Are MSATA SSDs Pointless?

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  • @zedekiah04
    @zedekiah04 4 года назад +28

    5:56 "even if your computer came with a laptop"
    b i g b r a i n

  • @HenryEIje
    @HenryEIje 3 года назад +18

    mSATA are as good as the regular SSD. I just migrated my operating system from 4tb HDD to 1tb mSATA, and now the 4TB HDD is serving as auxiliary storage.

  • @wolforla
    @wolforla 5 лет назад +26

    Asus K401U.
    Factory 24Gb mSATA was swapped to a KingSpec 248Gb mSATA (from ebay).
    Win10 successfully installed on it and now its booting fast like hell. Plus we still have 1Tb HDD for data storage. I highly recommend it for everybody, mSATA is a great thing in laptops. And the cost was approx. 50USD.

    • @lairdriver
      @lairdriver 5 лет назад

      My Samsung mSata has windows 10 on it and it takes me about 25 seconds to boot, sometimes a little bit quicker. I recently changed some of the background processes for certain programs to boot up after I've logged in. I think the fastest I ever got was 13 seconds.

    • @NikhilTikare
      @NikhilTikare 4 года назад

      Definitely worth it, my gaming laptop has a M.2 NVMe SSD slot so I got a Corsair Force MP510 256GB M.2 NVMe SSD and it boots up within 10 seconds, plus I still have my 1TB HDD! My older Dell Inspiron 14 7437 has an mSATA 32GB SSD and I'm thinking of installing a mSATA Kingston 256GB SSD and keep the 500GB HDD so it gets a similar treatment to my gaming laptop, that way I could either give it to my family member or sell it for a better resale value as it has an Intel Core i7 so it has potential to last another good 4-5 years.

  • @Cassia_L
    @Cassia_L 4 года назад +13

    Thank you for actually showing what an mSATA is!
    I'm going to have to re-open my laptop soon (I can hear the fan, means I need to clean it) and I thought, hey I should put an SSD in it! But all the result I got where M.2, so much so that I started thinking that they were supposed to be mSATA.

  • @The.Real.Reaper
    @The.Real.Reaper 5 лет назад +3

    Thanks for this video. I recently added 3 Samsung M.2 1TB NVMe PCI-e 3.0 SSDs to my Desktop as part of a major upgrade. The speeds are amazing. However I have a 2014 HP Laptop that doesn't support M.2 and I upgraded to a Seagate 1Tb 7200 2.5 SATA Spinner Drive for more storage over the original WD 500GB 5400 RPM 2.5" - While doing that I noticed I have an unused mSATA slot. So I will be able to add the boot/Windows drive to an mSATA and still keep my old school 7200 RPM Spinner for storage.

  • @johnpaulbacon8320
    @johnpaulbacon8320 6 лет назад +7

    Enjoyed the video as always. Right now i have 2x Crucial M4 512gb ssd's in a raid 0 array. When i can - plan on getting a nvme M.2 drive.

  • @TAGMedia7
    @TAGMedia7 2 года назад +9

    I have an older thin and light Dell laptop that exclusively uses mSATA drives for primary storage and, as far as performance goes, it's up to par with your run-of-the-mill 2.5" SATAs. To be honest it boggles my mind that these didn't become the standard at the time of their first release.

    • @bland9876
      @bland9876 3 месяца назад

      HDD will always be cheaper than SSD per gigabyte and it was more true back then so they would use a 2.5 in slot because mSATA only works for SSDs so unless they were making a device that was really small a 2.5-in drive would be better because you couldn't sell a cheap option that has an HDD hell even today if you're very unlucky you might be able to find a computer with an HDD still but usually if a laptop is super cheap it's using EMMC which is non-removable so screw you.

  • @konstantine_c
    @konstantine_c Год назад +1

    Thank you! I just came here to confirm that the speeds are the same when compared to their 2.5" counterparts. Very informative.

  • @Scott.Farkus
    @Scott.Farkus 4 года назад +2

    Some desktops will run an mSATA SSD in a PCIe x1 slot, if the slot is routed through the SATA bus; sometimes labeled, as mPCIe/mSata.

  • @tghwinner1995
    @tghwinner1995 6 лет назад

    My brother HP Elitebook 2540p has 1.8" HDD Drive. The place is to small to M.2 SSD. I buy on internet MicroSata to mSata converter, and still work very well!

