Put SSD into Samsung's 700Z5C-S02 laptop

Hi all,

I own a Samsung 700Z5C-S02 laptop ( 700Z5C-S02 - TECH SPECS | SAMSUNG).

Great laptop, except for the HD. So I'd like to replace the HD with a SSD.
I've seen threads here about how to unmount it, so that should be allright.

What I'm wondering about is: Which SSD should I buy?
Are there some specs I should be particularly aware of, or just any 2.5 SATA 3 SSD would work?
The original HD is a SATA2, but how can I know if the motherboard is SATA3 compatible?

Thank's a lot for your advises and tips!

muslidrikk

 

It's an ivy bridge, there's no chance in hell it does't support SATA 3.

 

Any 2.5" SSD will work - but you may be limited to 7.0mm (the normal/common size is 9.5mm).

With a new/current platform such as this model - I'm fairly certain that you have a SATA3 connection, but that is up to the manufacturer to implement it properly (I wouldn't worry about it - no reason for Samsung to cripple the machine unnecessarily - you should have SATA3).


The SSD I would recommend is the Intel 520 Series 240GB (top choice), the SanDisk Extreme 240GB (second choice if speed is a priority) or a Crucial M4 256GB or 512GB if reliability (over the SanDisk Extreme) and/or capacity (over both Intel or any other SandForce based SSD) is important.

The M4's do come in 7mm flavors so be sure to check the part numbers carefully if that is what is required for your system.

You may want to wait for the new Crucial M500 Series SSD's with up to 960GB for less than $600 (and if we're lucky - 480GB for less than $300).

See:
AnandTech - Micron/Crucial Announces M500 SSD Line of SSDs



With any SSD you buy though; if you want the highest sustained performance over time, you want to partition it and leave at least 30% 'unallocated' to allow the controller to most efficiently do the internal Garbage Collection (GC) and TRIM cleanup with the least Write Amplification (WA) and performance and nand degradation possible.

The above paragraph is one reason why I don't recommend a smaller than 240GB SSD (mostly because of the 30% 'unallocated' (or more) capacity that needs to be reserved for the controller for maximum performance). The other reasons are that a smaller capacity SSD will not have all the controller's channels fully populated and/or the nand will also not be optimally interleaved and will affect the maximum theoretical performance possible (not to mention tanking on real-world workflows).

When you consider that a smaller capacity SSD offers up to half (or less) of the performance of a 240GB/256GB SSD (or larger) and coupled with the fact that more than likely it will be run at closer to maximum %-filled capacity (O/S, Programs and Data don't get smaller...) - you can end up in a situation where a HDD is faster than an SSD, and you would have had the privilege to pay to do that.

SandForce based SSD's offer increasing performance up to 240GB - after that, performance goes down (that is why I recommend the 512GB M4 over even an Intel 520 Series SSD larger than 240GB's).


To learn more about why over-provisioning (via 'unallocated' capacity) or increasing spare area on SSD's helps increase performance:

See:
AnandTech - Exploring the Relationship Between Spare Area and Performance Consistency in Modern SSDs



Look at the last graph on the link above to see how the Samsung 840 Pro SSD goes from blah to Wow! with only 25% overprovisioning.


Hope some of this helps.



Good luck.

 

Yes SATA III is supported in a very similar model http://forum.notebookreview.com/sam...es-7-lovers-heres-np700z5c-ivy-bridge-53.html

 

I personally recommend the Samsung 850 Pro 256GB. It's affordable, efficient and reliable.

 

Thanks for the great tips! I did follow your advises and kept 25% unallocated. I turned out buying a Samsung 840 PRO 250GB. ( Samsung 840 Pro 240GB SSD review: This is one screaming hunk o' flash | PCWorld)
My PC's speed now is just amazing!

 

Hello, a have also a Samsung Series 7 Chronos 700Z5C-S02PT. Today i have upgrade mt windows 7 to the new windows 10, and i need to change my old disk to a new ssd! I could read carefully all the recommendations above , but we are in 2015 and for that I would put the question to me.
Now what is the best ssd by for my Samsung Series 7 Chronos 700Z5C-S02PT, under 200 euros?

 

I purchased a 256Gb Samsung 850 Pro for my laptop a few days ago which cost me £100.

 

850 evo vs 850 pro ?

 

I suggest you don't use big bold letters. It is the forum equivalent of shouting and the result is that most people will ignore you.

See what Samsung says about the difference. Either is likely to outlive your computer.

John

 

Thank you!

 

Can you help me with a question!? i have my new Samsung 850 with 256 gb coming! now don´t want to migrate my old hdd with the upgrade of windows 10, but to make clean install with the windows 10 in the new SSD. I need help to resize partition for install the Windows 10! i need to make a 100 mb partino like windows 7, or more space?

 

See:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10


Download the tool above. Create an install disc or USB drive (your option).

Install SSD, start the installer you created.

Use advanced options in the Windows Installer and create a partition that is 70% (30% OP'ing) of the available capacity available to Windows - in this case 167GB; or in MB; 171,008MB (not 100MB - Windows can't install to that small of a partition - and if you're thinking of the reserved partition Windows creates, just input the capacity you want in MB and Windows will take care of the background tasks like it's reserved partition itself).

Highly recommend an SSD with more than 256GB going into 2016... (with OP'ing or not).

 

Thank you! i have cancelled my order of the ssd 250 10 minutos ago! now i will search for a good price SSD with 500 gb!