Hey there,
A couple of weeks ago I was lucky to do a good deal on a HP Elitebook 8570w (LY554ET) with both an Msata and regular SSD.
http://www.hp.com/united-states/campaigns/workstations/8570w_features.html?jumpid=reg_r1002_usen_c-001_title_r0001#.UcIs2Zxaetg
Included was this 512 GB Sata SSD:
Crucial m4 CT512M4SSD2 512GB
http://edge.crucial.com/pdf/productFlyer/ProductFlyer-letter_Crucial_m4_SSD_2-5_7mm-9-5mm.pdf
and this 240 GB Msata SSD:
Intel® SSD 525 Series (240GB, mSATA 6Gb/s, 25nm, MLC)
http://ark.intel.com/products/71181/Intel-SSD-525-Series-240GB-mSATA-6Gbs-25nm-MLC
Quite more luxurious than I was planning on, so I don't know how to get optimal performance on this... I've found plenty of topics covering various types of SSDs combined with HDDs, but not much on combining Msata SSD and a regular SSD.
Currently I'm using the Msata for files and the regular SSD to run Windows 8 and other software from..
What is most desirable:
Having the OS on the regular SSD and files on Msata (current)
Having the OS on the Msata and files on regular SSD
... something else..?
I still have the original 500GB HDD that came with it. I could place it in a caddy for the optical bay and use it as additional storage..
so.. I'm curous to know what you think..
A couple of weeks ago I was lucky to do a good deal on a HP Elitebook 8570w (LY554ET) with both an Msata and regular SSD.
http://www.hp.com/united-states/campaigns/workstations/8570w_features.html?jumpid=reg_r1002_usen_c-001_title_r0001#.UcIs2Zxaetg
Included was this 512 GB Sata SSD:
Crucial m4 CT512M4SSD2 512GB
http://edge.crucial.com/pdf/productFlyer/ProductFlyer-letter_Crucial_m4_SSD_2-5_7mm-9-5mm.pdf
and this 240 GB Msata SSD:
Intel® SSD 525 Series (240GB, mSATA 6Gb/s, 25nm, MLC)
http://ark.intel.com/products/71181/Intel-SSD-525-Series-240GB-mSATA-6Gbs-25nm-MLC
Quite more luxurious than I was planning on, so I don't know how to get optimal performance on this... I've found plenty of topics covering various types of SSDs combined with HDDs, but not much on combining Msata SSD and a regular SSD.
Currently I'm using the Msata for files and the regular SSD to run Windows 8 and other software from..
What is most desirable:
Having the OS on the regular SSD and files on Msata (current)
Having the OS on the Msata and files on regular SSD
... something else..?
I still have the original 500GB HDD that came with it. I could place it in a caddy for the optical bay and use it as additional storage..
so.. I'm curous to know what you think..