  • @Nektopoulo
    @Nektopoulo 4 года назад +2

    Toshiba U845W-S400; swapped out the 32GB mSATA caching SSD for a 256GB EVO840 and made it my C: OS drive. Dropped in a 1TB Crucial BX500 2.5" SSD for a D: drive. Runs great.

  • @bernds1488
    @bernds1488 Год назад

    hi there, i have a thinkpad x230 and spent it a msata 256gb a couple of years ago and it's great. recently i bought a 1tb ssd to fill up the hdd port and was surprised that the laptop was significant warmer: the ssd took 1.6a. that are 8 watts that go out in heat.
    since then i sent it into exile to my desktop and keep my 256gb filesystem tidy. ultra portability with a full pc is the most important thing for me.
    thanks for that video.

  • @cypherdk85
    @cypherdk85 4 года назад +9

    For me msata is the only upgrade that makes sense on my laptop, it is an older laptop that has an insane bottleneck with its 5200rpm harddrive, even if the msata isnt as fast as m.2, I dont have any m.2 ports in my laptop, but the data transfer rate will still be faster.

    • @mentlinc
      @mentlinc 3 года назад +2

      Will it really be faster than SATA? The difference looks minimal from those charts, I have the msata port on my laptop but havnt bought a drive yet.

    • @cypherdk85
      @cypherdk85 3 года назад +1

      @@mentlinc oh yes the difference is immense.
      Normally it would take the laptop a couple of minutes to do a complete boot, with all windows stuff loaded.
      It takes at max 30 seconds now.
      That might just be because the SSD is faster than a 5200 rpm drive and not a faster connection, but it is a huge upgrade on my old laptop.

    • @mentlinc
      @mentlinc 3 года назад

      @@cypherdk85 cool, I'm leaning closer to getting an mSata. My laptop doesn't have m.2 port but I found a mSata port on it. Is it faster overall you noticed or mostly faster boot times? Which model mSata drive did you get btw?

    • @cypherdk85
      @cypherdk85 3 года назад +1

      @@mentlinc I've not really done any benchmarks on it, but the boot times are definitely lower, loading games, opening programs like chrome, photoshop and lightroom, and also better data transfer when I transfer and work with the photos I take (70-80 mb raw files from my cameras).
      I cant remember the exact model name of the ssd, but it is a Kingston 480gb.
      Plus an msata ssd is not that expensive even for me in Denmark, so it was worth it to get it for me, a small investment for a pretty good increase in performance.

    • @mentlinc
      @mentlinc 3 года назад

      @@cypherdk85 Ok I've been looking at the Samsung Evo 850 mSata...but it's more expensive than the m.2 version! I might go with the Kingston 1tb if the price is decent.

  • @RomaFedorov
    @RomaFedorov 5 лет назад +1

    is it ok to use msata and m.2 and a regular ssd on the same laptop ?
    i want to have 3 separate hard drives on my laptop :X

    • @coegj
      @coegj 3 года назад

      Why triple boot one hard drive with three op systems when you can have three hard drives with three different op systems. I have one windows 10, one MX Linux, one Ubuntu Mate, using EasyBCD in the windows 10 to manage the boot manager. works fine for me.

  • @ChuckNights
    @ChuckNights 4 года назад +10

    1.5 Playback Speed... I dare you..

  • @goqwertygo
    @goqwertygo 3 года назад

    i got a 512GB DogFish mSata SSD for my Dell Latitude E6540. i wanted more storage than my single 2.5 standard. i can add 1 more just fine and another with a slight modification to internal chassis, but it will fit👌

  • @verfed
    @verfed 4 года назад +2

    I'm getting an msata ssd for my Dell M4800 soon. Just gotta pop out the wlan.

  • @johndmitrikozak2441
    @johndmitrikozak2441 4 года назад +3

    Asus K56CA - not even Asus specifies on their website that this model supports msata SSD. Normally it supports 1/2 size, but you can also fit a normal sized one if you resolder the screw nut. I mounted a 120gb msata from Integral. Windows 10 boots in 10 seconds and I can actually keep the actual 1TB storage without sacrificing the CD-ROM for a HDD Caddy :) So yeah, they are not pointless in 2020.

    • @manuvinci
      @manuvinci 4 года назад

      Hi, I thinking of doing de same with de half size msata in my Asus. How can you resolder the screw nut?

