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    solid slate drives ... one size fit all?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by raymondjchin, Feb 13, 2012.

  1. raymondjchin

    raymondjchin Notebook Consultant

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    I noticed all the sites I go to list SSD seperate from hard drives. Is it one size for desktop and laptops?
     
    raymondjchin, Feb 13, 2012
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Most laptops (not including those really thin 'ultrabooks') nowadays will use a 2.5" SATA drive. There are some 3.5" SSDs (also PCIe) that won't work in a laptop but those seem to be less common.
     
    namaiki, Feb 13, 2012
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    Zero989 Notebook Virtuoso

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    most SSDs are 2.5" while some SSDs come in the size of HDDs 3.5". thats just the bay size as far as i know. mSata is 1.8".

    all these SSDs should be detected and work just fine, its just a matter if them fitting in the laptop case while closed :D.
     
    Zero989, Feb 13, 2012
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  4. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    As mentioned, basically all SATA SSDs are electrically interchangeable with each other (and SATA HDDs), it's just a matter of a particular drive physically fitting well in your given application.
     
    Commander Wolf, Feb 13, 2012
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    Peon Notebook Virtuoso

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    Not really. It's just that the SSD industry has informally standardized on the laptop hard drive size (2.5" as others have mentioned) and desktop makers are accommodating them by including space for laptop hard drives in new case designs.

    Keep in mind this is only a general trend though. There's no rules, so there's no guarantee that drive A will fit in computer B, especially not after drive height is taken into account.
     
    Peon, Feb 13, 2012
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    Out of curiosity, could you elaborate a bit more here?

    Are you talking about the physical size of an SSD drive (which has been addressed above), or the size of the amount of data which can be stored on an SSD?
     
    jclausius, Feb 13, 2012
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  7. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    OCZ did manufacturer the Colossus series SSD, 3.5" SSD for "desktops".
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Feb 14, 2012
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    TANWare Just This Side of Senile, I think. Super Moderator

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    Solid Slate drives, wouldn't that make for really heavy laptops? Sorry could not resist.............. :)
     
    TANWare, Feb 14, 2012
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    Solid state drives, despite what the name may imply, are actully A LOT lighter than the traditional mechanical drives.
     
    lidowxx, Feb 14, 2012
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    I think you missed the joke. It was the typo in raymondjchin's thread title TANWare was referring to - Slate not S tate.
     
    jclausius, Feb 14, 2012
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    Just to add some clarity, you can use your 2.5 inch ssd in a desktop that has a modern case with built-in 2.5 drive bay(s) or by using a bracket adapter that screws into any 2.5 inch drive and allows for the more desktop standard 3.5 inch bays to be used.
     
    jpg71, Feb 14, 2012
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  12. TheBluePill

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    The Ultrabook Category is really going to mess things up for people. SSDs for many of these machines are similar in size/shape with a DRAM Module/Stick. It will be interesting to see where that goes.
     
    TheBluePill, Feb 15, 2012
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