- Aug 25, 2013
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I am going SSD for sure. Originally my idea was to get two Samsung Pro 840 @256GB and put them in RAID0 and have everything there including OS. This was when I was leaning towards the MSI barebones 16F4-780. My issue was that I am sure the performance would be exquisite, but there is always that risk of risk one risk all in RAID0 and losing OS is never fun. The issue with the MSI unit is twofold...there is no advertised fillable msata slot where one could store the OS and you are locked in the nvidia 780m, where my research is showing it's performance is NOT $200 above the ATI 8970m (yes this is a laptop build).
So that leads to me the remodeled P157SM in Clevo-land, what Sager is calling the NP8255-S instead of NP8255. It has some prepackaged advantages, like two msata slots. Again you are locked into the 780m gpu, but you also get a Blu Ray reader, Bigfoot 1202 and a 95% gamut matte screen. Other downside is you are locked into unknown (brand not revealed) RAM. If you build the standard P157SM that is not the "S" model, you are not locked into the 780m gpu and can choose ATI instead, but to get the screen, Blu Ray, Bigfoot and everything else on par, you end up spending the same as the "S" model with the 780m, so you don't save money by picking the ATI.
The benefit of the Clevo is though I can add a msata, put the OS on it and still get two SSD's in RAID0.
My question, do I need the msata for OS only as a precaution, or will the performance be a little slower and antithesis to what I am doing with the SSD's ad RAID?
So that leads to me the remodeled P157SM in Clevo-land, what Sager is calling the NP8255-S instead of NP8255. It has some prepackaged advantages, like two msata slots. Again you are locked into the 780m gpu, but you also get a Blu Ray reader, Bigfoot 1202 and a 95% gamut matte screen. Other downside is you are locked into unknown (brand not revealed) RAM. If you build the standard P157SM that is not the "S" model, you are not locked into the 780m gpu and can choose ATI instead, but to get the screen, Blu Ray, Bigfoot and everything else on par, you end up spending the same as the "S" model with the 780m, so you don't save money by picking the ATI.
The benefit of the Clevo is though I can add a msata, put the OS on it and still get two SSD's in RAID0.
My question, do I need the msata for OS only as a precaution, or will the performance be a little slower and antithesis to what I am doing with the SSD's ad RAID?
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