Try Crucial M500, 7mm thickness at around RM369.

sifu pls answer me

i want to change into ssd for my dell 14r SE laptop. Is it possible to change into ssd with this laptop?

If yes what ssd is compatible? if possible ssd with automatic backup software to backup and transfer files from my current harddisk to the new ssd

1. afaik mSata SSD works
2. use your desktop PC to do ghosting to transfer then put on laptop

Can someone help me
Two mSATA PLEXTOR M5M 256GB raid 0 or single crucial m500 960GB ?

I am going to buy a gaming notebook msi Gs70 and upgrade the following option

This post has been edited by Xu3r: Aug 28 2013, 01:13 PM

For me I would choose single SSD, replace the original HDD so you won't feels the HDD heat coming from the top of your keyboard space.
As for the mSATA, it has RAID, you can use it for mSATA RAID SSD but you probably won't notice the difference of single vs RAID0 performance so it's up to you if you wallet can afford.

Or... just buy both options and become SSD King.

hi there. planning to get a ssd to replace my primary hdd in my laptop (have a secondary in my dvd-rom drive). been considering these so any advice is very much appreciated (reliability, lifespan, speed etc..) on which to get.

1. Samsung 840 Evo 120gb
2. Corsair Force GS 128gb
3. Plextor M5P 128gb
4. Crucial M500

Thanks!!!

ps: are any of the listed above in 1.8 inch in size?

This post has been edited by ipohzeng: Aug 28 2013, 08:54 PM

thanks , i will go for single m500 960GB SSD

All listed are 2.5" SSD, very hard to find 1.8".
You can try your luck at garage by searching "1.8 ssd", the only 1.8" SSD I found is Intel X18, pretty old model.
As for reliability, Intel is known for it but lifespan wise will vary from luck and usage, speed wise Samsung and Crucial could top the chart right now, but most of it is 2.5" size SSD.

Plextor M5s 128gb good? or should i top up abit go to other brand l;ike crucial??

thanks for the info. was actually trying to avoid a 1.8 ssd hence the size asking . then samsung it is. thanks alot

Yes for its price, value for every performance that you'll get from it.
If you need just that little extra performance then go for the latest Crucial, very fast, price also very "fast"

This post has been edited by wildwestgoh: Aug 29 2013, 01:30 PM

If compare with m5? if m5 better, i only need top up rm35

What will you be using it for? Benchmarking numbers?

no la ~normal use only~for speedn up boot

Only for boot up?
Just get any SSD that suits your budget will do, the only differences probably only up to 2~5 seconds different, or maybe you won't even feel it cause you won't even have time to pick up your cup of coffee after you turn your PC on and it's already at the desktop.

Wanna ask a bit.

For SSD which method can prolong the SSD lifespan? Create 2 partition or just 1 partition for all?

Example:
I buy Plextor M5S 128GB.

1. I create 90GB partition just for Windows and 38GB partiton for stuff and downloading (only direct download not torrent).

or

2. Just 128GB single partition for all


THANX =)

I need some serious help guys..

I have a SSD and i intend to install win8 on it. My HDD have win7 in it.

My question is: How should i do it?
Previously someone told me that I can just fresh install win8 on ssd, then I can boot into ssd and get my files from hdd. I can choose to delete the os on the hdd if i want to, is that true?

Hi guys any word on the Intel 530 Series ssd? Hardware sites state that it launched back in July but until now there are barely any sight of it for sale.

by spec wise M5S is faster. But for consistent and stable 4K read write performance, M500 out perform M5S

Don't think create partition will do any wear down harm, I did mine like 60/59 (119GB formatted) to keep my other portable programs + documents in another drive for easy OS re-installation.

Just wonder if create partition will actually impact the overall performance, that's the real question here, hope some sifu here can answer this, doing this myself is kind of time consuming.

Yes, you can do that if you want to, you can retrieve your data from the other HDD after you have installed your Windows 8 but beware that sometimes Windows may detect another active drive (boot partition/volume) at your other HDD if connected on the same board (SATA) and it may just add up to your boot up list.
Anyway, you just need to install Windows 8 using just the SSD along to prevent something like above happen then plug-in your HDD into your system after you have installed the OS, not sure if it'll still detect the active partition or not but worth a try
After that, well, just continue copy data from that HDD, wipe the HDD clean then re-format and use it as normal HDD.