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    Solid State for xps1530

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Supermiguel, May 18, 2009.

  1. Supermiguel

    Supermiguel Notebook Evangelist

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    Supermiguel, May 18, 2009
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    30gb is miniscule for the XPS1530. Can only load limited programs as it will fill up quickly.
     
    kanehi, May 18, 2009
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    AndyL Notebook Enthusiast

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    The OCZ Vertex is awesome in the XPSM1530. I just put the 250GB Vertex in my XPSM1530 2 days ago and it flys like never before (I used to have the 160GB 7200rpm Hitachi HDD). But as Supermiguel says 30GB is not much space to play with. Also worth considering is the fact that the 120GB+ Vertex SSD's are faster than the 30GB and 60GB Vertex SSD's. Also the smaller the SSD the quicker it will wear out.
     
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  4. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Meh, really depends on what you do. I've got a 64GB SSD in my E6400, and I'm consistently using just less than half of it. That being said, I think 32GB might be a bit tight, but it's definitely manageable.

    That being said, the Vertex is indeed a solid drive; it's not quite as fast as the X25-M, but it can approach Intel speeds in some select cases. Smaller drives will wear out faster than larger ones... but the MTBF for these things are supposed to be so big that this really won't matter.
     
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