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post Jul 27 2013, 11:21 PM

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QUOTE(op 1 @ Jul 27 2013, 10:48 PM)
Hi guys, any Sifu know which size of ssd can fit to lenovo g400s? 7mm or standard 9mm ?  Thanks
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The quick to know about it is open the cap and take out the HDD to measure.
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post Jul 27 2013, 11:54 PM

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QUOTE(op 1 @ Jul 27 2013, 11:27 PM)
thanks 4 reply. the thing is, i decide to buy both laptop n ssd together. went to lowyat few days ago. ask quite a number of shop but nobody can give me an answer. the sale person n technical guy all just nod their head.

decided to get plextor m5s 128gb (9.5mm) so , i do no can fit or not

anyone here using lenovo g400s
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G400s still a laptop size, so the included hdd size should be still around 9.5mm imo.
If ultrabook, then it would be mostly like using pcie ssd or 7.0mm hdd/ssd.
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post Aug 5 2013, 10:03 PM

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QUOTE(xain @ Aug 5 2013, 06:25 PM)
i wondering since samsung 840 pro is so good, why isn't shops in lowyat stocking it?  hmm.gif
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Business is always complicated regarding distributing/bringing in the products. Or maybe the price tag is too high for retail price and the risk will be high in case local market not get used to it.

QUOTE(nuekkacak @ Aug 5 2013, 07:03 PM)
why bigger player like seagate and WD dont want to produce SSD in large volume? It will reduce the price.. or they want to concentrate on hybrid hdd..
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Seagate do have SSD lineup, u can view it at the first page latest news section.
WD is on their way...
Everything is related to the cost bro, u need to test the market value and see how's the sale go on to decide massive production or not.
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post Aug 7 2013, 01:33 PM

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QUOTE(keyzjh @ Aug 6 2013, 10:59 PM)
Do you guys use up 128gb easily?
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It depends, personally I used up quite easily as I'm not only install massive programs (each took at least 3gb), but also put some games on it.
It is always better to leave 50% free space to ensure the speed wont be reduced.
**If used up more than 50% also dun worry, u will notice very slightly reduction on boot up, like 1~2 sec max only iinm.
QUOTE(harryfoo @ Aug 7 2013, 08:30 AM)
TS, update me in the owner list. Plextor M5S 128GB.
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post Aug 10 2013, 04:10 PM

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QUOTE(nexus2238 @ Aug 10 2013, 03:32 PM)
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crucia...b-ssd,3551.html

nice review on Crucial M500, talking about the extra feature it sport (vs the old m4).
Also has a show down with Samsung 840 Evo.

Can't wait for the day when I can afford to replace my whole NAS with arrays of 1TB SSD laugh.gif Price drop quick quick rclxms.gif
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That is very expensive pay off, since 1TB each cost around 2k.
RM2000 can ady get at least 4x 3TB NAS drives biggrin.gif .
At the moment of waiting price drops, there's already new pcie ssd with more speed cool2.gif .
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QUOTE(iori57 @ Aug 25 2013, 08:34 AM)
Hello, what's the cheapest 512gb ssd available in the market? Plan to buy one to replace super slow company laptop's 512gb harddisk by cloning it.
Thanks!
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Maybe Crucial M500 480gb RM1249 and Seagate 600 Series 480gb RM1259.
Price from Viewnet.
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post Aug 26 2013, 07:22 PM

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QUOTE(mitodna @ Aug 26 2013, 10:04 AM)
any affordable 7mm 120gb SSD to recommend? thanks
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Try Crucial M500, 7mm thickness at around RM369.
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QUOTE(wildwestgoh @ Sep 5 2013, 09:06 AM)
Yes you can, but I can't be sure about the hard disk height on that model, is the 750GB 9mm in height? If so then you can install almost every SSD in the market right now, if 7.5mm will need to fork more for some models, wonder why they tend to be much expensive. hmm.gif
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Because the manufacturing cost is higher for 7mm/slim ones i suppose laugh.gif . Quite similar to other things like smartphone that tend to be more expensive with slim design.
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post Sep 13 2013, 07:05 PM

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QUOTE(nexus2238 @ Sep 13 2013, 10:38 AM)
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7237/samsung...on-nand-scaling

Article on how Samsung is using V-NAND tech. Its impact is enable Samsung to produce big capacity SSD.
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So we may see something that eventually replace HDD at 3TB or 4TB capacity with same size as current SSD?
Jeez, that means supa transfer speed in NAS or something like that is coming true lol. Just a matter of time for such technology to become common for affordable price hmm.gif .

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post Sep 19 2013, 01:08 PM

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QUOTE(infernoaswen @ Sep 19 2013, 12:44 PM)
Opened a thread but no reply laugh.gif https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...742&hl=force+gs
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The Corsair Force GS and the Force GT both use the same LSI SandForce SF2281VB1-SDC controller. The Force GS uses SanDisk 24nm Toggle Mode flash memory while the Force GT uses Micron Synchronous 25nm MLC flash memory. I would probably recommend the Force GS because of the toggle mode flash memory which gives the ssd an advantage when reading files. I would probably recommend the GT if you are going to be writing a lot of files. It depends on what you will be doing with your pc.

