is it fast enough with the small ssd startup drive?
1169278
small ssd is used for intel rapaid start technology&#65292;no for installing windows system and startup drive.it's too small.if you want do like that you should change a bigger one.now, you can install games in that ssd,it's fast.
1169279
small ssd is used for intel rapaid start technology，no for installing windows system and startup drive.it's too small.if you want do like that you should change a bigger one.now, you can install games in that ssd,it's fast.
1267395
Yes, but since its optimized for NAS, it will be somewhat slower than a desktop optimized drive.
145168
You need an open bay, or slot to put the drive into. It is well worth the exchange, if there is no other available. Start-up and picture loading becomes closer to instantaneous. The ssd will use less battery, will not get the computer as hot (which always works against speed), and is less delicate.
2164252
Absolutely! The Samsung EVO 840 has breathed new life into my 2011 i7 MacBook Pro 17". Boot up to a stable desktop both in MacOS 10.9 and Windows 8.1 is 15-20 seconds from a cold start. I also purchased the same SSD for my mid-2009 i7 iMac 27" with similar results. However, an SSD is not an HD and must be cared for differently. I strongly recommend purchasing Trim Enabler (http://www.cindori.org/software/trimenabler/) to automatically apply the necessary settings. Although a couple of years old, an excellent discussion on Macs and SSDs can be found at http://blog.alutam.com/2012/04/01/optimizing-macos-x-lion-for-ssd/. Absolutely! The Samsung EVO 840 has breathed new life into my 2011 i7 MacBook Pro 17". Boot up to a stable desktop both in MacOS 10.9 and Windows 8.1 is 15-20 seconds from a cold start. I also purchased the same SSD for my mid-2009 i7 iMac 27" with similar results. However, an SSD is not an HD and must be cared for differently. I strongly recommend purchasing Trim Enabler (http://www.cindori.org/software/trimenabler/) to automatically apply the necessary settings. Although a couple of years old, an excellent discussion on Macs and SSDs can be found at... » Read More Absolutely! The Samsung EVO 840 has breathed new life into my 2011 i7 MacBook Pro 17". Boot up to a stable desktop both in MacOS 10.9 and Windows 8.1 is 15-20 seconds from a cold start. I also purchased the same SSD for my mid-2009 i7 iMac 27" with similar results. However, an SSD is not an HD and must be cared for differently. I strongly recommend purchasing Trim Enabler (http://www.cindori.org/software/trimenabler/) to automatically apply the necessary settings. Although a couple of years old, an excellent discussion on Macs and SSDs can be found at http://blog.alutam.com/2012/04/01/optimizing-macos-x-lion-for-ssd/. « Show Less
503670
I haven't tried it but I can say that it is fast enough to use as an alternative bootable drive.
1096638
Yes. might want a larger drive though, as most operating systems will want more space.
68041
If this is your only storage device no. This drive is to small as a stand alone. Best if you put your operating system on it and use a normal hard drive as your main storage. You can use the extra on the ssd as virtual memory and this can speed up a system greatly.
999993
I don't think it would help you much. It works by copying the most used programs to itself to speed up launching those programs. Things like your web browser, email client, word files, etc. If you have those on an SSD, they are already faster. Think of this drive as an extra 32gb of ram, to preload programs to.
1514524
Yes. Very good computer. Hard drive upgraded to SSD and it became very fast.
1872482
No reason why you shouldn't use this along side a standard SSD. I would use the SSD as the boot drive though.
1137681
It should be, although I seem to remember it as formatted NTFS to start with. If your build supports standard SATA interface, you should not have any problems. It has been a very reliable drive for my Windows system. The only caveat is that an SSD does require periodic "garbage collection" by the operating system. You might want to check if your intended OS will support this. This would apply to any SSD that you may be considering.
648053
Yes of course, I still have my old hat drive in my Pc aswell. The SSD is my main one for the faster windows boot times and the amazing speeds I can transfer and write data!
1884274
Hard drive is only 5400, but Windows boots much faster than I imagined and the laptop comes with 2 drive bays, so you can throw in a SSD in it's SATA 3 port if you wanted.
584201
I've purchased 3 of these with all them being coupled with a 7200 HD and I've not had any problems. Boot time and data-intensive programs (e.g., mapping software) are significantly faster with this SSD. The only problem is prioritizing what data to put on the SSD and what to store on the HD.
954761
I cannot answer your specific questions because I am not particularly interested in the access speed and I don't have windows redayboost. But I can say that this little drive has been handy in my work and so far has not shown any questionable performance.
383412
Yes. Should be fine as long as you allow for at least 8GB of free disk space.
260274
That would depend on which OS you went with. I have windows 7 ultimate, and I have a 500 gb samsung evo ssd, no issues.