Is there any reason not to use a. M.2 drive vs an external SSD? Assuming your motherboard supports it.
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External? If you mean esata or USB than no. As for an internal sata SSD, M.2's may cost more and could be suseptable to heat in poorly cooled cases. Depending on your motherboard, using the M.2 interface may disable from one to four sata ports and thus may limit the number of drives that can be installed. Check the motherboard's manual if you're concerned. Used as the boot debice, they're blazingly fast.
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I agree with what was said already, but also want to point out that you should separate data drives from the OS drive. This is a good drive to put lots of data on, an SSD that is much smaller is ideal to put most programs and the operatingsystem on. SSD's are lightening fast and not very expensive, while this drive is fast for rotating storage, but better to minimize accesses on larger drives so they last longer, and take advantage of their massive storage capability -- evenwith an NAS setup. IMHO.
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This is a M.2 SSD, you need to get a 2.5 SSD not the M.2. But you will waste the 1TB+8G Hyper Drive.If I were U, I will save the money on the next best thing.
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I am using a Hitachi Deskstar 3.5-Inch 3TB 7200RPM SATA III 6Gbps 64MB Cache Internal Hard Drive I also ordered from amazon. I don't see any reason why you couldn't use an SSD.
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That compatibility is based on the interface. I believe this MB has a SATA3 3Gb/s ports. Why a 10k rpm drive versus an SSD?
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I wouldnt! I think it is used for cache and is software and hardware based. You would probably waste it. You need to look further but I though about buying a 256GB SSD for $120 on sale and replace the 500GB spinning drive with the new SSD and let it still cache if it likes I guess??? not sure lol.
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I would NOT use this type of M.2 NGFF SSD in that fashion on a PC that doesn't have an existing motherboard connector. However, Plextor now makes an excellent in-slot adapter that will house other types of M.2 SSDs. And since the Plextor adapter plugs right into an existing motherboard slot, I believe that it will likely work with just about any operating system. Check it out here: http://www.plextoramericas.com/index.php/ssd/pcie-m6e (although it's not yet available in the USA). There is another option from MyDigitalSSD which makes an adapter bracket for a mSATA SSD that provides regular SATA cable connections that you already have in your PC, look at it here: http://mydigitalssd.com/accessories.php. Hope that helps. Best regards. Beagle
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I don't know why you wish to avoid the SSD, I have heard great things of them. If you stick with HDs, I would select a smaller HD.
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Yes it support Solid State Drives (SSD), the 120GB Kingston SSDNow V300 and Crucial M5 have the best prices right now (around $0.66 per GB)
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Yes as long as you don't have more data on your drive than the SSD capacity.
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No. All a ssd does for you is access your files faster. You don't really need one. It does help if you put games on it.
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Yes, you can - either an m.2 ssd (harder to install) or a 2.5" ssd which is very easy to install.
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More storage is always preferred so I'd go with both drives (SSD with the OS so everything is faster and hybrid as a secondary for downloads). An SSD will usually cost more per GB than a hybrid drive but SSD is faster, quiter, more reliable, and less susceptible to damage since there's no moving parts. You can check reviews for the different drives on sites like www.cnet.com to get in-depth information including pros/cons. I have Windows 7 running on the 1GB hybrid drive and it's great!
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Yes I swapped in a Crucial 512GB M4 SATA. Thunderbolt works fine but believe it or not the USB3 interface had faster read times!
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I recommend your SSD drive of choice be the internal drive (inside the laptop). The NexStar USB dock will support your 1TB drive as your secondary drive. You might even expand on this design in the future and pop in two 3TB drives in this dock. The read/write times are more than sufficient to accomplish a smooth flow of data, whether it be in the document creation arena to that of gaming. Remember to change the drive letter path to the external drive letter when installing software after the OS is loaded. Otherwise, your SSD drive will fill up rather quickly. Also, note that one does not run defrag sessions on a SSD, because the process will damage the drive. Just my tip of the day.
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The drive would be compatible, but I am not seeing a dramatic increase in performance.
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Yes, no problem. I personally use a standard SATA drive through, I need the capacity. Works like a charm...