I have a dilemma, this Laptop came with a 500GB 7,200 rpm HHD. This model seems to be going on eBay for £400-£500
And their condition is not great. Mine Is utterly immaculate, always kept on a 3 fan cooler stand, never used keyboard or track pad etc. ( I used wireless mouse and keyboard all thentime) Kept static never moved around. Etc.
But I upgraded the HDD to a Samsung Evo 850 500GB ( costing £140 then , now costs £119 on Amazon ).
The question is (as I could put the Sammy in the new workstation, if one does not get some of ones money back)
Do I:-
A) Put back the standard 500GB 7,200 rpm HDD (and put the Samsung about 5 months old in my workstation)
NB although its 7,200 rpm I discovered it is only Sata II i.e. 3gB/s! Found that out when I put in the Samsung.!
And go for the std. Price range, But a bit of hassle.
Or
B) Leave the 500GB samsung Evo in it and ask £120 more ( cheeky but no hassle for the buyer as its then fitted) and it also runs really fast. Also zero hassle for me.
Or
C Buy a 1TB HGST 7,200 rpm Sata 3, i.e. 6GBs. I can get this for £46 so its not a lot of money
And then add £46 to the higher price bracket range on ebay, as its faster and doubles the size of the std. HDD. So hopefully this would make the item more attractive? And more in tune with newer laptops that seem to have bigger discs.
Note I discovered when I put in the EVO, that the HDD Controller is Sata 3 i.e. 6GB/s
Out of interest would one see a reasonable difference in speed loading Windows etc, between the original Sata 3GB/s and this HGST 6GB/s?
Interested whether you think, that any of these option like the 850 EVo or Extra, faster 500GB would effect the price?
Bluntly Is it worth the effort?
My current view is go with the HGST 1TB option, to differentiate it in capacity ( at not a lot of cost to me) and hopefully improve performance???
Not risking a lot that way, and also reclaim my investment in the 850 EvO as I would buy another one anyway for the new Workstation.
Unless, you folks think people would pay a premium of say £100 to £120 if it came with the 850 EVO. Plus no work to swap them out for the new buyer.
Or advertise it initially with the EVO at the high price, and if it doesnt sell then put the HGST in and lower the price.
Any views most welcomed.
As everything is relative to the actual spec, here it is:-
17" Full Deluxe HD Sony Vaio VPCF22C5E.
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2630QM CPU @ 2.00GHz
Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 2.00GHz 2.9GHz in Turbo mode
NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M with 4 GB RAM and 1 GB Dediicated Video Ram
See benchmark 664 at
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net …p?gpu=GeForce+GT+540M&id=
8GB Ram
Toshiba MK5061GSY 7200 500GB Sata II 3 GB/s HDD
Blu Ray DVD Writer Pioneer BD-RW BDR-TD03
2x USB 3.0 and 1x USB 2.0
Sonys Best: Full HD 17" Screen. 1920x 1080
Backlight deluxe keyboard
Windows 10 Home (legit upgrade from Windows 7 Home Premium)
Some kind of Office Light. ( never used)
Win DVD bundled - plays BluRay
Extras:-
Adobe Premier and Photoshop Elements 12
Additional accessories, a cage to convert the Blu Ray drive into a second HDD - note Not tried. (** requires the USB 3.0 case to put the extracted BluRay drive in ... Costs about £16)
