[Brando]

This is true. Usually you have to sacrifice your DVD drive for the extra bay and get a replacement caddy. IMHO still worth it - I haven't had to burn a DVD in almost 3 years.

Originally Posted by LSA

Samsung 840s are a really nice drive. The 250GB one is on sale until 10:00 pst today

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I put SSDs in all of my builds, they are lightyears faster than mechanical platters. Usually price/performance wise a small/medium ssd and a large hdd for storage is the way to go. Although that's not feasible with all laptops.