SSD for Laptop

[mitunchidamparam]

I have a toshiba laptop with a dual core centrino and it has 2 hard disk slots with 250 GB each.
I was thinking of upgrading one to a SSD.
My problem is , I dont know whether the SSD will be compatible.
The SSD are 2.5 inch so they have the same size , but how can i know whether the mother board is compatible.
My second question is i have a budget of 60 euro and I live in netherlands and this is a good reference about the price here :
http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/cat/674/solid-state-drives.html#filter:XYzLCsIwEEX_5a67qI8q5gMKLgSh7sRFSUYYSdswiSCU_rsTNRtnM8w5c--MO0tMZ2FLFx7o1L9gxqf31b_gsYhJHEnL5B0MgvAj4ge7SZKyPlolIUc_sbpCtJN8y5tyFEOebCLXBbJHF2Gu2Gt63WxwU6u0ZZ9I1MxY1Ye8hpzFttbR1yHXYpdPLMvyBg

I saw that there are the ssd in my price range. :


OCZ Octane-S2 64GB 62 euro
http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/298194/ocz-octane-s2-64gb.html

OCZ Vertex Plus SATA II 2.5" SSD 60GB 65 euro
http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/273393/ocz-vertex-plus-sata-ii-25-inch-ssd-60gb.html


OCZ Petrol 64GB 60 euro
http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/298056/ocz-petrol-64gb.html

Corsair Nova Series 2 60GB
http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/285801/corsair-nova-series-2-60gb.html

Finally i want to know :
Whether my mobo is compatible
Hich one should i buy

 

[clarkjd]

Oh, okay thank you very much guys for confirming that it has a SATA interface.

Now I need all of your help in choosing a SSD with a enough room for both windows 7 and Star craft 2.
As pointed out earlier in the forums , 64 GB SSD would be more than enough for me.
In the beginning of the forum I had given links to the different SSD available in the Netherlands and asked a opinion about it.
I want to know what would be best for my budget.

I am running the older generation Samsung 128GB drive. the newer 830's are even better. I can't say anything bad about the M4's or the Intel 520's I would suggest getting whichever one is cheapest for the amount of storage when you are ready to purchase.
Since you are limited to a SATA-1 interface you won't see any real-world gains by getting a SATA-3 SSD over a SATA-2 model.
Good Luck!

 

[mitunchidamparam]

I am running the older generation Samsung 128GB drive. the newer 830's are even better. I can't say anything bad about the M4's or the Intel 520's I would suggest getting whichever one is cheapest for the amount of storage when you are ready to purchase.
Since you are limited to a SATA-1 interface you won't see any real-world gains by getting a SATA-3 SSD over a SATA-2 model.
Good Luck!

I looked at all the catalogs and found these two SSD which were the cheapest with the capacity of 64 GB :
OCZ Petrol 64GB -60 euro Sata 3
OCZ octance 64GB -62.90 euro Sata 2
My budget was originally 50 euro but it is already extended , so I cannot go any further than 65 euro.
Can you guys help me choose between the petrol and the octane.
I saw the review of the octane and it got a pretty good review.
The only difference is that they have a different type of NAND inside them, so I am not sure which one is better.
Do you guys know about the reliability of OCZs own controller.
If I install the SSD to my laptop, and if I want to update my firmware , how is it done?
Thank you everyone for your kind help.

 

[mitunchidamparam]

Thank you all for your help and I got myself a 128 gb , ocz petrol ssd
These are the results compared to my HDD :
https://picasaweb.google.com/117865179184096338440/OCZPetrolSSDHDD?authkey=Gv1sRgCJvNmqu1zrbD2wE
It is awesome thank you guys

 

[mitunchidamparam]

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