-firmware I should probably make some new screens on the new 0309 firmware ^^;
     
    mubay, Feb 8, 2012
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  8. junhan4

    junhan4 Notebook Enthusiast

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    awesome drives awesome performance. but you have to disable lpm if not you get random freezes.
     
    junhan4, Feb 8, 2012
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  9. BIGSx420

    BIGSx420 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have 128 m4 in my 8150. No problems installed it in October.
     
    BIGSx420, Feb 8, 2012
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  10. hizzaah

    hizzaah Notebook Virtuoso

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    If by old you mean 0009, there shouldn't be any performance changes.. There weren't on with my sata 2 connection for my 256gb M4. Would be nice to see for sure on a sata 3 connection though. I always forget how fast the M4 benches until I see it connected to a sata 3 lol. Impressive stuff. I can't wait to get a new laptop (again. Hopefully I'll get to keep it this time)..

    @OP, if you think you'll be fine distinguishing between what you want on the ssd and what you want on the platter drive, go for it. I didn't like choosing so I went ahead and sold my 128gb and upgraded to a 256gb. They're on sale for $325 shipped at newegg right now..
     
    hizzaah, Feb 8, 2012
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