    • @johndmitrikozak2441
      @johndmitrikozak2441 4 года назад +1

      @@manuvinci Heating pen (i think it's called this), but you have to be very very careful not to damage the motherboard.

    • @manuvinci
      @manuvinci 4 года назад

      @@johndmitrikozak2441 Thanks

  • @MegaAmoxicillin
    @MegaAmoxicillin 3 года назад +2

    Didn't pick up a thing in this video but he has a promising voice.

  • @gato23
    @gato23 2 года назад

    my old MSI Z87 GD65 has an mSATA slot. I'll use it as a dual boot XP/Vista rig.

  • @arian_srf
    @arian_srf 3 года назад

    i wanted an advice would appreciate
    i have a msata ssd adata 128g and my HDD is 5400rpm 1tb WD blue SATAIII .
    im planning to get a msata 128 samsung and 1T SSD wd blue 3d nano
    so i move my HDD to ODD's place (sata II ) and put the 1t nano ssd in its place .
    and RAID the 2 msatas ( adata + samsung )
    Q1 : is that raid possible ?
    Q2: which is better should i install os on 1T ssd or Raided (128+128 ) msata ?

  • @MarcoGenio
    @MarcoGenio 6 лет назад

    I can’t handle slow pc and I just can’t resently I wanted to swap from Samsung evo to pro or masts ssd
    So thanks for the video

  • @Aranimda
    @Aranimda Год назад

    Not all computers have M.2 SSD slots or space for an extra 2.5" SSD.
    My older Dell Precision comes with a mSATA and 2.5" SATA slot. Mine got a 2.5" HDD. It is nice to be able to pop in a mSATA SSD, clone the HDD to the new mSATA SSD as boot drive and use the old HDD as storage for downloads, music and video.

  • @snotmale
    @snotmale 3 года назад +2

    had to watch this on 75% speed....

  • @findinggreatness
    @findinggreatness Год назад

    Thanks for the breakdown

  • @CalmDownx
    @CalmDownx 7 месяцев назад

    Can i put it in 6570B HP PROBOOK

  • @mystic0021
    @mystic0021 4 года назад +1

    I thought this video would suck and pointless to watch but...
    Its actully REALLY GOOD

  • @WhittyPics
    @WhittyPics 5 лет назад +3

    My Dell laptop has a mSATA slot for caching purposes. I know there is a way but I haven't figured out how to boot from that drive .

    • @CPUmodder
      @CPUmodder  5 лет назад

      If it is for caching there is a high chance that it is just ' hard coded ' into the bios to just work as a cache and not allow to boot. Though never tried my self so good luck

    • @filmaxx3
      @filmaxx3 5 лет назад

      I have an Acer laptop that comes with 20gb msata ssd for caching and installed windows sucefully on it, but 20gb it's too small for windows, so I will try to put in RAID configuration in bios to use it to speed up the normal hdd.

    • @mentlinc
      @mentlinc 3 года назад

      @@bootlegscarce0844 is it any faster than SATA running an OS on it?

    • @mentlinc
      @mentlinc 3 года назад

      @@bootlegscarce0844 figures lol guess I'll just get an ssd to replace my laptop hdd

  • @wycliffeo4656
    @wycliffeo4656 5 лет назад +12

    if your computer came with a laptop?

  • @worththewatch1517
    @worththewatch1517 6 лет назад +2

    Just got my msata to use for bootup drive. Lets see if it makes any difference in bootup time and gaming

    • @hinuqui
      @hinuqui 5 лет назад

      Persian User did it?

    • @simplykartik07
      @simplykartik07 5 лет назад

      @Persian User, did it work?

    • @Razz9999
      @Razz9999 4 года назад

      Yeah... Did it work? 😂

    • @worththewatch1517
      @worththewatch1517 4 года назад +1

      @@Razz9999
      That was 2 years ago. It did work but now moved on to 970 pro

  • @FlyboyHelosim
    @FlyboyHelosim Год назад

    One point to note, if it's of interest to anyone, is that mSATA SSDs tend to run hotter than a similarly-specced 2.5" SATA SSD. The one in my laptop usually runs around 10c hotter than my 2.5", and that's without it even doing anything.

  • @anthonyrobinson6448
    @anthonyrobinson6448 4 года назад

    Thank you! I didn't know what that slot in my computer was for until now!

  • @thatwastakenagain
    @thatwastakenagain 3 года назад

    do all ssds have an msata in them?

