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    SSD Upgrade NP7338

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by suryaprasad7500, Oct 29, 2015.

  1. suryaprasad7500

    suryaprasad7500 Newbie

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    Hey,
    I own a Sager NP7338 with a 1TB HDD No RAID. I want to add an SSD to the machine to upgrade the performance for certain applications and loading time in games. Faster OS is definitely amazing, but I can deal with those loading times rather than loading while working on something important like software development.
    1. Buying an SSD and doing a fresh install of the OS
    2. Buying an SSD and installing the applications and games on the SSD and keep the OS on the HDD
    The second option definitely seems to be the easier one. But is it going to be very effective?
    If I have to do a fresh install to the SSD, can I do it with a recovery partition or a recovery disk kind of a thing from Sager?
    Using Windows 10 now(Updated from Windows 8.1 the laptop came with).
    Suggestions would be helpful.
    Thanks!
     
    suryaprasad7500, Oct 29, 2015
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    bryneb Notebook Consultant

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    Personally, I can't stand multiple drives in my computer.

    You can create a backup using Windows 10 to an external usb drive or usb flash drive, install the new SSD and then reinstall Windows and your applications from the backup you created.

    http://www.windowscentral.com/how-make-full-backup-windows-pc

    Unless you need the extra storage the original HDD provides I'd pull it in favor of the ssd. Lower heat, faster and better battery life.
     
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    Support.3@XOTIC PC Company Representative

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    I would recommend loading the OS on to the SSD as that will be one of the largest ways to see speed improvements on the PC. Use what he said and just make sure you backup all your data files to an external USB to ensure that everything transfers over fine :)
     
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    t456 1977-09-05, 12:56:00 UTC

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    Voted 'Application and games'.

    Once the necessary drivers and services are loaded into memory that's where they'll stay (and DDR3 is much faster than any ssd). The resource-heavy applications and games will see the most intense reads and writes, benefiting more than the OS itself. Of course, boot will be faster with the OS on the ssd, but you also have to take into account Windows' bloat snagging up storage space like there's no tomorrow. With the applications and games this is much more under your own control.

    Do make sure to install stuff like .net and java to the ssd as well, presuming your software relies on that.
     
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  5. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    What size of SSD are we talking? If it's larger you may as well have the OS on it.
     
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    Thank you!
     
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    I'm looking to buy a 240GB SSD
     
    suryaprasad7500, Oct 31, 2015
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    This makes so much sense. Thanks a lot! I think I'll try this for a while first and if it doesn't really make a difference, then I'll try installing the OS on it.
    Thank you! Very good advice!
     
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    See how you get on, 240gb is in that middle ground, 512gb and you may as well have the OS on it, 128gb it's apps OR OS, on the 240GB you can have both but it does make things a bit tight.
     
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    Agreed: although a zippy OS is nice, it may be better that the applications benefit from that performance.
     
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    You could of course (if it is an option) save a little more and go for the 500gb class options, they are not that much more these days.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Nov 3, 2015
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