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Is an SSD worth it for my laptop?
I currently have a Dell Inspiron 17R Special Edition, produced in 2012.
This laptop has an extra 2.5" hard drive slot, so I was thinking of adding a Samsung SSD to it, and moving the OS and my programs to the SSD, and using the HDD to store my documents etc.
However, this particular laptop already comes with a 32GB mSATA SSD, which is used for precaching, Intel Rapid Start and the like.
This laptop isn't slow, it's surprisingly peppy for what it is, so I was wondering if I'll even notice a difference with an SSD? It already boots from Hibernate within 30 seconds. I'm also worried because I can't find if this laptop is SATA I, II, or III, and I don't know if the SSD will even run that fast?
It seems to me there would be minimal change in speed, since this laptop already has an SSD that's used for faster boots and program loading times. What do you guys think?
2 Answers
- Lucius T FowlerLv 75 years ago
I'm not a particular fan of hybrid architectures as the slowest component will always slow down the whole system. And I'm not a particular fan of Samsung drives, either, as they tend to bring some internal firmware stuff with them you maybe wouldn't like. But that being said, I'm using two Samsung hard drives myself.
Two or three years ago, I would have said that SSDs are not a reliable technology, but meanwhile, I think they're useable. My main point has never been about speed, but about the time they can keep their data WITHOUT any power supply, and the read/write cycles. When your focus is on archiving and long-term storage, stick to magnetics and optical, like CD-R (no, not DVD), but if you're up for speed, buy the fastest SSD on the market.
- FulanoLv 75 years ago
It sounds like it works like a hybrid drive?
From what I've heard this system should do what you need. My desktop boots in about 10 seconds. I don't use hibernation so I can't compare with that one.
SSDs definitely use the SATA III speed, but the plugs are backwards compatible so you can run an SATA III SSD on any SATA plug. I used to have SATA II ports on my motherboard, but it just took 15 seconds to boot on SATA II, so it was still crazy fast.
