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    Secondary SSD on a Clevo P150EM

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Rudlin, Mar 10, 2013.

  1. Rudlin

    Rudlin Notebook Consultant

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    Hello,

    I'm looking to buy a samsung 840 series SSD to my clevo P150EM.
    And that is something I've never done before, thus I'd be grateful is someone could clarify something for me.

    Can I fit secondary ssd along with me Seagate IInd generation HDD? Where does it slot in? There are an empty tray above CPU fan, is that the place for the SSD?

    Thanks
     
    Rudlin, Mar 10, 2013
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  2. M3ezu

    M3ezu Notebook Consultant

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    P150EM has only one basic spot for a hdd/ssd drive. That is the place where your HDD is located. For adding a second HDD you would need to replace you DVD/BRay-drive with a hdd enclosure or use an m-sata ssd drive, there should be an m-sata port somewhere in that laptop - I'm sure someone with a P150EM can point you towards it. (samsung 840 isn't m-sata)
     
    M3ezu, Mar 10, 2013
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  3. MrDJ

    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    M3ezu is spot on.
    the P150EM only has one hard drive bay.
    for another full size hard drive you would need a caddy which replaces the disc drive but as far as i know this is only sataII and not sataIII.
    like the msata drive that is only sataII as well.
    sataII is slower than sataIII so depending on the size of the samsung you are thinking of buying i would put that in as your main drive and move the seagate to your disc drive bay. yur supplier should be able to get you a caddy.

    if you use your disc drive a lot then the only other option is msata which i know nothing about.
     
    MrDJ, Mar 10, 2013
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  4. Rudlin

    Rudlin Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks for informative replies, I'll have to pass it then for that Momentus XT does not cause any irritation and it is a very well made hybrid hdd. Otherwise I'd have to swap my disks.
     
    Rudlin, Mar 10, 2013
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  5. Meaker@Sager

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    While the mSATA slot is only gen2 its a lot faster than a momentus XT you can either do a caching mSATA or a large one for your OS.

    It still runs very well as 270MB/sec is still quite fast and you get all the small file speed increases.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Mar 11, 2013
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    Right, and this laptop does support a mSATA drive, so for performance this would be a viable choice. :) But the third generation hybrid drives aren't bad in their own right.
     
    Prostar Computer, Mar 11, 2013
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  7. Meaker@Sager

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    No but mSATA acceleration through intel's technology is much better as it can act as a write cache and the much larger amount of storage lets it be much more aggressive.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Mar 11, 2013
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