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If you're trying to save space, go msata, they use the same chips, jsut a different amount, which contributes to overall performance. Personally I don't really see the point of multiple SSDs in one system, doesn't make enough of a difference imo.

 

If your on a desktop don't get msata. Those are for notebooks.

He's already getting an msata SSD alongside his standard SSD and is trying to decide which he should put his OS on. And many motherboard have msata slots now.

 

I don't have experience with either so I do not know which would be better but good luck!

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hey guys I got a new samsung 840 pro and have my os on that right now im getting a 128 msata drive also and was trying to see if there is one better then the other should os go on msata drive and ssd for other stuff or visa versa or at that point does it not affect speed as they are both "ssd"?

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If you're trying to save space, go msata, they use the same chips, jsut a different amount, which contributes to overall performance. Personally I don't really see the point of multiple SSDs in one system, doesn't make enough of a difference imo.

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If your on a desktop don't get msata. Those are for notebooks.

Could be SFF pc.

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If you're trying to save space, go msata, they use the same chips, jsut a different amount, which contributes to overall performance. Personally I don't really see the point of multiple SSDs in one system, doesn't make enough of a difference imo.

 

If your on a desktop don't get msata. Those are for notebooks.

He's already getting an msata SSD alongside his standard SSD and is trying to decide which he should put his OS on. And many motherboard have msata slots now.

 

I don't have experience with either so I do not know which would be better but good luck!

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If your on a desktop don't get msata. Those are for notebooks.

And small for factor pcs. I have a shuttle with one in it because it is built into the mobo. I won the ssd at pax though.

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MSATA=SATA

 

The contact points are just closer

 

It's like micro usb and usb it's the exact same but the contact points are closer. With ivy bridge though with msata you are limited to sata2.0 and with haswell you have 3.0. 

I have an 240GB mstata on this laptop and it runs amazing, super fast and it's on sata 2.0.

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And small for factor pcs. I have a shuttle with one in it because it is built into the mobo. I won the ssd at pax though.

Sweet. what did you have to do to win?

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@criso8 I played blr and won a random drawing! My friend won a nuc with everything.

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I should clarify this is a notebook and I have both drives or will by tomorrow afternoon so looking to see what the best way to set everything up is when its all said and done i will have 128 samsung 840 pro then the msata 128 and i have a 750gb standard 7200 hard drive so if my math is right should be about a tb till its done and i'm trying to see what the best way to allocate the space is. I do play some games on here its an i7 with 16gb 1600 ram rest is just day to day work word docs movies, youtube, internet ect

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He's already getting an msata SSD alongside his standard SSD and is trying to decide which he should put his OS on. And many motherboard have msata slots now.

 

I don't have experience with either so I do not know which would be better but good luck!

thank you for reading the original post ;) 

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If you have a motherboard that has an mSATA slot and want to save space and don't mind the price of an mSATA SSD, then go for it.

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Well, I say get a large capacity HDD, and put the other SSD to use in another system? I have a 1TB HDD for storage and games and a large SSD for Windows and my main programs, no issues with performance. Just a suggestion.

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