Hi Everybody!! just recently picked up a very nice 17" laptop via a trade(Actually traded the system in my sig for it sans the monitor and my very nice logitech wave keyboard and mouse.Plan on rebuilding me a smaller htpc/gaming box).It's a gateway P-7915u FX the limited edition one they sold at best buy with the c2d p8700 2.5ghz cpu,4gb ram,gtx 260m gpu,9-Cell Lithium Ion (7800 mAh) battery (i can actually get over 4hours with the right settings.Despite the lavished cpu/gpu.) and a unique finish.Not to be confused with there current build with a much slower gtx 9800m gpu and 2ghz cpu and smaller battery.
soon after getting this i did what any good enthusiast does.I started immediately removing all the panels to see about future upgrade ability.To my extreme pleasure i found that this particular laptop supports dual hard drives.For potential raid setups or more importantly a potential ssd next to a nice 500gb+ storage drive.Which brings me to my question.Are the ssd really worth it?I mean i've read all the reviews and i know on paper and benchmarks the ssd's are way faster than your average drive.what i'm looking for is if this is actually noticeable in gaming and day to day use.Does anyone have personal experiences with an ssd upgrade and if so did it really make a noticeable difference.One big enough to justify the price?Just wanted to get some input on this before i decided whether or not to invest in one.I don't have as much disposable income as your average enthusiast so 1-200 for a hd is a pretty big chunk of change to me.especially if it's not really worth it.Also any recommendations for particularly good sdd drives (ie price to performance to size)would be appreciated as well.
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