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Sager NP7170/Clevo N170SD
- Thread starter zeke1144
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- Jul 31, 2004
I'd suggest spending the extra $45 for the Killer wifi chipset. Atheros radios blow the socks off Intel radios.
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Sounds good.
Would it be worth it to upgrade both drives to SSDs in terms of battery life? My original plan was to get a 250gb M.2 drive with a 1TB platter drive. However for around ~$150 more I could get a 120gb M.2 drive with a 500gb Samsung 650 Evo series SSD. I don't believe I will need the extra 500gb by sticking with the platter drive (they don't offer a smaller platter drive) so the reduction in capacity isn't a big deal. Would this land me a noticeable gain in battery life? Bulk use of laptop will be web browsing, Word, and Programming.
Would it be worth it to upgrade both drives to SSDs in terms of battery life? My original plan was to get a 250gb M.2 drive with a 1TB platter drive. However for around ~$150 more I could get a 120gb M.2 drive with a 500gb Samsung 650 Evo series SSD. I don't believe I will need the extra 500gb by sticking with the platter drive (they don't offer a smaller platter drive) so the reduction in capacity isn't a big deal. Would this land me a noticeable gain in battery life? Bulk use of laptop will be web browsing, Word, and Programming.
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The battery life argument is bogus unless you're using the spinning drive constantly. As a non-OS storage drive, it'll probably not be spinning most of the time. Also note that modern SSDs have no problem whatsoever handling swap files. They're typically rated for dozens of TBs written daily through the warranty period.
