SATA 3 Support for an SSD on a HP Mini 210-4120ea

[nickthegreekhp]

What SATA does the HP Mini 210-4120ea support? the manual speaks of SATA generically without making any specification?

Will a mid-range SSD go to waist or will it use it well?

Finally, is this a 2.5 inch drive that will be replaced or a 1.8?

Many thanks!

N

[nickthegreekhp]

Just ordered a Samsung Sata 3 64gb ssd for this... will post when i try it out....

[kalgacal113]

What SATA does the HP Mini 210-4120ea support? the manual speaks of SATA generically without making any specification?

Will a mid-range SSD go to waist or will it use it well?

Finally, is this a 2.5 inch drive that will be replaced or a 1.8?

[nickthegreekhp]

Until now i have realized that it is a 2.5 inch hdd but the SATA speed is something of a mystery to me as yet... will post if i find out...

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

Your answer can be found at the link below regarding SATA III support...SATA II only.

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/internet-devices-chipsets/nm10-chipset.html

Paul

[nickthegreekhp]

Thanks Paul, i thought it would be plain old sata, so Sata II may be a bonus (if there is a difference) . The Sata 3 drive will still work ok right? since there aren't any Sata2 drives on the market it should do i guess

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

You're very welcome.

SATA II is a "bonus" over SATA -- especially with regard to a SSD.

Yes, your SATA III SSD will work just fine with the SATA II controller, but you may have been able to save a little money if you could have gotten a SATA II SSD--and I only say that because there will be no advantage to having a SATA III SSD in your notebook over a SATA II one.

However, someday you can transfer your SATA III SSD to a PC whose controller supports SATA III.

Paul

[nickthegreekhp]

You're right Paul, i got a sata 3 drive last year because there weren't any sata 2's on the market.  I guess that there werent that many sata 2 ssd's with 64 gb at the time - perhaps 4,8,16 and maybe 32 sizes.

ANyway, thanks once again!

N