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    Posted: 19 Jul 2013 at 12:27pm
Budget:
$1500

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college/gaming/video-editing

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Saved Ticket #: 851821

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I'd like to have an only SSD laptop, because I cannot take storage for granted. It's a laptop, it will be knocked around [hopefully not] as it's a mobile device. SSDs compared to HDDs are muchhhh more stronger since there are no mofving parts, am I wrong?
Anyways, any feedback would be great. I know this rig is $1900, and my budget is $1500, so maybe there are a few tips and tricks :P

One question though. When is the 10%-off deal going to end? I want to buy the laptop before the promo ends.
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852043 $1757 ($1705 w Windows 7 Premium)
- I removed the mSATA drive and upped the SSD to 240. I also opted for Windows 7 Pro as the you won't really benefit from the Ultimate version. And unless you need XP mode, you might save another $52 by just getting the Premium version. This is a nice happy medium between budget & your build.
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Isn't it better to have two SSDs so the seek time would be lower?

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In these notebooks, the drives are being ran independently of each other (so RAID options are not available). Even if you did a RAID 0 configuration (striped), real world usage shows very minimal gain over the expense.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-raid-benchmark,3485-13.html
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Originally posted by fstcvc

In these notebooks, the drives are being ran independently of each other (so RAID options are not available). Even if you did a RAID 0 configuration (striped), real world usage shows very minimal gain over the expense.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-raid-benchmark,3485-13.html



I'm not looking to RAID 0 anything. I just want to run an editing program using the primary drive, and then have the program read/write files onto a different separate SSD. Wouldn't that be faster than doing both tasks [running the editing application and reading writing] on one bigger SSD?
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Originally posted by JerDev


I'm not looking to RAID 0 anything. I just want to run an editing program using the primary drive, and then have the program read/write files onto a different separate SSD. Wouldn't that be faster than doing both tasks [running the editing application and reading writing] on one bigger SSD?
Thanks again,
Jer.


I wouldn't expect that would make much or any difference in performance. I looked at the config and actually made the exact same changes he did. ;-)

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Posts: 2551 		  Quote fstcvc Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 20 Jul 2013 at 8:41am
Originally posted by danjw1

Originally posted by JerDev


I'm not looking to RAID 0 anything. I just want to run an editing program using the primary drive, and then have the program read/write files onto a different separate SSD. Wouldn't that be faster than doing both tasks [running the editing application and reading writing] on one bigger SSD?
Thanks again,
Jer.


I wouldn't expect that would make much or any difference in performance. I looked at the config and actually made the exact same changes he did. ;-)


Any applications & files that are currently being used are stored in RAM. If you're working with large data files then I would look at upgrading the RAM to keep the system from constantly shifting working files back & forth from RAM to SSD.
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Originally posted by danjw1

Originally posted by JerDev


I'm not looking to RAID 0 anything. I just want to run an editing program using the primary drive, and then have the program read/write files onto a different separate SSD. Wouldn't that be faster than doing both tasks [running the editing application and reading writing] on one bigger SSD?
Thanks again,
Jer.


I wouldn't expect that would make much or any difference in performance. I looked at the config and actually made the exact same changes he did. ;-)




So no mSata drive correct?
Just the 240GB SSD under "storage Drive", right?
Thanks! :)

New Configuration: http://www.digitalstormonline.com/comploadsaved.asp?id=852143

Edited by JerDev - 20 Jul 2013 at 10:04am
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Configuration 852143 looks good. The additional RAM will do more for you than the mSATA. Hopefully it's still within range of your budget!
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