From http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/291235-3...h-corsair-force

At the bottom of Johnny post, he recommends GS as it uses sandisk flash memory. As we knew that sandisk is very reputable of making memory cards thing hmm.gif ...
Micron isn't bad either. Still, depends on your usage as stated in the quote above.

Somemore reviews that can make your life difficult for reading tongue.gif : http://www.johnnylucky.org/data-storage/ssd-database.html

From the datasheet, u will notice that Force3 is using same flash memory as GT, so GS is newer improvement imo.

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post Sep 19 2013, 01:18 PM

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QUOTE(Petai Kota Bharu @ Sep 18 2013, 03:01 PM)
Plextor 128gb cost around how much?
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Range from RM299-359 for Plextor M5S.
QUOTE(iori57 @ Sep 19 2013, 09:14 AM)
I also looking for the best deal for 128GB installing in laptop.. any recommendation? (that's available in Malaysia)
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Crucial M500, Plextor M5S, Intel 330.
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post Sep 20 2013, 11:51 PM

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QUOTE(Petai Kota Bharu @ Sep 20 2013, 11:06 PM)
I heard it boot up windows very fast??
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Yes, with AHCI enabled the boot speed is 2/3 times faster than regular hdd for Win7.
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QUOTE(k!nex @ Sep 21 2013, 11:22 AM)
Hi guys,

I just got random SSD with 128GB from a friend to test. However , the label has been removed therefore i'm not pretty sure what model is that. Based on benchmark below, can anyone guess what is this ?? I'm running it on a Intel SATA 6.0gpbs interface from my mobo
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Have tried my computer > right click the drive > properties > hardware > copy paste the disk drive name to google ?

or storage > disk management to check the hardware code/name.
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post Sep 21 2013, 07:56 PM

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QUOTE(k!nex @ Sep 21 2013, 07:39 PM)
Thanks for the info..
Found already.
Samsung SSD SM841 2.5" 7mm 128GB ATA Device..

I google..No review also..Only got tht MSATA version
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Its the oem version of 840 seris from samsung.
http://us.hardware.info/news/30237/samsung...series-840-ssds
Try refresh the link if it didnt show at lst click.
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The first one is the mSATA PM841. It's available in capacities of 128, 256 and 512 GB (!). It has all the characteristics of the Series 840, with read speeds of up to 540 MB/s, write speeds up to 330 MB/s, read IOPS up to 100K and write IOPS up to 65K.
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The second one is the 2.5-inch version of the Samsung SSD PM841. Other than the different form factor it is identical, and also available in capacities of up to 512 GB.
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QUOTE(k!nex @ Sep 21 2013, 08:32 PM)
But speed wise its around the same as the non Pro Samsung 840 rite?
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I think yes, the benchmark results u have also look good for me.
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QUOTE(Petai Kota Bharu @ Sep 23 2013, 08:21 PM)
But i go shop they didn't sell SSD? Maybe its not common yet?
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SSDs are very common nowadays, impossible shops didn't sell it. If only stocks not available temporary only.
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QUOTE(Petai Kota Bharu @ Sep 23 2013, 08:41 PM)
Ok, maybe that shop out of date haha.. Btw, which brands work best?
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For compatibility I prefer Intel.
Price wise over performance probably Plextor M5S, Crucial M500.
For normal usage, any of them are good enough to show the big difference between ssd and hdd.
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QUOTE(infernoaswen @ Sep 24 2013, 04:48 PM)
I checked online & seems like plextor has a warranty void sticker on the ssd so opening the cover will void the warranty. Any idea which SSD do not have the warranty void sticker? I need to open the cover & spray paint it  hmm.gif
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Intel 520 ? Its aluminum case, coz I didnt see any sticker of warranty on the opening screws part iinm.
I open mine at the time i get it just to double confirm i get is 520 lol.

QUOTE(nexus2238 @ Sep 24 2013, 05:41 PM)
http://www.thessdreview.com/our-reviews/sa...d-review-512gb/

Review on Samsung xp941 m.2 SSD.
Practically blow everything away.
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Expensive but mind blowing with such a small size sweat.gif .
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QUOTE(infernoaswen @ Sep 25 2013, 02:50 AM)
How about intel 330? laugh.gif

Perhaps I should just get a cheap ssd, cheapest right now is intel 330 60gb right? How it performs? Reliable? iirc back in those days everyone was recommending intel 330. Performance difference shouldnt be huge I assume.
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Yea, intel 330 60gb is with metal casing also. The 60gb one isn't really that cheap also, still around rm200+ if nt mistaken.
Performance is ok ok, still reliable.
Because previously the price of Intel 330 120gb is one of the cheapest with good compatibility and reliability.

If modding, why not try to make metal casing with holes then put the metal casing as a cover for the ssd u have currently icon_idea.gif ?
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QUOTE(infernoaswen @ Sep 25 2013, 11:27 AM)
but then I will still need to remove the original casing to replaced the casing that I made, meaning need to cut the sticker anyway. I cant put the metal casing over the SSD because this is what I plan to do laugh.gif


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The casing painted very nicely, almost coated like stainless steel feelings.
For Intel SSD, they have a curve on top of it, not sure if this will make imperfection in your mod.
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Hmm, if cant put metal casing over it, how about custom made a casing to replace the original one? Will be much cost effective than spending RM200+ for a new ssd imo hmm.gif
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