Hi, wanna ask

I planning to replace my current SATA HDD 2,5" (for laptop) and my friend suggest to buy SSD to replace it but my laptop is Acer Aspire 4930. My questions are:

1. Is my laptop able to use SSD ? since I need to buy the SSD casing that fit with my laptop character
2. How much is the current price for SSD ? because when I check on here, the price is almost same as 2,5" HDD

Thank You

This post has been edited by altung: Jan 20 2012, 08:46 PM

Meaning if you format a TRIM enabled SSD using Windows 7, it will restore back to its original performance?
I read somewhere that secure erase is used for non TRIM enabled SSD.

Format,or write all data to zero does not restore back to full performance,but improves drastically.
Yes,you could do it with start command prompt 'diskpart' and choose your ssd partition to proceed with in TRIM enabled ssd.But that's just a format and there's no guarantee whether you could restore back fully to initial performance.

Is Kingston HyperX 120G good SSD? I heard SF chip is bad. any idea?

It isn't exactly the capacity that effects the performance, but the number of NAND chips. The more NAND chips you have, the better it can divide the data amongst them; it is very much like RAID-0. 256GB would naturally have more NAND chips than a 128GB SSD.

1. I can't guarantee 100%, but it is very likely that your laptop will be able to handle an SSD. I had an old laptop with similar specs and it worked fine.
2. A lot of 120GB or 128GB SSDs are at the RM599 price point.

It seems that most of SF's problems have been fixed recently. Regardless, I feel that it is overpriced because you're not likely to be able to distinguish the performance difference for the given price premium.

^thank bro for the answer sh** man, part of my data in D: is gone

This post has been edited by altung: Jan 21 2012, 07:53 AM

what SSD do you recommend then? I find that Kingston is the cheapest.

The Vertex 3 is cheaper and there are plenty of decent 120/128GB choices at the RM599 price point.

which brand better ?
i want 240GB SSD

any idea when is the release date for intel ssd520??

is the matter of what u looking for =)
reliability -> intel(but recently also using Sandforce chip for new models)
world record in speed -> sandforce
mix of reliability and speed -> Crucial M4 ( homebrew chip + intel & crucial joint venture nand a.k.a asian fry rice)

Get M4 if u hav lubang to get it from US it cost me RM603

its depend on what you looking for, speed or reliability?

I prefer mix~

Crucial M4 den

Dnt know which local shop got sell it.
Amble distributor got stock in or not ?

idk =) i get from us

It's not for personally use.
I was thinking should i swap my laptop hard drive to SSD. So, i can use that 500GB.
Alternative, i will get MyBook ..

Seems like Corsair SSD is not very popular in here



Reporting in.

EricCYL | Corsair Force GT | 120GB X 2 | RAID-0

This post has been edited by EricCYL: Jan 22 2012, 11:08 AM

http://www.guru3d.com/article/ocz-revodrive-3-x2-review/1
This stuff nice ?

It is all in that article. It's nice if you don't mind plugging it in to your motherboard's PCI connector or the insane price.

Got any different plug into PCiE ?
So far, I didnt use PCiE.
It's any RAID controller cheap but good ?
I probably will get a SSD for my laptop use ^.^
120GB need RM600++, i get a news date. After CNY, 30 Jan that RAM and HDD price will drop down ~