Hi, im looking for cheap ssd to upgrade my lenovo ideapad 100 15IBD as people from the other notebook group said my laptop is at bottleneck at the moment. Hence, suggest me to get a ssd instead to see the significant changes. Any cheap ssd suggestion?tq

Silicon Power ACE A55

The one that died was SanDisk X300.

Nevermind

This post has been edited by sHawTY: Nov 21 2019, 05:34 PM

take this with a grain of salt, but things have changed, https://www.pcworld.com/article/3234838/best-ssds.html

Hi there,

Can I check if the 1TB Pny xlr8 cs3030 is of any good (can last long and decent speed) . Seems a lot of builders use this one, according to specs on website looks good. But I am not able to find a lot of user review including in this forum too.

Currently I was only given the option of samsung which is rather expensive or this pny xlr8 cs3030. The XS8200 Pro also not available unless I buy online.

Anyone uses this and what's the feedback? Thanks.

Not even mentioning crucial at a glance

the list is just for reference only. crucial is still ok imo.

is there any good DRAM ssd recommended for laptop?

Crucial MX500? RM499 for 1TB at Viewnet

i found there's 2 type of mx500

2.5" sata
m.2 sata

which is better?

Both perform identically - it all depends which slots are available on your motherboard or so

Also, do note there are many form factors of M.2, where they are defined in 4 digit numbers like 2230/2280 and others:
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/...f-M-2-SSDs-586/

M.2 form factors also have different notches in order to prevent insertion of the wrong device in the wrong slot - they are named as Key M and others

In the case of laptops however, using a M.2 SATA SSD can be beneficial as you can free up the 2.5 bay for mechanical drives if you need to store large files

This post has been edited by chocobo7779: Nov 26 2019, 11:59 AM

mechanical drives, u mean is hdd right?
if i dun wanna hdd, can insert ssd for 2.5 slot?

Sure, you can actually uses M.2 SSDs and a M.2 HDDs (do note some machines may not allow you to use M.2 SATA and regular SATA together this due to shared SATA lanes - check your laptop service manual for this)

the SATA lanes are determined by number of SATA ports on motherboard, yes?

No, usually the chipset is responsible for this - in some desktop motherboards if you use a SATA M.2 SSD, a SATA port on the motherboard will be disabled and vice versa:


https://www.asrock.com/MB/AMD/B450M%20Steel.../#Specification

This post has been edited by chocobo7779: Nov 26 2019, 12:26 PM

Good to see someone is testing this enclosure with this SSD.

I just bought a 512GB SX8200 Pro and planned to get the Orico m.2 name enclosure (10Gbps)

but there is a seller told me that my SX8200 Pro is a NGFF m.2 SSD, might not support by this enclosure, so until now i still haven't buy the enclosure.

Now I see your speed test, I will go and grab one then.

Thanks man~!!!

can suggest 500gb sata ssd for 25+?
currently i bought a lot of crucial 500gb for 264(cheapest so far)..any other recommendation?

whoaa.. still below 1k...


but according to this m.2 ssd best.. sx8200 pro

This post has been edited by pandera999: Nov 28 2019, 01:34 AM

sx8200 pro is still one of those with relative better values, https://www.tomshardware.com/news/adata-xpg-sx8200-pro-deal