SSD for 6520 - will Intel S3500 be good?

Hi all,
I have decided to upgrade my good ol' guy to SSD. I have found two good 480GB deals on eBay, either the 520 series or the S3500 enterprise one.
I am a little bit leaned toward the S3500 one since it's more durable, has better power loss protection and also has the Intel-built controller, which is the better one compared to the Sandforce. I know the 520 series is not plagued by the Sandforce firmware bug like other brands, but I just like it a little bit "safer."

However, what concerns me is the power consumption. I am running the 2760QM with discrete graphic, dual hard drive and frankly enough upgraded the speakers to 6540's (they have four times the power if I am right (8 Ohms 0.5 Watts vs 4 Ohms 1 Watt) , and required filing down some edges to fit).

The power consumption is a huge difference. Here are the specs:
520 series - idle 600mW, active 850mW
S3500 - idle 0.9W, active 4.5W

I wonder if my good ol' pal can handle the S3500?

 

The 4.5W should be no problem. It's around the upper end of the power range of 2.5" SSDs from a few years ago (that link shows the Intel 525 drawing 4.8W and the 520 drawing 2.8W) and a power -hungry mechanical drive can get into the same range. It is very unlikely that you will encounter durability issues with a consumer SSD unless your workflow involves writing very large quantities of very large files. I have a 3 year old 1TB Samsung 840 EVO SSD which is over 10,000 hours and nearly 20 TBW (Total Bytes Written).

John

 

Thank you John, but I just wanna point out a correction: TBW means TeraBytes Written

 

Well spotted. My brain thinks one thing and my fingers type another (that's my excuse).

John