Approximately how much faster should I expect the SSD to be compared to the original 1TB 7200 RPM HDD (on a SATA II interface)?
I haven't got the answer to that. But, you will notice a huge difference in performance with a SSD compared to a hard drive.
Probably, but there is some question in my mind as to how much the SATA II interface (3Gb/s) will 'choke' the SSD.
It shoud be fine. I've had my SSD in three different laptops with SATA II, and I have been than happy with performance in all of them.
My laptops have SSDs and my new PC has a HDD. I notice the speed of my SSD mostly at start-up and when any scans are running - Norton, MBAM, CCleaner etc. Just opening browsers and browsing I don't see a huge difference.
All Samsung on my Alienware Laptop: 1 850 Pro 2 1/2 SATA 512GB for the OS 3 850 EVO's M.2 SATA 250GB in RAID 0 And the one that came with the system PM851 M.2 SATA 512GB. And if I could I would go with the new 960 PCIe M.2 Drives: http://www.samsung.com/us/computing...ate-drives/ssd-960-pro-m-2-512gb-mz-v6p512bw/ TH
Hey TH, are you running Win10 on the Alienware laptop? ...and which software (driver) is used to setup the RAID 0 configuration?
Windows 10 OS RAID for the 3 in RAID 0. I wish I had RAID config in the BIOS so I can run the OS in RAID 0 but I don't. The 3 in OS RAID 0
Samsung & Intel SSDs come with a 5-year warranty whereas most other SSDs only have a 3-year warranty. Two additional years of warranty is meaningful to me!
The 850 Pro has a 10 year warranty! http://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/ssd/product/consumer/850pro.html
Afaik Crucial and some Intel models are the only consumer SSD's with power capacitors so I'd recommend those for reliability.
Hi Mantra - are you familiar with the differences between SLC, MLC, TLC, and 3d-TLC? The practical difference between SLC and TLC is that SLC writes significantly faster than TLC and has far greater durability. TLC on the other hand is significantly cheaper for manufacturers. An SSD consisting entirely of TLC would be cheaper to make, but wouldn't be the best experience (even with a very good controller.) One solution is to have a much faster and durable cache using SLC. This means that all writes to the drive happen in the fastest part of it, to be distributed later to the slower TLC. It also means that standard SSD benchmarks are just measuring the speed of the cache - since the data will be written to and read from the cache. This is the same basic solution used by Samsung and Intel/Crucial with their 3d-TLC.
Using an SSD instead of a HDD will give you significantly better real-world performance Toms Hardware covered this in 2012. Other than for power users, there's little meaningful difference between 6GB/sec vs 3GB/sec: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/sata-6gbps-performance-sata-3gbps,3110-7.html The good thing about an SSD is you can simply bring it with you whenever you buy a new computer. Once you use an SSD you're unlikely to want to go back to using a HDD! It's like the difference between broadband and dial-up IMO.
Hi RJK3 no , i'm not but i have tried almost every brand of ssd , and the faster are samsung , faster then crucial
Thanks - that's reassuring and quite informative. I should be receiving my new SSD in a couple of days.
hi i have tried 3 ssd evo pro in raid but i did not gain the performance i thought i got only a very fast transfer data , but i did not notice boot performance or launching and using programs like photoshop what's wrong in my config? the perfomance in your screenshot looks like rapid mode enabled thanks
hi may i know how fast is your system with raid 0? because for me it was a fiasco ,in perfomance , i mean thanks
Like I explained above! 1 850 Pro 2 1/2 inch SATA3 SSD is for the OS only so my 3 850 M.2 EVO's that are in RAID 0 is for Programs, Data and Virtual Machines and that the correct speed I posted above! So it's fast but when the RAID needs to interact with the OS drive then it's slower per say but I don't notice. I have 5 SSD's in Total in my Alienware Laptop! 4 M.2 and one 2 1/2 inch. Speed for the OS Drive: Speed of 3 dives in RAID 0: And my 5th SSD runs on a SATA2 port speed so that's why I use it for Data storage and Back Ups:
My point was that an SSD is an investment that can outlast the computer it's in. You can move it to the next computer, wiped and ready to install Windows - although more and more newer computers are finally using SSDs. You can easily bring your HDD with you as well if you want for the extra storage. Edit: were you talking about transferring the SSD/HDD with the operating system intact? I had trouble understanding your question. If that's the case then I can't help you with that. I'll always choose to reinstall Windows fresh. I can easily transfer folders, program settings, games, backgrounds, UI settings, etc.
