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    M1330 SSD Sata II

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by dr_98_98, Mar 19, 2009.

  1. dr_98_98

    dr_98_98 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi.

    As a postgraduate student I am able to get good discounts on pc hardware through my University IT department.

    My last hard drive went bust [my machine warranty ran out 2 months ago :( ] and I am looking to upgrade to an SSD.

    One of the ones offered is a "Samsung 64GB 2.5" SATA-II MLC SSD".

    Forgive my technical inexperience, but will the M1330 support this ? (if it helps, I recieved my m1330 in March 2008 in the UK)

    Cheers,
    dr_98_98
     
    dr_98_98, Mar 19, 2009
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  2. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    It should work.
     
    namaiki, Mar 19, 2009
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  3. -l-Z3K3-l-

    -l-Z3K3-l- Notebook Consultant

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    It will work fine. one thing to rememberr though. the drive is MLC based and not SLC. So that means it is noot as fast as you'd expect it to be
    MLC can suffer latency and lifespan is shorter the SLC

    Your machine will accept any SSD as to the machine its just a sata drive
     
    -l-Z3K3-l-, Mar 19, 2009
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  4. xpyes

    xpyes Notebook Guru

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    yeah it'll work no problems. I'm running a MLC SSD and love the difference from bog standard hds. to paraphrase a recent anandtech writeup, if you use a SSD for a while and then try the same system with a hard drive, it feels "broken".

    as for differences in performances between SLC & MLC - I don't really think it makes much difference to the average user, but the diff between HD and SSD is noteworthy. samsung MLCs do not use the problematic jmicron controller and are meant to have decent durability anyway. the new 256 GB samsung MLC SSD is getting rave reviews all round from what I've read.

    here's that anandtech article, hope it helps: http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=3531
     
    xpyes, Mar 19, 2009
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    kapsimet Newbie

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    G.skill will be better
     
    kapsimet, Mar 20, 2009
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  6. xpyes

    xpyes Notebook Guru

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    why? because you sell it in your ebay "store"?
     
    xpyes, Mar 21, 2009
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