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    SSD in M17-R1?

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by Thor316c, Jul 9, 2011.

  1. Thor316c

    Thor316c Notebook Consultant

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    Just curious if anyone is running and SSDs and if so what benchmarks of read/write speeds are you getting?

    I'm thinking about picking up the Corsair Force Series 160GB SATA II 3.0Gb/s, but not sure if it will be worth it since M17/w840 have SATA 150 ports right?
     
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    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    enable raid befor installing windows
    you don't need to set up an array just to go enable raid in the bios of you install a ssd i didn't do it and now i hate my self for it

    also the m17 is sata II so unless your ssd out put more the 300 MB/s wich i have yet to see one (even sata III i haven't seen one yet)
     
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    Thor316c Notebook Consultant

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    Oh sweet thanks! What does the enable raid do? (I'm just curious)
     
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    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    a lot of options that will make you bite your finger if you miss them

    it allows installing the intel RST driver wich enable faster transfer to the media
     
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