New laptop ordered! OS on mSATA drive?

[tsleng]

Chassis & Display
Vortex Series: 15.6" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3630QM (2.40GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 680M - 4.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (5,400rpm)
SSD CACHE DRIVE
120GB Kingston SSDNow mS200 mSATA (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Memory Card Reader
Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® ADVANCED-N 6235 (300Mbps) + BLUETOOTH
USB Options
3 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD
Firewire
1 X 1394a FIREWIRE PORT
Battery
Vortex Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (5,200 mAh/76.96WH)
Power Cable
1 x UK Power Lead & 180W AC Adaptor
Operating System
Genuine Windows 8 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
DVD Recovery Media
Windows 8 (64-bit) DVD with paper sleeve
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Keyboard Language
INTEGRATED BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 2.0 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Dead Pixel Guarantee
30 Day Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 11 working days
Quantity
1

Hi all! New member here. I ordered a Vortex 3 as above today. Originally wanted a Haswell (Optimus V) but reckon paying a bit more for the Vortex 3 with better GPU. Vortex 4 with Haswell is out of budget for me unfortunately :sweatdrop: .

As I ordered an mSATA SSD + HDD, keeping the optical drive, I just want to know whether the OS will be default installed on the mSATA SSD or not? Tried to see if I can put a note in the 'set partition' on the order but I only have option for the HDD.

If the OS cannot be installed on the mSATA SSD, I reckon I will have to change the spec and opt for a normal SSD + HDD in optical drive caddy instead. (Still early days in the order process so possible! :yes

Any advice appreciated! Thanks!

 

[keynes]

As I ordered an mSATA SSD + HDD, keeping the optical drive, I just want to know whether the OS will be default installed on the mSATA SSD or not? Tried to see if I can put a note in the 'set partition' on the order but I only have option for the HDD.

You may want to contact PCS directly to make sure the os is in the SSD. You may want to consider better thermal paste, a Scorpio black as a secondary drive and the killer 1202 wireless card. An SSD is not essential, you could save some money dropping it.

 

[tsleng]

I do prefer an SSD for the speed/performance. The HDD is only there for bulky stuff such as photos and videos etc, therefore any basic one shall do . Standard thermal paste shall do as well as the 2x2 wireless card (at least better than the default).

I may have to call PCS and check this OS issue out.

 

[Lobizzle]

I enquired about the same thing tsleng and was told that they cannot install the OS on the mSATA SSDs because there are booting issues.

 

[tsleng]

I enquired about the same thing tsleng and was told that they cannot install the OS on the mSATA SSDs because there are booting issues.

I called PCS this morning. They said not problem and put a request in for the OS to be on the mSATA SSD.
My order subsequently went into the build stage and the request note is now shown as completed.

I guess all is well then! :rockon: PCS!