what is better this SSD or this Akitio Neutrino Thunderbolt Edition with Intel SSD 120GB ??
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I have no experience with with Neutrino Thunderbold Edition, although I have had great success with the LaCie. One major gripe I have is that the thunderbolt connector gets wicked hot and has caused the thunderbolt port to shut down twice. I have decided that since I run a Virtual Machine environment on this drive that I would live with the USB3 for the always on and I have no thermal issues. If this were standard access and not production VM testing that I had on this and connected via Thunderbolt, I might not have the thermal issue. Although, no time or patience to test this theory.Cheers, I have no experience with with Neutrino Thunderbold Edition, although I have had great success with the LaCie. One major gripe I have is that the thunderbolt connector gets wicked hot and has caused the thunderbolt port to shut down twice. I have decided that since I run a Virtual Machine environment on this drive that I would live with the USB3 for the always on and I have no thermal issues. If this were standard access and not production VM testing that I had on this and connected via Thunderbolt, I might not have the thermal issue. Although, no time or patience to test this... » Read More I have no experience with with Neutrino Thunderbold Edition, although I have had great success with the LaCie. One major gripe I have is that the thunderbolt connector gets wicked hot and has caused the thunderbolt port to shut down twice. I have decided that since I run a Virtual Machine environment on this drive that I would live with the USB3 for the always on and I have no thermal issues. If this were standard access and not production VM testing that I had on this and connected via Thunderbolt, I might not have the thermal issue. Although, no time or patience to test this theory.Cheers, « Show Less
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I bought this for my son who is a music producer/songwriter. This is the exact thing he requested for his business. So I guess I'd have to say the product I purchased is the best, because it's what he does for a living.
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I have no experience with with Neutrino Thunderbold Edition, although I have had great success with the LaCie. One major gripe I have is that the thunderbolt connector gets wicked hot and has caused the thunderbolt port to shut down twice. I have decided that since I run a Virtual Machine environment on this drive that I would live with the USB3 for the always on and I have no thermal issues. If this were standard access and not production VM testing that I had on this and connected via Thunderbolt, I might not have the thermal issue. Although, no time or patience to test this theory. Cheers,
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I do not see the point of changing the one it has already for the one you mentioned, because both are hybrids and the hybrids have a flaw when we talk about proper speed. Change for a proper SSD (http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-MZ-7TD250BW-Solid-State-2-5-Inch/dp/B009NHAEXE/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1373543806&sr=1-2&keywords=samsung+ssd) than it will make a lot of difference on speed (boot up time and every day use). If you need more space, use an external drive for storage.
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Thank you for the info, I'll take a look. By the way would you recommend a 1tb 5400rpm or a 750gb 7200rpm? Is the speed trade-off worth the space trade off? thank you
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The one we purchased did not have ssd like the one posted, everything else was the same. It's been a great machine.
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I cannot talk technicalities here, but I know by personal experience it will be a very noticible difference. If you're strictly concerned with a boot time, SSD will be much faster.
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First of all this is an EXCELLENT SSD. The other SSD I had was a OCZ and it was not even close to this one. I do a lot of picture editing which I think this SSD drive is good for that. Right now I have 2,200 pictures on the drive plus all my programs and I still have 90GB left. I think you could get by with the 128GB but would regret it later. I would suggest the 256gb. Speed difference is the first thing you will notice! My laptop boots up in about 10-12 seconds. I think you have make an excellent choice
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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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Check the detailed specifications and you will see big differences other than just the faster SATA connection rate. 4x faster reading, 10x faster writing IOPS. 7mm versus 9.5mm thickness. Not sure if the v4 supports SMART on the older controller chip it uses.Then too your SSD may well outlive several computers, why buy an outdated slow one that you will be living with for years?
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The drive you have selected here might not fit what you are looking for; this is a portable usb HDD with no external power--everything is done through the USB cable. I can figure out the RPMs, but I am pretty sure it is much lower than 7200 since its USB powered. Take a look at the WB MyBook Studio: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004QGXOP2/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 -This should better fit what you are looking for in a drive. I have one of these, and it works great. The firewire is so much faster than USB 2.0--probably on par with 3.0, I don't have any 3.0 ports or devices. If you have Thunderbolt, they do make Thunderbolt variants, but they are far more expensive--thunderbolt is the fastest connection you can get, but HDD won't use the full speed bandwidth of Thunderbolt; firewire or USB 3.0 should do just fine for HDD. The only reason to get SSD is speed, and you better be prepared to spend a lot of money #1) SSD is more expensive than HDD: HDD is $1 per GB while SSD is about $2.5 per GB 2) the real catch is unless you get an external SSD with Thunderbolt connectivity there is no point in having SSD because the speed will be bottle-necked by the USB or Firewire connection--you won't get the full speed of the SSD. Thunderbolt will also drive up the price as well. If you let me know exactly what you are planning to use this drive for I could give you a better recommendation tailored to your uses, but I hope this helps you find something that will meet your needs.
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It has both but the ssd is 250 gig drive. As for the warranty I forget. I would have to dig out my paperwork. Great laptop though. I use it for gaming and it runs everything I've thrown at it so far.
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Dude if you have a compaq, throw it out and I'll build you a real computer:). 800-707-2525. It would be a complete waste to put a fast SSD drive into a piece of crap. Of course this is not the SSD drive to get. The Samsung 840 pro is the one to get as it is almost double the speed for only $50 more. Well worth it. Plus the Samsung comes with software to keep it running fast where this drive will be running 1/5th the speed in about 5 months.
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Here is a link to the EB1033 specs. Looks to me, like you can buy it with SSD already installed. But...... I would contact their support first. http://www.asus.com/us/EeeBox_PCs/EeeBox_PC_EB1033/specifications/
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It has both - "SuperRAID" which is 3 128GB SSDs in a RAID 0 configuration and a 1TB 5400rpm harddrive (slow to save really big files). The SSD's work well and it is nice have the extra 1 TB of space if you need it. (Good place for movies, photo's, etc)
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Intel has quality. You won't find other drives with the same amount of validation Intel provides. The 5 year warranty is much longer than the average 2 year you will find on most other SandForce based drives. Basically, if you want a drive to store important data on, go with an intel drive, if your data is not as important, it's safe to save some money on other drives.
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I chose Intel because I use it more often. I play World of Warcraft and raid alot and wanted to "feel" safe while playing/raiding. My system boots up and I am playing WoW within 45 seconds from the time that I push the power button on. Entering instances are usually 5 seconds faster than those who don't have SSD.
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To use Intel's SSD support you need to run in RAID and your MoBo must have the correct chipset. There is a cap to the size of the SSD you can use. If not using RAID, I would go the route of Sandisk again. If running RAID or installing building a new system I'd go the other route. Using their caching software (rather than Intel's, as I don't run in Raid and didn't want to reconfigure my system), it definitely sped up my system and drastically cut my boot time.
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I would recommend using one on Thecus's compatibility list: http://www.thecus.com/download/compatibility/hdd/N4520SERIES_N2800_N4800_N4800Eco_N5550_N4510U_N7510_HDD_SSD_list.pdfAlso consider that Enterprise rated drives will last longer and potentially perform a bit faster, but might not be worth the price bump for just backups.