I just picked up Costco Top of the Line pre-built DELL 17-R Laptop Came with I-7 3612 QM Processor quad core decent cannot complain. Along with 8-GB of DDR-3 1333MHZ RAM.
down side it only has what I would assume built into mother board Video card. So I cannot do to much here unless I took out the motherboard altogether not going to go there to much head ache and money as the highest resolution I have is the 1600 /900. I am not a gamer so not a huge deal really. I am a speed freak through I like programs and Boot times as quick as possible.
So really the only Up-grade I for see to turn this machine into a whole new beast , is to Dump the mechanical HD which I am sure is only a 5400-RPM not even a 7200- RPM not night and day difference between those two anyway.
MY QUESTION IS there on the market out there anywhere any type of PCI Drive or something that would plug into one of the 3.0 USB inputs kind of Drive to replace the super slow 5400 RPM Drive.
On my last Costco Laptop I did an up-grade to the Crucial 256-GB SSD KIT of which specs at something like 500-mb to 550 mb READ / Write Times. Which was fantastic way fast programs opened and closed instantly nearly along with 8 to 10 second full Boot times.
I was just wondering if there was something else out there on the horizon , That is even a step above this Crucial Kit I installed. AS If it is my only option I will go with it again on this system.
Crucial has seemed to make the transition to do this Up-grade truly the easiest for the layman as it comes with this kit a little USB Dongle and the CD software that walks one through it all and it worked perfectly flawless. There maybe a couple other SSD's out there that are slightly faster not enough to truly note a difference. But they do not simplify it all with a nice Kit like Crucial does with the USB Dongle and software disc.
Is there any Laptop PCI TYPE of super fast drive on the market or somthing else I am missing.
Thanks
Wes
down side it only has what I would assume built into mother board Video card. So I cannot do to much here unless I took out the motherboard altogether not going to go there to much head ache and money as the highest resolution I have is the 1600 /900. I am not a gamer so not a huge deal really. I am a speed freak through I like programs and Boot times as quick as possible.
So really the only Up-grade I for see to turn this machine into a whole new beast , is to Dump the mechanical HD which I am sure is only a 5400-RPM not even a 7200- RPM not night and day difference between those two anyway.
MY QUESTION IS there on the market out there anywhere any type of PCI Drive or something that would plug into one of the 3.0 USB inputs kind of Drive to replace the super slow 5400 RPM Drive.
On my last Costco Laptop I did an up-grade to the Crucial 256-GB SSD KIT of which specs at something like 500-mb to 550 mb READ / Write Times. Which was fantastic way fast programs opened and closed instantly nearly along with 8 to 10 second full Boot times.
I was just wondering if there was something else out there on the horizon , That is even a step above this Crucial Kit I installed. AS If it is my only option I will go with it again on this system.
Crucial has seemed to make the transition to do this Up-grade truly the easiest for the layman as it comes with this kit a little USB Dongle and the CD software that walks one through it all and it worked perfectly flawless. There maybe a couple other SSD's out there that are slightly faster not enough to truly note a difference. But they do not simplify it all with a nice Kit like Crucial does with the USB Dongle and software disc.
Is there any Laptop PCI TYPE of super fast drive on the market or somthing else I am missing.
Thanks
Wes
