Install a new SDD in my laptop?

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Kent

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i've heard there is a thing called SDD to replace a laptop harddrive?which makes ur laptop faster:S
im not sure how it works,and what i need to be aware of

got a dell xps 17
Base
Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 740QM (1.73 Ghz, 6MB, 4C)

Memory
4096MB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x2048]

Keyboard
Internal UK/Irish Qwerty Keyboard

Video Card
3GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 445M Graphics Card

Hard Drive
500GB (7,200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive
 
A solid state drive, or SSD is a large capacity flash storage medium that is faster than most HDDs (hard disk drive). Its basically the hard drive equivalent of a flash drive. They are on average 5x faster than a 5400 RPM HDD. They are expensive and the only real advantage is speed.

I am unfamiliar with your laptop. If it has the capacity to hold 2 hard drives, I would suggest that you get a 40 GB SSD and install it into slot 1, and move your 500 GB HDD to slot 2 for storage. Load your OS and drivers onto the SSD and keep data on your 500 GB hdd. this will give you better boot times and near instant response time in your OS.
 
Another thought. I would install programs i often use on the SSD. Lots of others would go on the other drive. Not used much but needed.
 
I never had a laptop to accommodate two drives. One thing though. I ordered a SSD esata (sata 3). its faster if ya have it. it was a 120 gig.
I think 80 gig would be more appropriate and give ya some expansion.
If your looking do some home work. im not an expert on it. I just like toys and because i can.
query in the search for ssd. been talked about many time and comparison. Most i picked up on was compare read/writes speed. there is a diff. Do your homework.
cheers.....
 
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I took out one of the 2 500GB that came in my asus laptop, and intalled a corsair 120 SSD, as my primary drive for the o/s, programs..etc...

extremely fast boot, and responsiveness is excellent! Well worth the higher cost
 
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