SSD's & HP Envy Touchsmart laptop Help Please!
Hello everyone,
About two years ago I bought an HP Envy Touchsmart laptop model M7-J178CA to use with Sonar as well as other music software, but I did not get around to using it. It came with one 1TB hybrid drive and I also bought two Samsung 840 EVO SSD's, a 500GB and a 1TB to speed things up. What would be the best thing to do, without too much hassle, while keeping things reasonably simple?
1) Install the two Samsung 840 EVO's but keep the 1TB hybrid drive, so I have three drives installed?
2) Remove the 1TB hybrid drive, pop it in an external USB HD case I have lying around, and then install the two Samsung 840 EVO's?
If I go for 1) should I use the 1TB hybrid drive for storage only, and how should I setup the 500GB SSD and the 1TB SSD?
If I go for 2) how should I setup the 500GB SSD and the 1TB SSD?
Very much thanks indeed!
Here are the specs:
Screen Size 17.3 in
Native Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
LED Backlit Display Yes
Touchscreen Display Yes
3D Capable Display No
Processor Type Intel Core i7 4700MQ
Processor Cores 4
Processor Speed 2.4 GHz
Hard Drive Capacity 1 TB (Hybrid Hard Drive)
Hard Drive Speed 5400 rpm
SSD Function Not Applicable
id-State Hybrid Drive No
RAM Size 16 GB
RAM Type DDR3L SDRAM
RAM Slots 2
Optical Drive SuperMulti DVD Burner
Built-in Memory Card Reader Yes
Memory Card Reader - Compatible Memory Type SD Cards
Graphics Chipset NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M Graphics
Video Memory Configuration Dedicated
Dedicated Video Memory Size 2 GB
Wireless Display (WiDi) Capable Yes
Speaker Wattage Beats Audio
Integrated Microphone Yes
Microphone Input Yes
Webcam Yes
Keyboard Language Bilingual
Numeric Keypad Yes
Backlit Keyboard Yes
Type of Pointing Device Clickpad
USB 2.0 Ports 0
USB 3.0 Ports 4
VGA Output No
HDMI Output Yes
HDCP Compliant Yes
IEEE 1394 Input/Output No
eSATAPort No
ExpressCard/34 Input No
ExpressCard/54 Input No
IR Receiver No
Other Input or Output Ports HP Protectsmart Hard Drive Protection; HP Simplepass With Integrated Fingerprint Reader; 1 Supporting USB Boost; 1 Headphone-Out/Microphone-In Combo Jack
EthernetPort 10/100/1000
Integrated Wi-Fi 802.11ac
Integrated Bluetooth Yes
Approximate Battery Life Information Not Available
Battery Type Lithium-Ion
Battery - Number of Cells 6
Battery - Capacity 2800 mAh
Energy Star Qualified Yes
Pre-loaded Operating System Windows 8.1
Operating System Language Bilingual
Loaded Software Pinger; Skype; HP Support Assistant; CyberLink PowerDirector
post edited by Chumer - 2016/06/18 21:03:22