Is Seagate Momentus XT 750gb will solve my slowness problem

[memoooo500]

Hello there
I have " hp pavilion dv6 6c65sx " and its specs
Processors: Intel® Core™ i7-2670QM 2.2 GHz
Memory type: 8 GB DDR3
Hard drive :Toshiba MK1059GSM 1000 GB SATA (5400 rpm)
Graphics : AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT (2 GB DDR5 dedicated)
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My problem is that my windows load time , hard access time , response time and application launch time is not fast enough and take long time that are not expected from these kind of specification so i try all the solution here for slowness and nothing happen , and so from what i read i understand that the problem is that i have a 5400 rpm HDD , so i decided to change it with
WD Scorpio Black hdd , then i read about Seagate Momentus XT 750gb and i thought that it may be the one that will solve my problem ,
so from the experience of the people who try that hard( the 750 not the 500gb) is it compatible well with Microsoft os and linux os ??? will it solve my problems of load time ,access time and app launch time ??? Does it have any problem at all ?? sorry for that short story but i really want to know every thing about that hard, coz most of what i found was talking about the old version 500gb and i want to know about the real experience of the 750 gb , hope to found my answers here

 

[memoooo500]

The SSD will give you solid fast performance across the board, no matter what kind of operation you will do, including opening several applications concurrently.

I think that an SSD is a better choice unless you need the storage space. Otherwise, I suggest that you wait to the new generation of Hybrid HDDs from Seagate or WD.

no i will use external drive for space , so all i care about is performance i need the best performance ( i have core i7 , 8G RAM ) and i can not feel them because of hdd so i decided to go for the ssd , so what is the best 128G ssd i should have to get best performance

 

[ram1009]

The SSD will give you solid fast performance across the board, no matter what kind of operation you will do, including opening several applications concurrently.

I think that an SSD is a better choice unless you need the storage space. Otherwise, I suggest that you wait to the new generation of Hybrid HDDs from Seagate or WD.

I completely agree with your comments on a stand alone SSD but couldn't disagree more about the hybrid. Please explain to me what benefit there is to coupling a HDD with an SSD. What am I missing? What does it do that you can't do better without it?

 

[ram1009]

ram1009, I don't understand what you've asked.
Are you asking what is Hybrid HDD good for?

I jut noticed that the OP is upgrading a laptop so I can see his interest in a single unit solution. I think that's the only place a hybrid makes any sense at all. Other than that it's just a faster HDD.

 

[memoooo500]

Thanks ram1009 and calmlikeabomb for that concern of my issue , i finally decided that i will get an small size ssd 128G , and will convert my current hdd(Toshiba 1 tera ) to external hard drive , the question now what tis the best 128G ssd i should use because i found that 3 SSDs Samsung 840 Pro , Plextor M5 Pro and OCZ Vertex 4 . so i really do not know which one is the better or if there is any SSD better than them ??? so kindly tell me what should i get ???

 

[memoooo500]

the cheapest. Did you see the Samsung 830 deal?

i saw it on amazon for 98 $ , but what is the difference between the 830 and 840 pro ???

 

[memoooo500]

Waitin' for any answers guys ..................

 

[memoooo500]

the 840 pro is probably the best model currently
the 830 was selling for 70$ just a day ago.

You won't feel the difference between the two

what about read & write speed and that kind of stuff , as i checked the both and found this

the 830
4KB Random Read: Up to 80,000 IOPS
4KB Random Write: Up to 30,000 IOPS

the 840
4KB Random Read: Up to 97,000 IOPS
4KB Random Write: Up to 90,000 IOPS

so as you see the numbers are high so ??? is too high or i will no feel no difference in real world

 

[memoooo500]

that's what I said - the 840 pro is faster, might be even the fastest currently.
you won't feel the difference.

thanks man and colud you plase check this and tell me your opinion , i found that reply on another site

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According to AT Bench, 830 owns the Heavy Workload tests; 840 owns the Light Workload. Synthetics aren't worth much imho so whatever on them.

The Heavy tests are write-heavy and the 840 is weak especially on sequential writes... so if you're transcoding, decompressing, writing crap tons of video, or just installing giant programs for fun, the 830 is the way to go.

The Light tests are read-heavy and that's where the 840 wins. So if you're working in Office, concerned with loading apps, games, game levels/data, etc then the 840 might be a better option.

Looks like the 840 has some minor power advantages too. Might be worth considering if you have a lappie... if it's a desktop the difference will be like 4 cents a year.

I'm debating between the two myself. I have a lappie and I do a lot of productivity work and some light gaming on the side, so the 840 actually is a better match for my workload - the 830's better write speed will save me a few minutes when I wipe my drive and reinstall stuff, but that's about it. And a bit more battery life never hurt anyone.

The tradeoff is that the 830 128GB right now is 90 bucks and the 840 is 110... and if I go with the 840 I'm losing 8GB of space. Not a huge deal, but it does push the price per gig equation a bit farther in the 830's favor. It's a much smaller deal at the 250-256GB size since you're losing a much smaller percentage of your space (and only 6GB instead of 8).

I'm not horribly scared of the 840 having reliability issues - the controller is an incremental improvement on a proven design, and Samsung's TLC NAND is similarly proven. The 830 was solid from Day 1 and I'd expect the same here. Still, having the extra proving time couldn't hurt.

I'll pry order the 830 later today. My guess is that the light workload advantage won't even be noticeable to me since it's, well, a light workload. I'm just sick of waiting for the bog slow 5400rpm drive that came with my laptop... pretty sure the Pony Express would be an upgrade from this thing.
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and i need your opinion about it because as i told you before i need that SSD for my lap to make image processing using matlab , 3dmax and Photoshop -- and also need to have fast application launch and quick access time , so I'm not sure which one of them will do that for me , but i think u can help me about it , and thanks for the great following of my question and great simple answers

 

[memoooo500]

up up up

 

[memoooo500]

Really - the cheapest would be the best fothr you

thanks man , for ur help