Laptops is a 40GB ssd a good buy for a laptop

[sierrawaltz]

Hi guys,

I Own an ACER 5745G lappy ,will replacing the existing HDD (a 7200rpm 500gb sata ) with an INTEL X25-V 40gb one be sensible ?

I mean feasable in terms of performance & General purpose use

Will 40gb be enough for Windows 7 x64, Office, Live Mail etc.

I apart from GAMING use it for Solidworks/Pro-E/Catia Cad Apps.

The current installation eats up about 80-90gb?

Or should I wait for a Higher Capacity Drive to Be Cheap

 

[vivacious_tg]

at least go for 60GB ssd

if you can wait then its better to go for a 120-150 GB ssd

 

[sierrawaltz]

My budget would be around 6k i guess.. not more .

so waiting i guess will be a better option

 

[vantheman5211]

imo you can get a 64 gig solidata ssd for your budget.

 

[deep16]

rule of thumb is to spare 20% spare for high perfrmnc... btw 40 gB will not provide u 40 gB ... formatted capacity will b lesser like 32gB... so its optimum to invest one for 80gB min....

 

[vantheman5211]

this is the link of the earlier suggested ssd by me.

Buy Solidata | Solidata K6 64GB MLC High Performance

available for 4.5 k at prime abgb

 

[tommy_vercetti]

Forget the above options go for OCZ Vertex 2 60 GB should cost you around 6500 from Prime, take my word for it even 60 GB will fall short after some time. You have to sacrifice space for speed