What do I get and where do I get it from?
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What do I get and where do I get it from?
Just buy a SSD that you're happy with. Samsungs are the normal recommendation if your budget stretches that far. While the SATA speed means the drive won't hit it's maximum sequential speeds, most of the 'speed' you feel from a SSD comes from the access times of the data, so you'll still feel a huge increase :)
That's very interesting, thank you. I've an 830 Samsung just sitting here, I didn't want to waste it, would that be overkill or would it do rightly?Quote:
Originally Posted by Agent
There is a third party custom 'Middleton' BIOS for the X61 which enables SATA2 speeds:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/BIOS_U...Middleton_BIOS
http://forum.notebookreview.com/leno...ml#post6501443
Possibly riskier than a normal BIOS update though.
But as Agent already said, the biggest benefit of an SSD is access time and concurrent operations (IOPS). Headline transfer rates are pretty much exactly that: a headline.
Yeah, I did look into the Middleton BIOS but was put off by the bumpf which stated all the 'beware' warnings.
If that Samsung 830 is lying there with nothing to do, slap it in. It's overkill but better than spending money when you don't have to. :P
Has worked well for hundreds (thousands?) but if you were to releasing a custom ROM you'd put a big beware on it too since if something goes wrong (usually because someone didn't read the instructions probably) you'd hardly want to be liable.Quote:
Originally Posted by cheesepiece
Thanks for the help guys. Much appreciated