  • @RankDuchess
    @RankDuchess 3 года назад

    I think mSATA ssd’s are good, because they usually come in laptops, and if you wanted an ssd in an old desktop like a dell optiplex, you can buy an adapter so it fits in a PCIe slot

  • @Harro4870
    @Harro4870 6 лет назад +1

    im fine with slow desk tops
    but i go bat shit crazy on laptops
    i personally use a 280gb 960 evo for my boot drive and i still have one free m.2 slot soo...ima get my self a 1tb m.2 *cough* thats never gonna happen *cough*

  • @jessymode
    @jessymode 3 года назад

    can i install windows os on one?

  • @MEODOWLA
    @MEODOWLA 5 лет назад

    I have a mSATA port on my mini PC. Is it okay that i use a mSATA to M.2 converter to plug-in a M.2 SATA drive.

    • @CPUmodder
      @CPUmodder  5 лет назад

      sure as long as there is enough room the adapter should work

    • @AllSpace
      @AllSpace 3 года назад

      what was the point?, is that what i need, an adapter for the mini slot? can i just stick a direct m-sata in my slot? not screw mounts? stupid board design for this option

  • @Chuck_vs._The_Comment_Section
    @Chuck_vs._The_Comment_Section 4 месяца назад

    Well, it depends. From the point of view of current devices, they are pointless because the interface is practically "extinct". But for older or some portable devices, these SSDs are a practical and in some cases the only option for an upgrade / replacement.

  • @yahyarechaki9908
    @yahyarechaki9908 2 года назад

    can i use sata ssd in the place of a msata ssd on hp folio 9470m elitebook ?

    • @AmirRazan
      @AmirRazan Год назад

      As a person who also owns a HP Elitebook Folio 9470m, you simply can't do that. SATA SSDs (That are the full size 2.5 inch drive ones) can't fit in a mSATA SSD slot due to its housing and the pins aren't compatible.

  • @lc7ineo
    @lc7ineo 5 лет назад

    in 2019 you can go for the biggest capacity you can afford on the cheapest interface your computer supports (in my case 1tb sata 2.5 ssd) and be happy, the difference in write and read speeds is so small that you have to project your time savings to the years scale, at that point better start asking "M'I gonna have this computer that many years?" probably not. No point expending double the price for a 1tb nvme drive or the same money for one with half the capacity.

  • @retrochristmas7329
    @retrochristmas7329 2 года назад

    I don't get why my dv7 has a msata port but you can't boot to it. It's only use is for a stupid TV tuner.

  • @zulhishamhashim7505
    @zulhishamhashim7505 3 года назад +1

    if i install msata, will i loss my internet connection?

    • @AmirRazan
      @AmirRazan Год назад

      Uh, no. Why do you ask that?

  • @earthenergyhex
    @earthenergyhex 3 года назад

    good video

  • @thatguyfromca
    @thatguyfromca 4 года назад +1

    how do you plug these fkn things in? lol

  • @laptech3767
    @laptech3767 5 лет назад

    WHy is it so expansive!

  • @jamesdoe4515
    @jamesdoe4515 2 года назад

    mSATA is really useful to replace IDE hard drives with

  • @rebeckavogel6480
    @rebeckavogel6480 4 года назад

    Now lets just metion that "mSATA" ist actually mini PCI-Express... :D
    Why sombody felt the need to develope a new (M.2) Port for something that was already available slipps my mind.
    It's almost as somebody didn't know that falsly "mSATA" named port was actially a PCIe Port...

  • @AllSpace
    @AllSpace 3 года назад

    slot it in or slot it out frooby

  • @hongdavid4605
    @hongdavid4605 5 лет назад

    How do I know that I have msata slot in my laptop?

    • @CPUmodder
      @CPUmodder  5 лет назад +1

      you can check the support page for the laptop or open it up and have a look

    • @hongdavid4605
      @hongdavid4605 5 лет назад

      CPU modder it seem like it has mini pcie slot

    • @hongdavid4605
      @hongdavid4605 5 лет назад

      CPU modder can I use msata with pcie mini slot?

    • @CPUmodder
      @CPUmodder  5 лет назад +1

      Sadly no they are different connector types and while they look similar they are not interchangeable

    • @hongdavid4605
      @hongdavid4605 5 лет назад

      CPU modder thanks for your reply and I think I just figure out that there is a msata slot next to WiFi card slot or pcie and I thought it was the same but it’s not.

