I'm building my Alienware 17 laptop and due to a very tight budget I'm limited to the following options. Can you please advise which setup is better for performance ( Gaming , video rendering , photo shop etc)
1) mSATA Option: Operating System Installed [Default] w/ mSATA(s) selected below
60GB Solid State mSATA III
750GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache (SATA II - 3GB/s) - Default (SKU - HDD022)
No Second Hard Drive (Primary Hard Drive Required When Adding a Secondary Hard Drive)
2) No mSATA SSD
750GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache (SATA II - 3GB/s) - Default (SKU - HDD022)
Second Hard Drive : 120GB Samsung 840 Evo Solid State Drive (Read 540MB/s - Write 410MB/s (SSD2 - SATA III)) (SKU - SSD007)
3) FREE! 1TB 5400RPM Hard Drive - [Will replace stock Primary Hard Drive]
mSATA Option: Operating System Installed [Default] w/ mSATA(s) selected below
60GB Solid State mSATA III
No Second Hard Drive (Primary Hard Drive Required When Adding a Secondary Hard Drive)
4) No mSATA SSD
750GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache (SATA II - 3GB/s) - Default (SKU - HDD022)
5) FREE! 1TB 5400RPM Hard Drive - [Will replace stock Primary Hard Drive]
mSATA Option: Operating System Installed [Default] w/ mSATA(s) selected below
256GB Samsung PM841 Solid State mSATA III
No Second Hard Drive (Primary Hard Drive Required When Adding a Secondary Hard Drive)
You guy's are very knowledgeable here , so appreciate all your feedback's.
1) mSATA Option: Operating System Installed [Default] w/ mSATA(s) selected below
60GB Solid State mSATA III
750GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache (SATA II - 3GB/s) - Default (SKU - HDD022)
No Second Hard Drive (Primary Hard Drive Required When Adding a Secondary Hard Drive)
2) No mSATA SSD
750GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache (SATA II - 3GB/s) - Default (SKU - HDD022)
Second Hard Drive : 120GB Samsung 840 Evo Solid State Drive (Read 540MB/s - Write 410MB/s (SSD2 - SATA III)) (SKU - SSD007)
3) FREE! 1TB 5400RPM Hard Drive - [Will replace stock Primary Hard Drive]
mSATA Option: Operating System Installed [Default] w/ mSATA(s) selected below
60GB Solid State mSATA III
No Second Hard Drive (Primary Hard Drive Required When Adding a Secondary Hard Drive)
4) No mSATA SSD
750GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache (SATA II - 3GB/s) - Default (SKU - HDD022)
5) FREE! 1TB 5400RPM Hard Drive - [Will replace stock Primary Hard Drive]
mSATA Option: Operating System Installed [Default] w/ mSATA(s) selected below
256GB Samsung PM841 Solid State mSATA III
No Second Hard Drive (Primary Hard Drive Required When Adding a Secondary Hard Drive)
You guy's are very knowledgeable here , so appreciate all your feedback's.