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SATA2 in laptop bad choice?

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September 18, 2014 6:13:08 AM

Hello!

I'm considering buying ASUS N56JR-S4032H with good specs, extremely nice design and good speakers. The only thing that worries me is that it uses SATA 2. Would that be a problem if im upgrading to a SSD? Do you have a better suggestion for a similar PC?

Specs
Core i7 4700HQ / 2.4 GHz,
Windows 8 64-bit,
8 GB RAM,
750 GB HDD,
DVD SuperMulti,
15.6" 1920 x 1080 / Full HD,
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M

Also good battery life is an issue for me!

Best regards

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September 18, 2014 6:30:26 AM

That notebook has SATAIII not SATAII as per ASUS's specs -> http://www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/N56JR/specific...

I don't know where you read about SATA-II because the chipsets for that processor natively support SATAIII it would be strange for them not to use the 4 SATA-III ports on that chipset (HM86).
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September 18, 2014 6:40:46 AM

svendlove said:
Also good battery life is an issue for me!

In that case, you could try and find a laptop with a Maxwell-based graphics card, like the GTX 850M. Maxwell is more power-efficient, and the 850M is a bit faster than the 760M while drawing less power.
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September 18, 2014 6:54:33 AM

Any suggestions? :) 
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