Haha bro, i am going to do this in a week time from now SSD + HDD makes a perfect combination i would say

Bro, no doubt and please go for SSD! You wont regret I tested SSD speed in my Dad's Toshiba Portege z930, the speed is damn fast !! Not to mention our N53SN processor is better than the i7 version in Portege Z930

yeah decided to save $$$
buy 256 ssd samm 840pro + WD 2tb portable HHD + stock HHD with caddy
gonna take me some time to achieve that

how u be mod arr??
just curious
duno how Lwyat works

I plan to buy Intel 520 series 120gb. the ssd u wanna buy how much is it?

Haha , i have been quite active in Apple bytes lately and then i applied for it and wait for reply from Admin/Staff

ooh, so have to apply 1..

if not mistaken 260 AUD means RM 830 or so...
total would be 260 +140 + caddy which is arriving soon = 1280 ringgit..
if go for sshd then it would be 170 = RM 544

so the 736RM would be the price for performance.

Better you fork out more for a better and more future proof SSD Even if you are upgrading laptop, just bring your SSD together hehe

p/s u can be a MOD either you apply it or they offer u

cannot be mod i spam too much in 2 threads only...
see my rep mostly in android gnexus section

ssd is all good but i just worry my work will kill the lifespan faster.
since there is a limited r/w and i tend to do several GB drawings which will ultimately kill it
means have to change faster, hence im reluctant.

1 day i will just mini mini miinii mo! and choose

what do u mean bro? SSD will spoilt faster than HDD?

umm ssd got limited read and write sequence as it is just a bunch of NAND chips
HHD will fail if there are too many spin ups but if kept spinning without resting, the damages are lesser

since my work require alot of data being input save cached and run, chances that my hhd will not stop spinning
but my ssd will be writing and reading alot.

and when ssd fail it is either controller fail or NAND chips worn out..
and to prevent the data from writing on the same block, bigger cap ssd will be better as there are more rotation

so its motor/arm vs controller/NAND
the major pull back from the shop and me $ is the failure symptoms.

HHD after using for 3-6 years, u will know that it is failing (like what i can feel from my current hhd's)
slowing down, bad sector, error, etc. u can backup quickly and replace it. Unless u ignore them all, then itz ur fault.

SSD failure is a sudden thing, yeah they may say 1 chip block died or so
but u will most probably be shocked with the entire row of chips dying in 1 go.
recovery? possibly as hard or harder than hhd since we all buying consumer SSD and not enterprise.
each diagnostics also wear the ssd down further (i usually laugh when people buy ssd and bench them like 5-6 times)
then there is the driver's problem bad drivers or old drivers= bad ssd too..

Last thing i want is my 4 yrs of uni work go poof and my 2 years of work presentation go poof
i do 3tiple backup though

SSHD tempt me cuz the rates of loading on repeated work (bootup/load program/game/files) are close to SSD
since it works as a booster if the chip dies itz just like a normal 1TB hhd.
problem is that they don't make 7,200RPM models and only 5,200RPM with 8gb NAND chips
their speed also beat a 7,200RPM HHD and also a 10K RPM drive so it should be good.

just buy a bigger capacity ssd then xD. that would last you for a few years hehe.
our dvd rom slot is 12.7mm or 7mm? i dunno how to differentiate haha. wanted to buy the caddy for second hdd. decided to buy ssd n cpu haha, waiting for money only now.

12.7mm, dun buy wrong

okok, thx hehe. going to install a fresh window 7 on it xD. waiting for money ~.~

Bigger size SSD will last longer? Our N53SN support Sata3?

u can say so, since the file will be store at different place if you keep repeat storing the same file. for example, i copy 1gb of file into the ssd, it will be located in nand1, then if i delete and copy the same 1gb of file into the ssd, this time it will be at nand2, it will make sure all the nand is used equally.

bigger cap last longer cuz it can make more loops be4 returning on the same NAND flash
so lets say 60gb vs 256

60GB
-A>B>C▼
▲F<E<D
That will loop as many times as ur data is needed. but since the limited R/W then that would mean it spoils faster.

256GB
------A>B>C>D>E>F>G>H>I>J>K>L▼
▲Y<X<W<V<U<T<S<R<Q<P<O<N<M
It took more memory shifting of read/write sequence be4 returning back to A.

Therefore it will prolong the lifespan of the SSD.
BUT! this affects very little to those who do little computation. the only chunk that will be moving around that weight alot is the windows system drive.. For me is my layers after layers of drawings...

Support sata 3 (and if not mistaken sata 3 v 6gbps too)

dun 4get ur wind partition also moving around

This post has been edited by springfall: May 1 2013, 12:12 PM

haha, not so frequent la, unless there is always update lolz.
basically, the cache things will be in the ram, so nothings much different la, my ram is too much lolz. 12gb xD

yeah ram important for ssd... mine only 8gb...

Thank you very much for the explanation bro! So i guess i better save up for a 256gb SSD?
BTW, 8GB ram is not enough for you ?

normal usage enuf, only use 30-40%
but when i start my project... diff story...
8gb max out, 8gb sd scratch full, and 220GB D drive scratch 70% full..

u get my point why my SSD dying fast now

lolz, if so, the sshd even worst for your case, haha, the 8gb nand will die even faster haha

christ, sell me one caddy 12.7mm with adapter cheap cheap xD