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Sweet!!
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So sounds like my current setup is fine then, thanks guys!!
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Hi, I got an Asus N53SV laptop. I checked the BIOS, but it wont allow me to change the boot order of the 2 bays. I just found that HDD (with data) has to be in optical bay, and my SSD (with...
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Whoa, why would you want to put the SSD in the optical bay? Aren't optical bays generally SATA I or SATA II whereas SSDs are SATA III? You might limit the speed of your SSD by putting it in the...
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So you think SSD (C:) in main bay, and HDD (D: data) in optical bay, is probably the best setup in terms of speed? I never tried to reverse them because I couldn't make the reverse setup work, so...
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You might be able tojust yet? http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus-reviews-owners-lounges/563336-asus-n53sv-n53sn-sandybridge-owner-thread-133.html
But in any case, an ssd primary and HDD data...
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Man if only this was 7mm I would have scooped this up
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they always taxed in NJ. they have a warehouse in edison.
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Negative. This is just an extremely slow hard drive, even by laptop standards.
Having owned both drives I can tell you the 500gb momentus xt is extremely fast by comparison.
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Would you also like to live back in the 80s;)?
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A year ago, I tried to put this drive in main bay as D:, and SSD drive in optical bay as C: (faster windows startup), but my laptop insists on bootup to main bay drive as startup, not optical drive....
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Picked up one to upgrade ps3 hdd. Good deal.
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This drive is great for mass storage on my Alienware since it has dual hard drive slots.
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Have you ever used one of these caddies? There is no coverter. It is a native SATA connection with SATA power connector.
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Yes, it was sarcasm. I am soooooooo sick and tired of the "plus tax" peanut gallery. It is usually the same people who post about it too as well.
+1! This drive is hardly a speed demon but no...
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I think that the point the other is trying to make is that the optical SATA port could have been designed to be slower (like SATA I, or a less robust connection - to save money), since optical drives...
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got one $80 plus tax. price goes up now on everything. Good times gone.
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Amazon has this for $92.50. Nice deal.
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Might want to add to the title that this drive is 9.5mm thick, not 12mm like most 1TB 2.5 inch HDD. This is good news for someone looking to upgrade their PS3; scanned through the reviews and saw...
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Newegg
For those interested
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Internal and 9.5mm :)
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Newegg has 1TB Western Digital Scorpio Blue 5400 RPM 2.5" SATA Internal Notebook Hard Drive (OEM) for $99.99 - $20 Promo Code "EMCJJNB26" = $79.99 with free shipping. Thanks Discombobulated
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And could you live with these HDD-s?:
1980 – The world's first gigabyte-capacity disk drive, the IBM 3380, was the size of a refrigerator, weighed 550 pounds (about 250 kg), and had a price tag of...
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This sounds very interesting. How to you fit the "sata optical caddy" to you model of laptop? where do you buy these?
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Wow! This must be a new development for you! Did newegg just start charging tax?
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I was gonna get a caviar green as a slave drive for my desktop, but read elsewhere that scorpio blue is better, is this true?
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This drive can actually match my older 1TB Caviar Black drive from 3 yrs ago. The current Black Scorpio and Caviar Black aren't that much faster, so most people won't notice the difference.
I use...
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I am pretty sure their NJ distribution center has been open for at least a few years.
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You can run as-ssd on your current SSD in its optical caddy and get results. You can swap and re-run with your SSD in the primary slot. But if you are getting results already on par with benchmarks...
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so maybe a drive with 7200RPM instead?
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couple of articles from Eurogamer about hd/ssd upgrade:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-ps3-hard-drive-upgrade-guide
and...
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Picked one up for my 2011 MBP based on good reviews. Now I'll need to invest in a bigger external drive to back everything up.
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is this the best deal for 2.5" internal sata for now? wondering how low can it go on BF.
better SSD with smaller size, or be patient a bit but with huge size :D
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+$6 tax for New Jersey, not so hot deal, otherwise great drive. I have purchased on in the summer time for similar price...
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Got a seagate momentus 1tb 5400 rpm for $85. So far it works great.
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Yeah, that's how I'm doing it. I mean, it makes sense since your main bay is (most likely) SATA III and your SSD will be better able to reach full speed that way.
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its amazing how 2 years ago this kinda thing wouldnt even hit FP at $40 and 2 years later goes FP at $80........mother nature...
I remember purchasing my Samsung F1 7200rpm drives at around 49 all...
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Yes! Atari, Apple II's and Mtv!
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just an FYI, this drive is actually VERY fast, at or better than many 7200 rpm drives, and lower power consumption
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men, U remind me of those punched cards that I used to play with.
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