MSATA SSD advice

martyp

Hi all,

I'm keen to put an MSATA SSD in my MSI GE60 laptop as it currently has a 1TB drive which is dragging the performance down and better used as storage.
I asked the manufacturer for drives that have been tested with that model and they've given a short list up to 128GB of Sandisk, Toshiba, Plextor and Hynix ones.

I was thinking originally of a Samsung Evo as I have one in my other laptop and it's great and know it's a reputable brand for SSDs.

The performance seems better as well. Unsure really whether to just be on the safe side and go with the mfr list or assume a Samsung Evo will work fine as I didn't think there'd be a huge difference between the drives anyway...?

AlSto

Ask them if there is a 'whitelist' applied. If not, there should be no impediment.

I_have_spoken

I'd play it safe the Evo isn't always plug and play

grumpycrab

Depending on where you buy from a retrun should be possible (e.g. don't think Amazon provided SSDs would be a problem to return)

spannerzone

Samsung Evo is my first choice and I'd be surprised if it didn't work. Sandisks also been no problem for me in a dozen PCs I've put them into

martyp

Thanks all, they don't seem to have a whitelist as such. The list they provided were just ones they have tested with that model so can confirm compatibility with those.