Show Us Your WEI [4]

paulpicks21 said:

ej8989 said:

kbrady1979 said:

SSD......best upgrade you can make, hands down.

Thank you very much for the suggestion but they're expensive I think i'll go with hybrids?

Not that expensive any more. What country are you from? If you are on a budget I would suggest a 120/128GB SSD for the Operating system and keep all your data on a regular HDD.

You can probably even get away with a 32gb SSD just for the OS and some common apps ie-> open office, anti virus, etc etc, and use an external for data storage.

crankypenguin said:

paulpicks21 said:

ej8989 said:

Thank you very much for the suggestion but they're expensive I think i'll go with hybrids?

Not that expensive any more. What country are you from? If you are on a budget I would suggest a 120/128GB SSD for the Operating system and keep all your data on a regular HDD.

You can probably even get away with a 32gb SSD just for the OS and some common apps ie-> open office, anti virus, etc etc, and use an external for data storage.

Do SSDs produce more heat than my regular 5400rpm drive?
The best value i can get for SSDs in my country (ph) is around $130 on these drives:
1. Vertex 4 SSD Sata3 128gb
2. Corsair Force 3 128gb
3. SanDisk Extreme 120gb

I can only go for 128gb max

kbrady1979 said:

SSD's produce less heat than any HDD.......no moving parts. They also use less power idling and while active. I would look for a Samsung SSD, the 840 EVO should be within your budget.

Thanks! but may I ask why Samsung 840 Evo?

ej8989 said:

kbrady1979 said:

SSD......best upgrade you can make, hands down.

Thank you very much for the suggestion but they're expensive I think i'll go with hybrids?

It depends on how you use the lappy. If you pretty much do the same things all the time (boot, surf), a SSHD (hybrid) would probably be a good compromise. However, if you tinker with it (like me), it won't help any.

Britton30 said:

Thanks! but may I ask why Samsung 840 Evo?

The EVO is a very fast SSD, I have one. You can also enable Rapid Mode with the EVO but not the Pro version.[/QUOTE]

Yet! An upgrade for the Pros is supposed to be on the way.

Britton30 said:

ej8989 said:

kbrady1979 said:

SSD's produce less heat than any HDD.......no moving parts. They also use less power idling and while active. I would look for a Samsung SSD, the 840 EVO should be within your budget.

Thanks! but may I ask why Samsung 840 Evo?

The EVO is a very fast SSD, I have one. You can also enable Rapid Mode with the EVO but not the Pro version.

Thanks! I'll show my WEI upon upgrade