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    Can you help me ID whether my Vostro 1700 can support SATA II SSD drive?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by winerackmaker, Dec 4, 2010.

  1. winerackmaker

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    I'm sorry if this thread is somehow answered in another way elsewhere. I've looked, and read many threads but I am still not sure.

    I have a Dell Vostro 1700 that (very sadly) has Vista on it. There are so many things messing up with the OS that I can no longer take the time to research and repair them. I figure the best thing to do is get a new HD and do a clean install (and possibly upgrade) of the OS. Since I work often in a 3D modeling software, it would help if I could boost the speed a bit, so I'm thinking SATA II SSD, but I do not know how to confirm whether the chipset / controller will support it. I have a Intel(R) 82801HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Controller v7.0.0.1020, though I'm pretty sure there's a newer version out. Any thoughts?
     
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Yes it will support SATA 2. My Vostro 1500 has an OCZ Agility 2 SSD inside. As long as your laptop has SATA, it doesn't really matter.
     
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    That's awesome - thanks very much.
     
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    SATA is downwards compatible, so even if your notebook only has SATA I, you can install a SATA II hard drive, it'll just only run at up to SATA I speeds. Unless you do a lot of sequential writes, however, not even a SSD will saturate SATA I speeds yet.
     
    Judicator, Dec 5, 2010
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