Can you run applications such as games, videos, etc. from this, and how does the speed compare with internal ssd's of similar size?
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I had two different flash drives a day none of them were recognized on 3 different computers. As far as I'm concerned this drive is complete garbage
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I keep HiRes music files on mine with up to 32/194 Hz and have no problems. Haven't tried video yet.
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speed is amazing. i use komplete 9 ultimate which is a serious music and synthesizer program, and it is running so fast. my ex harddrive which was supposed to be good, it is not better than this . it was slow. i am so glad i bought this one. this is fast. i bought this because it was small. i couldnt imagine how fast it can be actually. komplete ultimate is like 320 gb. and it is running very fast. and one more thing i have to add, this is not a flash drive , offcourse much more better than same size flash drives.
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Perhaps. I don't know about the games. But all the files ,transcript transfer my personal, recovery window, just about the same speed .
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Let me give you a non-technical answer with some of my observations. I don't run games, so I don't know, but since it goes through USB, I feel that limits how fast it goes. Watching movies directly from the Kingston has not been a problem at all. I use it with my Surface Pro 3 which has an internal SSD of 512gb. That's much faster. Remember, it's just a USB flash drive. What makes this valuable is its size.
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I don't understand why you would upgrade the SSD. It is blazing fast as is. If you need storage, using cloud services has worked for me. I read that upgrading these machines on your own is generally not recommended.
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Yes you will be fine. The SSD's take virtually no power at all. You will have power to spare and its a great little power supply.
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I can not answer that question because I did not install the SSD. I brought it to the greek squad at Bestbuy. Sorry I can't be more helpful.
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I bought a.256 SSD for my op system and start up.programs and used my HDD with another to.store music pics.etc....works.really well
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So are you saying the range could be some cheap SSD like OCZ or a good ssd like samsung 840 pro?
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Yes - the machine's design handles large/heavy processing loads from any program source. The SSD is fast (of course) and the backplane that data travels across is also lightening fast. The machine has four high-speed USB-3 ports in addition to many of the older USB-2 ports. Control Panel's Performance Information Detail rates 5 factors on a scale of 1 to 9.9 - this machine's Data Transfer Rate scores 8.1 which is excellent; Processor and Memory scores are both 8.0 and Graphics and Gaming Graphics both score 6.7 - use these to compare with other machines.
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I just opened mine to put 2x4GB SODIMMs into it ... nope. It is NOT user-upgradeable. Memory chips are soldered on. SSD is mSATA so in the future you could presumably upgrade it to 256GB, but the memory is not upgradeable in this at all. Live and learn.
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I have found no way to do that. I've searched the forums and no one has attempted this yet. You can upgrade the SSD, but need to get the cover off for that. At the same time, the stock RAM has been just fine for my enterprise computing needs. If you are looking for a hardcore gamer or CAD, then this isn't the machine for you.
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You can swap it out for a SSD, but just make sure you have a copy of all the drivers and some back-up discs of the OS.
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Yes however the size isn't going to effect your gaming experience, the speed will. A solid state would be your best bet. Acer has a restore utility that you can backup the entire os to a USB drive and restore to a new drive
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I am not sure if this is really the machine for this kind of applications. You can only load 2 gig of memory and that is not really enough to play any games.
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if your desktop has a SATA port you're good. I would get this to run the OS/paging/scratch, and another drive to store your data on. SSD is pretty costly other-wise and this way you can still enjoy the performance gain while maintaining the capacity.
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Ram memory is soldered so it is unexpandable. You'd have to purchae the variant with 8GB by default. SSD is mSata so you can expand manually.
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I was unable to locate any specifications for the system you identified.Make sure motherboard has Sata 3Gps or 6Gps (faster)If you are adding the SSD make sure you have an extra SATA port, cable and a place to mount SSD.** If the drive is configured properly on a 6Gps port, there will be a very notable performance boost over any HDD, this SSD will outperform any 10,000 rpm drive.
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Yes you can use this super fast drive for whatever you want. Your grammar and punctuation made my brain hurt. I own two of these SSD's, I use one in my desktop as the Windows C drive, and one in my laptop for the same reason. You can use it as the C drive or as any other drive. You can use it as a secondary drive if you like, and still install and run apps on it. This is a blazing fast SSD, and 240GB can easily store Windows an an abundance of normal size apps. I still recommend having a 500gb spinning drive for frequent file backups, but that depends on how much data you're wanting to cram onto this SSD. I rate it 10 out of 10, I love SSD's and the HyperX is a lovely one to have. Yes you can use this super fast drive for whatever you want. Your grammar and punctuation made my brain hurt. I own two of these SSD's, I use one in my desktop as the Windows C drive, and one in my laptop for the same reason. You can use it as the C drive or as any other drive. You can use it as a secondary drive if you like, and still install and run apps on it. This is a blazing fast SSD, and 240GB can easily store Windows an an abundance of normal size apps. I still recommend having a 500gb spinning drive for frequent file backups, but that depends on how much data you're wanting to cram... » Read More Yes you can use this super fast drive for whatever you want. Your grammar and punctuation made my brain hurt. I own two of these SSD's, I use one in my desktop as the Windows C drive, and one in my laptop for the same reason. You can use it as the C drive or as any other drive. You can use it as a secondary drive if you like, and still install and run apps on it. This is a blazing fast SSD, and 240GB can easily store Windows an an abundance of normal size apps. I still recommend having a 500gb spinning drive for frequent file backups, but that depends on how much data you're wanting to cram onto this SSD. I rate it 10 out of 10, I love SSD's and the HyperX is a lovely one to have. « Show Less
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I tried a hybrid drive and it gave me similar performance to a SSD, 10 to 25% in initial load, no diference in between game load time and not much difference in start time. Basically not really worth it. The difference is like 36 sec vs 40 or 55 vs 102 sec.