512gb SSD help + Should I upgrade to Win8 Pro

[geo355]

Apologies for copy pasting this into a new thread but haven't got a response in the other thread so possibly people might not be clicking on it and I'd like advice before Thursday as I fly back to Australia from visiting my family in Ireland then..

I'm looking for a 512gb SSD for my G75vw. Money isn't an issue. I'm basically looking for the best and most suitable SSD for the G75.

I've come across this is this good value for money? Bare in mind it's Australian currency, although very little difference in conversion rate. I'd pick it up myself as I live just around the corner from the store so no delivery charge necessary.

Any thoughts? Is this a Desktop only SSD or can it fit in the slots in the G75vw? I know it needs to be 2.5" just notsure if it needs to be a specific design. Any better options?

My laptop is 6 months old but below is my spec incase anyone wants to know..

Model: G75vw T1120V
OS: Win7 Ultimate
Ram: 24gb (16gb Kingston, 8gb Hyundai) warranty unvoided
CPU: Intel i7-3610QM @ 2.3ghz (8 CPU's), 2.3ghz (non-overclocking)
GPU: Geforce GTX 670m - 3gb
Storage: 1.5TB HDD (x2 750gb)

Also any thoughts on upgrading from Win7 ultimate to Win8 Pro in the process? Don't think I'd want the hassle of doing it myself so would probably see if the store would do it for me. I'll still be asking the store to install Win7 Ultimate regardless.

Cheers and apologies for making a new thread! Plus I did search and couldnt find an answer!

[geo355]

rewben wrote:
@geo355, to be honest, in terms of performance ssd, there is no significant difference in common usage if you compared those with the same league (i have samsung 840 pro and ocz vertex 4. for common usage, they are of similar performance to me).

as of this writing, vector and samsung 840 pro are good consumer ssds. these ssds fit nicely into g75.

as for w7 ultimate vs w8 pro, it's a personal preference. for my usage, both are the same (once you're used to w8, you will realize it's not that bad without the start button, actually)

I had a look at the Samsung 840. It's about 30 bucks cheaper but has 10mb/s less write speed. I guess this is negligible though. Definitely want a 512gb as I'm sure ill full that space up in due time. I guess I was just making sure these SSD's will fit the G75. Cheers for putting my mind at ease. I'll probably grab one next week and see if the store would do a fresh install for me moving all my data from my main HDD to the SSD in the process and ensuring all the drivers are functioning.

[rewben]

geo355 wrote:
I had a look at the Samsung 840. It's about 30 bucks cheaper but has 10mb/s less write speed. I guess this is negligible though. Definitely want a 512gb as I'm sure ill full that space up in due time. I guess I was just making sure these SSD's will fit the G75. Cheers for putting my mind at ease. I'll probably grab one next week and see if the store would do a fresh install for me moving all my data from my main HDD to the SSD in the process and ensuring all the drivers are functioning.

(depending on your usage) there is no need to have high write speed (unless you need it for operations that require high writes, e.g. video encoding).

imo ssd is very useful to improve OS and app load times (the system will be far responsive than a hdd); this usually can be achieved by high read rate.

to be extra safe, it's good for you to make a data backup first before you do all that.