SOLVED The best SSD's for latop's

[Mountain]

I just wanted to share my knowledge on laptop SSD's. People may think that they can just put any SSD inside a laptop. You can, however your battery life will suffer because some SSD's draw more power than mechanical drives. I have comprised a short list of awesome SSD's that are perfect for your laptop. I'm sure their are others, but these caught my eye to be the best of the best. The ADATA Premier Pro SP920 is my favorite of all of them.

Crucial MX100 CT256MX100SSD1 2.5" 256GB - Power Consumption (Idle) 0.1W Power Consumption (Active) 0.15W
SanDisk SDSSDP-128G-G25 2.5" 128GB - Power Consumption (Active) 0.6W
ADATA Premier SP600 ASP600S3-128GM-C 2.5" 128GB - Power Consumption (Idle) 0.14W Power Consumption (Active) 0.41W
ADATA Premier Pro SP920 ASP920SS3-256GM-C 2.5" 256GB - Power Consumption (Idle) 0.067W Power Consumption (Active) 0.15W
ADATA Premier SP610 ASP610SS3-128GM-C 2.5" 128GB - Power Consumption (Idle) 0.08W Power Consumption (Active) 0.3W

Here are not so power friendly SSD's:

Kingston SSDNow V300 Series SV300S37A/120G - Power Consumption (Idle) 0.640W Power Consumption (Active) 1.423 W Read / 2.052 W Write
PNY SSD7SC120GOPT-RB 2.5" 120GB - Power Consumption (Idle) 0.1W Power Consumption (Active) 5W
Corsair Force LS Series CSSD-F240GBLS 2.5 - Power Consumption (Idle) 0.6W Max Power Consumption (Active) 4.6W Max
OCZ Vertex 460A VTX460A-25SAT3-240G - Power Consumption (Idle) 0.6W Power Consumption (Active) 3.45W

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In the grand scheme of things 5 watts does not seem like much, but to a laptop, that's huge. Shopping for a low wattage SSD can sometimes double maybe triple your battery run time.

 

[EarthDog]

Shopping for a low wattage SSD can sometimes double maybe triple your battery run time.

I think the idea you have is solid, but this last line, you lost me with it.

If a laptop is using, let's say on the low end... 30W. You decided to get an SSD that was 5W and is now 1W. That means your use goes from 30W to 26W. How would that double or triple the laptop battery life when you are only using around 15% less power? Obviously more viable laptop power use numbers, let's say 50W. Going down to 46W isn't going to double/triple your time either. Will it improve battery life? Sure it will. But it won't remotely double or triple it.