  • @beastboy5203
    @beastboy5203 2 года назад

    I like you background

  • @marcovendramini7685
    @marcovendramini7685 5 лет назад +2

    Thinkpad t420 msata is far slower than ssd, 280 vs 480 mbs in read, writing speed is not that different but it seems less consistent

  • @joepasquarello1273
    @joepasquarello1273 3 года назад

    Easy on the caffeine.

  • @marleysr7812
    @marleysr7812 2 года назад

    Large files load test pleasee

  • @ibizenco
    @ibizenco 3 года назад

    I get far slower speeds in CrystalDiskMark 8 with this 250 GB Kingston "SUV500M" mSATA that I put in my 9 year old computer (with a Gigabyte H77-D3H motherboard, which has an mSATA slot that I have never used before):
    245.50 / 237.35
    237.37 / 230.81
    31.21 / 72.97
    24.96 / 37.23
    I only bought the mSATA to try it out. No big deal :-)
    It is still faster than a regular HD.

    • @anuragpant2192
      @anuragpant2192 2 года назад +1

      Hi, i have an old laptop with a MSATA empty slot. Is it worth buying an msata for it? How much u think the speed will improve?

    • @ibizenco
      @ibizenco 2 года назад

      @@anuragpant2192 I don't know much about hard drive/SSD speeds, but my Kingston mSATA is not as fast as a "real" SSD. But it is faster than a mechanical hard drive. I would say it feels about 50% faster than a mechanical hard drive?
      If you find an mSATA that does not cost TOO much, then you could buy it.

  • @blackfaithdoom9018
    @blackfaithdoom9018 Год назад

    Min 4:18 ...., what about weight ?

  • @Rafay2
    @Rafay2 4 года назад

    Can I have a graphics card that is in your background

  • @FLMKane
    @FLMKane Год назад

    In retrospect quite pointless. Nvme and m.2 renders them irrelevant

  • @laptech3767
    @laptech3767 6 лет назад +1

    msata is still expansive
    :(

    • @CPUmodder
      @CPUmodder  6 лет назад +1

      true... but then you look at nvme prices

    • @pimpmasterx7
      @pimpmasterx7 6 лет назад

      also m.2 sata drives which are the same price* (sometimes) as there sata counterparts but easy af to install

    • @sebastianalexandru3841
      @sebastianalexandru3841 5 лет назад

      I bought a msata for 65 bucks new 500gb ut s a 860 samsung

    • @lairdriver
      @lairdriver 5 лет назад

      Not really, it depends on what you are looking for. For price point, i'd recommend finding a 500 gig version as it's the most affordable. Get smaller drives if you need to. They always have sales on these technologies as they are trying to draw more and more pc users into it.

    • @akeelshah7904
      @akeelshah7904 4 года назад

      r u not gonna mention how bad thy overheat

  • @HappyBeezerStudios
    @HappyBeezerStudios 4 года назад

    Got an mSATA slot in my Desktop, but there is no point using it over "normal" SATA because it disables the port when in use.and 2.5'' SATA drives are easier to find and cheaper.
    running my old Plextor M5 Pro 2.5'' since 2013.

  • @alphaomega1969
    @alphaomega1969 Год назад

    M2 is not Nvme

    • @FlyboyHelosim
      @FlyboyHelosim 7 месяцев назад

      Yeah I noticed he was using the two terms interchangeably, but M.2 can actually be PCIe (NVMe) or SATA. So in the case of SATA an M.2 drive won't be any faster than an mSATA one.

  • @PATTHECATMCD
    @PATTHECATMCD 3 года назад

    This isn't so much an issue if you don't use the bloated dog operating system that is Windows. Not really possible if you're a gamer intent on being cannon fodder for game hackers.

  • @filippoorologio6777
    @filippoorologio6777 2 года назад

    mSATA = fat version of m.2 sata

  • @thenet0120002
    @thenet0120002 5 лет назад +2

    Your talking to slow speed it up !

  • @DangerFreak1966
    @DangerFreak1966 4 года назад

    msata and sata are differ3nt connector.. sure they are of use.. you can not connect an 2.5" ssd to a msata connector.. this video is USELESS !

    • @AD-cd1bx
      @AD-cd1bx 4 года назад

      I believe he was comparing the two technologies to see if one is better than the other. His point wasn't to say that you can use a 2.5" in a msata slot, but if you wanted to all you have to do is get an adapter.