hi I recently upgraded my ram on my Lenovo v570 1066 from 8 to 16Gb, I have a x6
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hi I recently upgraded my ram on my Lenovo v570 1066 from 8 to 16Gb, I have a x64 bit operating system, and an Intel i7 Core i7-2670QM (2nd gen); now I want to upgrade my HDD to an SSD. I have done some research and found conflicting information. Some say I needed mSATA others say I need 7mm SSD. What physical size SSD do I need and what brand do you recommend? Please provide links from the info you found and I will award the points to the person who help me make my decision the most. thank you for your help in advance!
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Ok well to start off, mSATA and 7mm SSDs are oranges and apples here. Both are two completely different things to which you can not compare. Although those suggestions are wrong, theyre on the right track. With reading the spec sheets on your laptop I'm unable to tell whether you need a 7mm or 9.5mm SSD becasue the laptops were shipped with both and weren't labeled with their submodels. Here's a comparison of a 7mm and 9.5mm drive for you to taek a look at: http://i.stack.imgur.com/JTWCK.jpg
From what I could also tell, your laptop probably has a caddy to hold the hard drive in place so I'd say that 7mm would be teh safer choice if you can;t tell which size the HDD is.
Now, as far as drive technology goes, you'll require a SATA-II SSD as that's the same connection the HDD uses.
Now, before you start using an SSD you should be aware of some caveats, mainly the fact taht since this technology is relatively new, prices will not be cheap in comparison to Hard Disk Drives. SSDs in general also have a tendency to have high failure rates, but that can usually be due to misuse and can be easily avoided with quality care (along with some research as well).
When it comes to SSD brands, I have tend to found that Samsung and OCZ SSDs are quite good in cost and performance. Sadly, since you only have SATA II available on your computer your read/write speeds may suffer.
On that note, I found that this (http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-MZ-7TD250BW-Series-Solid-2-5-Inch/dp/tech-data/B009NHAEXE/) samung 840 drive to be teh best option as it's SATA II compatable.
Also know that if you're wanting to keep all your old data, you'll have image (or make an exact copy of) your old drive and have it copied to the SSD. There is software like Acronis TrueImage which can acomplish this.
On a side note, upgrading to 16GB of ram wasn't the best idea, considering the max the motherboard will register and use is 8.
I should also add that if you're feeling rather spendy, you should look into higher spaced drives but ask make sure that whatever you choose is also SATA II/SATA 3Gb/s compatible.
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