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  • Sly
    Let's do some business!
    • Sep 2004
    • 31377
    #1

    What kind of SSD to get?

    I want to get a 60-64 GB SSD for my laptop: HP Pavilion dv6t-6100 CTO Entertainment Notebook PC.

    What kind should I get? How do I know if it will work?
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    • Fat Panda
      Porn is Dead. Move along.
      • Aug 2006
      • 13296
      #2
      i run samsung 128gb ssd in all my machines

      they are flawless and fast

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        • 2MuchMark
          Mark of 2Much.net
          • Aug 2004
          • 50883
          #3
          given a choice I'd get the largest one possible.

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            • Wizzo
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              • Nov 2000
              • 15224
              #4
              LOL... I read it as "what STD should I get" and thought Sly had lost it...
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                • Sly
                  Let's do some business!
                  • Sep 2004
                  • 31377
                  #5
                  Originally posted by MarkPrince
                  given a choice I'd get the largest one possible.
                  I don't need size. I use it primarily for a communication device and travel. I keep my larger files on various Internet-based drives for easy access.
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                    • Matyko
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                      • Aug 2005
                      • 8674
                      #6
                      Originally posted by MarkPrince
                      given a choice I'd get the largest one possible.
                      I think your approach is wrong. What you need is a drive with highest possible read/write speed for a good price. For storage you don't want to buy SSD.. A 4TB 3.5" costs the same as a 0.25TB SSD... I might be wrong, but 64GB/128GB Samsung models from the 840 or whatever series are usually good. For example this model:
                      Samsung PRO Basic SSD 256GB SATA3 MZ-7PD256BW (840 Series, SATA 6Gb/s)
                      has both writing and reading above 500MB/sec and that's fucking fast.
                      I have different SSD units from the 840 series and 100% happy with them.
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                        • Yngwie
                          I am an Alien from space
                          • May 2003
                          • 11118
                          #7
                          I don't have a laptop, but on my pc I use a Plextor 128GB SSD M5 Pro Xtreme. It's a great ssd.
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                            • FlowerKid
                              Confirmed User
                              • Sep 2005
                              • 1045
                              #8
                              Don't buy the dirt cheap SSD drives, because they are crap and break fast. If you don't have recent a backup, you'll lose your data. Brands like Intel, Samsung and so on should be good.

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                                • HomerSimpson
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                                  • Sep 2005
                                  • 13826
                                  #9
                                  Samsung and Intel are good...
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                                    • Juicy D. Links
                                      So Fucking Banned
                                      • Apr 2001
                                      • 122992
                                      #10
                                      Samsung nothing else...

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                                        • AdultEUhost
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                                          • Oct 2005
                                          • 2579
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by Sly
                                          I don't need size.
                                          get a samsung, and still a bigger one so you can over-provision the drive
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                                            • Sly
                                              Let's do some business!
                                              • Sep 2004
                                              • 31377
                                              #12
                                              I went with this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

                                              It dawned on me that I am always bitching about the too small SSD drive that I have installed on one of my other machines. 128 will be plenty for my laptop.

                                              Thanks all.
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                                                • anexsia
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • May 2010
                                                  • 5735
                                                  #13
                                                  I have a Corsair Neutron 256GB SSD and it's been really great for me...I also have a Crucial m4 SSD that is pretty solid as well.

                                                  Just check out benchmarks and reviews on some sites like Anandtech or Hardforum...or maybe see if you can weed through some of the reviews on Newegg and Amazon to get a better idea of what people really like.

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                                                    • AnimeFevers
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                                                      • Apr 2009
                                                      • 3566
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by Sly
                                                      I went with this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

                                                      It dawned on me that I am always bitching about the too small SSD drive that I have installed on one of my other machines. 128 will be plenty for my laptop.

                                                      Thanks all.
                                                      Good choice.
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                                                        • CrocMint
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Oct 2010
                                                          • 227
                                                          #15
                                                          I use intel since they became available.
                                                          All of 5 or 6 ones are still alive and no issues noticed.
                                                          Heard of some bugs in firmware some series had, but luckily haven't got any of these.
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                                                            • Grapesoda
                                                              So Fucking Banned
                                                              • Jul 2003
                                                              • 46234
                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by Sly
                                                              I want to get a 60-64 GB SSD for my laptop: HP Pavilion dv6t-6100 CTO Entertainment Notebook PC.

                                                              What kind should I get? How do I know if it will work?
                                                              go 250 gb

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                                                                • John-ACWM
                                                                  Work Work Work
                                                                  • Nov 2008
                                                                  • 20060
                                                                  #17
                                                                  Originally posted by Fat Panda
                                                                  i run samsung 128gb ssd in all my machines

                                                                  they are flawless and fast
                                                                  Same here, the 128gb model is great!

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                                                                    • Juicy D. Links
                                                                      So Fucking Banned
                                                                      • Apr 2001
                                                                      • 122992
                                                                      #18
                                                                      Originally posted by Sly
                                                                      I went with this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

                                                                      It dawned on me that I am always bitching about the too small SSD drive that I have installed on one of my other machines. 128 will be plenty for my laptop.

                                                                      Thanks all.
                                                                      good call

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