The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Purchasing new SB, question about SSD

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Icekill, Apr 5, 2011.

  1. Icekill

    Icekill Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    1
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Hi, after lots of reading, i have decided to buy a new SB.

    My main doubt now is about SSD.

    I saw that the one provided by Sony looks way too expensive at +350€ for a 120Gb drive, while i can buy a Vertex II 180Gb for 274€ for example.

    Is the Sony one just overpriced or is it a good reason to buy it as extra? else, i would chose the cheapest HD in the Sony website and then buy and replace it with an SSD, but in that case... which one is recommended here? is it easy to replace the original HD with the SSD? does it void the warranty?

    Thanks in advance!
     
    Icekill, Apr 5, 2011
    #1
  2. Karamazovmm

    Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!

    Reputations:
    2,365
    Messages:
    9,422
    Likes Received:
    200
    Trophy Points:
    231
    Buy the smallest HDD and go for the best SSD you can find/are willing to buy.

    It wont oid the warranty, there is also instructions of how to do it in the manual
     
    Karamazovmm, Apr 5, 2011
    #2
  3. J&SinKTO

    J&SinKTO Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    107
    Messages:
    767
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    The SSDs are like RAM upgrades - much cheaper to do aftermarket than from the company. Mr MM is correct - buy it separately.
    They are one of the best upgrades you can do BTW - have one in my FW and my Sony netbook.
     
    J&SinKTO, Apr 5, 2011
    #3
  4. NomisR

    NomisR Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    22
    Messages:
    167
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Doesn't the SDD in the SB run in RAID 0 like in the Z?

    It doesn't seem like the SB has the B2 stepping as shown in CPUZ but if it does, it'll cause problems.
     
    NomisR, Apr 5, 2011
    #4
  5. Karamazovmm

    Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!

    Reputations:
    2,365
    Messages:
    9,422
    Likes Received:
    200
    Trophy Points:
    231
    there is an option for that, but I advise against the Raid 0 depending on the SSD that is equipped, basically because there isnt trim support for that, and some drives (well all of them, minus intel, samsung, and some kingston models) get a baseline performance without it.
     
    Karamazovmm, Apr 5, 2011
    #5