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Gaming/movie/solidworks/random BS PC:
ASUS M3A mobo AMD Phenom X4 9500 @ 2.2GHz 4GB DDR2 ATI HD5750 520W Corsair PSU ancient 120GB HDD, looking for a 250GB SSD also ancient DVD burner 22" widescreen LCD Vista 64 bit OS bad-ass CPU cooler School/tuning/random BS laptop (HP DV6617): Intel dual CPU T2310 @ 1.46GHz 2GB DDR2 Nvidia GeForce 8400M GS 120GB HDD less ancient DVD burner 15.6" LCD Vista 32 bit OS fancy remote control for media players And a 1TB external USB HDD plugged into the laptop 24/7, sharing with the PC. The bios on the laptop won't let me OC it :( How hard/expensive will it be to upgrade the RAM and HDD on the laptop? I really like this one, except it could do with some more memory and a slightly larger HDD. |
Personal:
Asus UX31-DH72 Ultrabook - Core i7-2677M Processor (up to 2.9GHz Turbobewst WUT!!) - 4GB RAMz - 256GB SSD - 13.3-inch LCD (1600 x 900 HOLLA!) 8.9" Galaxy Tab - Most perfect ------- size evar. Long ass battery life for international flights during leave. Work: 2 Old ass Dell Optiplex's that are probably from the beginning of the war. Total pieces of ----.... Good enough for RDP though. |
Originally Posted by Oscar
(Post 821760)
How hard/expensive will it be to upgrade the RAM and HDD on the laptop? I really like this one, except it could do with some more memory and a slightly larger HDD.
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Originally Posted by FRT_Fun
(Post 821967)
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Are you kidding me, half those are $200 min unless you want some junk. One thing about SSDs is there is a HUGE difference in performance between them.
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Originally Posted by FRT_Fun
(Post 822004)
Are you kidding me, half those are $200 min unless you want some junk. One thing about SSDs is there is a HUGE difference in performance between them.
The Agility 2 and Vertex 2's are available in the lower-end of the price range I talked about as well, and they are hardly poor performers. http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.ph...1&limitstart=5 |
The Agility 3 really? The POS was plagued with firmware issues causing lock ups.
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Originally Posted by FRT_Fun
(Post 822014)
The Agility 3 really? The POS was plagued with firmware issues causing lock ups.
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A quick anecdotal note-
I have had a total of three SSDs. An Intel in my main desktop PC, an OCZ Onyx in my media server, and a Samsung in my laptop. The Intel and Samsung units have been performing flawlessly for the past year and a half or so. The OCZ, by comparison, failed completely after about three months. Moral of the story: When it comes to storage devices in general, and SSDs in particular, pay a little extra and buy from one of the more respected names. |
I'm looking for ~150-160GB for the laptop. I'm looking at $250-ish then. That's quite steep for a large thumbdrive;) Same goes for the PC, something around 180GB. I'm not ready to spend $500 on 2 SSDs just yet.
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
(Post 822017)
A quick anecdotal note-
I have had a total of three SSDs. An Intel in my main desktop PC, an OCZ Onyx in my media server, and a Samsung in my laptop. The Intel and Samsung units have been performing flawlessly for the past year and a half or so. The OCZ, by comparison, failed completely after about three months. Moral of the story: When it comes to storage devices in general, and SSDs in particular, pay a little extra and buy from one of the more respected names. I have actually had severe headaches with an Intel SSD, but my two OCZ drives have never given me a hiccup. I also picked up a Kingston SSD as my first SSD (What? I trust their RAM, bought based on brand recognition), and oh god was that a piece of ----. I don't think I've had as much trouble with a single PC component since the 486 or early-pentium era.
Originally Posted by Oscar
(Post 822019)
I'm looking for ~150-160GB for the laptop. I'm looking at $250-ish then. That's quite steep for a large thumbdrive;) Same goes for the PC, something around 180GB. I'm not ready to spend $500 on 2 SSDs just yet.
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Also MIR? Who does that nonsense. The price is $170. I'll give you $175-250. But no lower.
My Intel SSD not only has absolutely insane speeds, but has been completely stable out of the box. The OCZ one I had in my computer prior was junk. The computer would often BSOD on boot. |
Originally Posted by FRT_Fun
(Post 822021)
Also MIR? Who does that nonsense. The price is $170. I'll give you $175-250. But no lower.
My Intel SSD not only has absolutely insane speeds, but has been completely stable out of the box. The OCZ one I had in my computer prior was junk. The computer would often BSOD on boot. |
I'm just saying I think with SSDs more so than other parts, you get what you pay for.
Just look at the reviews from my link. Both intel drives get 5 eggs. |
Originally Posted by FRT_Fun
(Post 822028)
I'm just saying I think with SSDs more so than other parts, you get what you pay for.
Just look at the reviews from my link. Both intel drives get 5 eggs. So...? I mean, what are we even arguing about? I didn't even advocate a specific brand in my original post, just gave him a rule of thumb and an estimated number pulled out of my bum based on my last buying experience. Anyways, back to Oscar: Get some variant of SSD if you possibly can, even if it's "only" a 60gb drive or something. I'd wager both FRT and Joe would agree with that much - for me, the SSD was the single largest performance increase in any PC I've had in at least 5 years, if not 10. It made a bigger difference than any RAM I've put in, any processor or motherboard, even any hard drive (And I've had SCSI 15k RPM drives RAIDed and short stroked in a desktop before!!) |
Originally Posted by blaen99
(Post 822032)
And even the first Intel drive I saw fell into my $100-$200 estimated price range.
So...? I mean, what are we even arguing about? I didn't even advocate a specific brand in my original post, just gave him a rule of thumb and an estimated number pulled out of my bum based on my last buying experience. But whatever honestly I'm about to go eat Chipotle so either way I'm happy. |
Originally Posted by blaen99
(Post 822032)
Anyways, back to Oscar: Get some variant of SSD if you possibly can, even if it's "only" a 60gb drive or something. I'd wager both FRT and Joe would agree with that much - for me, the SSD was the single largest performance increase in any PC I've had in at least 5 years, if not 10. It made a bigger difference than any RAM I've put in, any processor or motherboard, even any hard drive (And I've had SCSI 15k RPM drives RAIDed and short stroked in a desktop before!!)
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