Laptop solid state drive

Moocawn

Hi all, I'm just wondering do you think it's worth me buying a SSD. These are my system specs:

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> Platform : Intel Calpella

> Mainboard : SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. RV411/RV511/E3511/S3511

> Chipset : Intel HM55

> Processor : Intel Core i5 @ 2666 MHz

> Physical Memory : 6144 KBDDR3-SDRAM

> Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce 315M

> Hard Disk : SAMSUNG HM641JI (640GB)

> DVD-Rom Drive : Slimtype DVD A DS8A5SH

> Monitor Type : SAMSUNG - 15 inches

> Network Card : Broadcom BCM4313 802.11b/g LP-PHY

> Network Card : Realtek Semiconductor RTL8168/8111 PCIe Gigabit Ethernet Adapter

> Operating System : Windows 7 Home Premium Home Edition Media Center 6.01.7601 Service Pack 1 (64-bit)

> DirectX : Version 11.00

> Windows Performance Index : 4.9 on 7.9

It's a year old Samsung laptop. It's going well except often when I open folders they take ages to populate as I think my drive is only 5200rpm. I'm just wondering would it be worth spending a €100 on a SSD to speed things up.

Thanks for any advice.

Monotype

I think the biggest question is how much space can you live with? €100 will buy you 120GB - is it enough?

Alternatively, you can take out a DVD and put in a drive in there if you have one.

Yes, it sounds like an SSD could be very useful to you, if you can survive with the space. As a stand alone drive in a modern system, I'd probably be looking at 256GB drives which come in €150-200.

Moocawn

Thanks for the advice, any recommendations for make and model etc.?

Beez

Samsung 830, great prices at the mo and reliability and a 3 year warranty, or Intel 520 more money but a 5 year warranty.

http://www1.hardwareversand.de/Solid-State-Disk/56863/Samsung+SSD+830+256GB+SATA+III+Paper+Box.article

Moocawn

Thanks for the recommendations, I went with the Samsung 830 in the end.

Monotype

Good choice. I'd favour it over the Intel too to be honest.