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Hi guys! First post, and I expect making alot more. Glad to be apart of the community, and I hope not to break any rule.
First of all, here's my laptop's specs (ASUS N53Jq-SX145V):
• Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
• CPU: Intel i7 740QM (1.73GHz, Turbo2.93G, 6MB)
• Memory: 6GB
• Hard Drive: 640GB
• Screen: 15.6" LED 1366*768
• Chipset: Intel HM55
• Video: NVidia GT425M 1GB VRAM
Anyway, I recently upgraded my laptop's RAM to 8GB so that I could operate better with heavy software like Vegas Pro, CorelDRAW, Illustrator and Photoshop. But recently I just heard that the best upgrade to a laptop would be an SSD. I've only heard of SSD's existence a few months ago, and since then i've been researching about them and everyone says they're so much faster, efficient, reliable and...well, better. So I can't wait to upgrade =D
After alot of research, i've decided to go for Samsung 256GB 2.5-inch SSD 840 Pro since I love Samsung and many reviews said it's one of the best on the market. But I want to ground myself before I do this, i'm a noob when it comes to upgrading laptops so i'm still a little intimidated by it. So here's my questions:
• First of all, how can I know if my laptop's compatible with SSD's? (and with 840 Pro too)
• I've heard that SSD's lifespan decreases the more writes it does. Should I be worried about this?
• Do SSD's require defragmentation at all?
• I wanted to put Windows 8 in my SSD, but I keep hearing 7 is better for it. Is the difference that huge, or is 8 better after all?
• I've heard it's possible to revome the DVD Burner form a laptop and put another SSD/HDD in it's place. So could I put my SSD in my current HDD's place, and put my old HDD on the DVD Burner's place? And if so, would the performance of the SSD make reading the HDD's files faster?
I think that's it for now. When I actually get my very own SSD, i'll probably have alot more questions xD
Thank you for your time.
First of all, here's my laptop's specs (ASUS N53Jq-SX145V):
• Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
• CPU: Intel i7 740QM (1.73GHz, Turbo2.93G, 6MB)
• Memory: 6GB
• Hard Drive: 640GB
• Screen: 15.6" LED 1366*768
• Chipset: Intel HM55
• Video: NVidia GT425M 1GB VRAM
Anyway, I recently upgraded my laptop's RAM to 8GB so that I could operate better with heavy software like Vegas Pro, CorelDRAW, Illustrator and Photoshop. But recently I just heard that the best upgrade to a laptop would be an SSD. I've only heard of SSD's existence a few months ago, and since then i've been researching about them and everyone says they're so much faster, efficient, reliable and...well, better. So I can't wait to upgrade =D
After alot of research, i've decided to go for Samsung 256GB 2.5-inch SSD 840 Pro since I love Samsung and many reviews said it's one of the best on the market. But I want to ground myself before I do this, i'm a noob when it comes to upgrading laptops so i'm still a little intimidated by it. So here's my questions:
• First of all, how can I know if my laptop's compatible with SSD's? (and with 840 Pro too)
• I've heard that SSD's lifespan decreases the more writes it does. Should I be worried about this?
• Do SSD's require defragmentation at all?
• I wanted to put Windows 8 in my SSD, but I keep hearing 7 is better for it. Is the difference that huge, or is 8 better after all?
• I've heard it's possible to revome the DVD Burner form a laptop and put another SSD/HDD in it's place. So could I put my SSD in my current HDD's place, and put my old HDD on the DVD Burner's place? And if so, would the performance of the SSD make reading the HDD's files faster?
I think that's it for now. When I actually get my very own SSD, i'll probably have alot more questions xD
Thank you for your time.
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My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 7 Home Premium x64
- System Manufacturer/Model
- ASUS N53Jq-SX145V
- CPU
- Intel Core i7 740QM, 1.73GHz
- Memory
- 8GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Nvidia GeForce GT 425M VRAM 1GB