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Hello. I put a Samsung 840 Evo in the desktop PC and I'm really happy with it. I have a laptop that's two and a half years old and I can tell it takes a while to start up and is generally a bit slow, I'd say it's the 5400 rpm hard drive it has (the micro is an i5 460m), so I assume that putting an SSD in would greatly improve performance.. How good is the Kingston SSDNow V300 120gb? I saw it for 73 euros. Since I don't use the laptop much, I'd like to spend as little as possible on the SSD.
Another question is whether the SSD's performance would drop a lot in a short time if I only have the SSD in the laptop, so I wouldn't be able to move temporary files to a second HDD. -
As Dr. Frankenstein would say: "Let's take it step by step."
If a computer takes a long time to start up and is slow, it doesn't necessarily mean the hard drive is broken. First, you can run a diagnostic to check its status and transfer rate, although the most common problem is usually the OS degrading, which can be fixed with a good format.
It's true that an SSD would improve performance, but for a laptop that's two years old and, as you indicate, is used little, it's best not to spend money, or to spend as little as possible: another hard drive the same as the one you have now would do the trick, since moving the swap file there would make a noticeable improvement. :sisi:
By the way, what laptop are we talking about? -
As Dr. Frankenstein would say: "Let's break it down."
A computer taking a long time to start up and running slow doesn't necessarily mean the hard drive is failing. For starters, you can run a diagnostic to check its status and transfer rate, although the most common issue is usually the OS degrading over time, which can be fixed with a good format.
It's true that an SSD would improve performance, but for a laptop that's two years old and, as you indicate, not used much, it's best not to spend money, or to spend as little as possible: another hard drive the same as the one you have now would do the trick, as moving the swap file there would make a noticeable improvement. :sisi:
By the way, what laptop are we talking about?I've tried to keep the OS as clean as possible, cleaning the registry, removing most programs from startup... Although it's true that since I bought it, I haven't formatted it out of laziness. Anyway, I've always noticed it being much slower than a desktop, which is why I've always thought that a large part of the blame was the hard drive.
What program do you know to diagnose the hard drive? The laptop is a packard bell tm85 jo 460sp with the following specifications:
CPU: i5 460m
Hard drive: WD 640 gb at 5400 rpm
Graphics: GT 320m
4 gb ddr3 ram (2+2)
