A week back, I asked about custom built laptop - http://www.howtogeek.com/forum.....eplies=17.
The main idea was using a SSD instead of HDD. Many of you geeks suggested, just swap the HDD with SSD, dammit.
Then the question came about whether the motherboard is SATA 2 or SATA 3. I wrote to the Crucial guyz and they were kind enough to respond today. They have a cool downloadable scanner tool which said my samsung laptop is indeed SATA 3 - 6 GB/s version.
The scanner guaranteed-compatible SSD was 512GB Crucial m4 2.5" SSD with Data Transfer Kit.
This 512GB SSD specs are here
http://www.crucial.com/store/m.....CBA5CA7304
In case linky not worky, the details
Specs
Form Factor 2.5"
Memory Components MLC
Sustained Sequential Read Up to 500 MB/s (SATA 6Gb/s)
Sustained Sequential Write Up to 260 MB/s (SATA 6Gb/s)
4KB Random Read Up to 45K IOPS
4KB Random Write Up to 50K IOPS
Width 69.85mm
Depth 100.5mm
Height 9.5mm
Weight 75g
MTBF 1,200,000 hours
Features
Integrated 8-channel single chip Controller
Self-monitoring, analysis, and reporting technology (SMART) command set
RAID Support
Average Access Time < 0.1 ms
Environmental
Power Consumption (Idle): < 65 mW
Power Consumption (Active): 0.15W
Operating Temperature: 0°C ~ +70°C
Storage Temperature: -40°C ~ +85°C
Max Shock Resistance: 1500G
It retails at around 400 dollars at their site.
So, what do you smart peeps think ? I should go for it ?
