Adding a storage SSD to a laptop( secondary drive)

[Yongtjunkit]

Hi,

 

So I was planning to add a secondary SSD into my laptop, I'm deciding on which SSD would be suitable for that application(secondary, DATA storage). I've found 2 option which maybe suitable, the Samsung 860 evo 1TB or the Kingston A400 960GB SSD 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Can you get a mx500?

 

For a storage drive, Id get a cheaper ssd and peformance won't matter as much(what are you storing on there)

[Yongtjunkit]

22 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Can you get a mx500?

 

For a storage drive, Id get a cheaper ssd and peformance won't matter as much(what are you storing on there)

yup, sure 

 

I'm planning to store things like document, picture, video, music on that drive

 

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, Yongtjunkit said:

yup, sure 

 

I'm planning to store things like document, picture, video, music on that drive

 

 

Then any cheap ssd will be plenty fast, so a a400 is fine, or get a dram drive like a mx500 if you want something nicer.

[Yongtjunkit]

37 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Then any cheap ssd will be plenty fast, so a a400 is fine, or get a dram drive like a mx500 if you want something nicer.

great to know, by the way is the a400 a dramless drive ? 

 

and does dram on a drive makes a difference in my workload?

 

also I may need decent support from the manufacturer/ a reliable product

 

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, Yongtjunkit said:

great to know, by the way is the a400 a dramless drive ? 

 

also I may need decent support from the manufacturer/ a reliable product

 

 

Yep a400 is dramless.

 

What do you need support for?

 

Keep your drive backed up, any drive can fail at any time.

[Yongtjunkit]

1 hour ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Yep a400 is dramless.

 

What do you need support for?

 

Keep your drive backed up, any drive can fail at any time.

A decent support in case I would need to claim warranty 

 

WD is fine but shipping fees is too expensive ( had to send to another country )

 

kingston: they’ll just ask you to send to your retailer( which is fine with me downtime around 2-3 months )

 

and what’s the difference in performance(in my workload) between a DRAMless SSD vs an SSD with DRAM

[Electronics Wizardy]

15 hours ago, Yongtjunkit said:

nd what’s the difference in performance(in my workload) between a DRAMless SSD vs an SSD with DRAM

Probably noting, both will copy files near the sata limit, it only really matter in heavy random io.