Buying a ssd for an old laptop

[Nizzel]

Now my laptop is quite slow at just opening up simple program like word takes a good amount of time and its extremly slow at booting up and since im used to a 840 pro on my desktop i figured maybe adding an ssd to my old laptop would help it

the specs of this beast is 

 

I mainly use this laptop for school so it really only needs to boot up and open program like word,excel and what not

im just wondering if this is an insane thing to do and just shouldnt be done because of how old its other specs are?

 

also if anyone can come up with a recommendation on a fairly cheap ssd thats has the capacity of 200GB or close to it that would be nice

(i live in Denmark *EU*)

[AlwaysFSX]

Well, everything will load and save way faster. 

 

240+GB SSDs listed here in order of cost.

[Nizzel]

Well, everything will load and save way faster. 

so its not completly insane to do even if its specs are shit right? the laptop is still going strong but im worried it might die in not long just cause of its age. if it does however i could just chuck the ssd into my desktop i suppose

[AlwaysFSX]

so its not completly insane to do even if its specs are shit right? the laptop is still going strong but im worried it might die in not long just cause of its age. if it does however i could just chuck the ssd into my desktop i suppose

Nah, even with older computers they'll speed up a lot.

 

Hardware doesn't usually die because of age either. Most of the things that do fail however can be replaced fairly easily too.

[Clyne]

Well I have a laptop that's similar to that and it runs pretty fast without ssd, you could try defrag the hdd, and use ccleaner

[noob_gamer]

i changed the HDD for a SSD on my Acer aspire 5742g and man that helped, from not being able to boot (dead HDD) to boot in 30sec. before the HDD died it was slow as well but a SSD surely change everything.

[Nizzel]

Well I have a laptop that's similar to that and it runs pretty fast without ssd, you could try defrag the hdd, and use ccleaner

i use ccleaner now and then. defragged quite a few months ago though but it has never really been quick to open any program. 

[Nizzel]

i changed the HDD for a SSD on my Acer aspire 5742g and man that helped, from not being able to boot (dead HDD) to boot in 30sec. before the HDD died it was slow as well but a SSD surely change everything.

sounds good. changing to a ssd on my desktop from a wd green was one amazing experience so im assuming this would be like that too then. 

[Nizzel]

Nah, even with older computers they'll speed up a lot.

 

Hardware doesn't usually die because of age either. Most of the things that do fail however can be replaced fairly easily too.

thats good to know. i was worried its older specs would hold back the ssd alot but i suppose not. in anycase i was expecting it to speed up alot but i wasnt sure if i was insane . 

[MoonSpot]

I'm using the crucial m500 with similar system specs to yours, and my system is more then fast enough for office programs.

 

You'd probably benefit from a fresh install of the OS and killing any and all bloatware.  Windows 8.1 is faster then window 7 too.

[Nizzel]

I'm using the crucial m500 with similar system specs to yours, and my system is more then fast enough for office programs.

 

You'd probably benefit from a fresh install of the OS and killing any and all bloatware.  Windows 8.1 is faster then window 7 too.

yah i have been thinking of switching to W8 cause of the faster boot times and just faster in general. a fresh install would probably do me well

[ddbtkd456]

Well, everything will load and save way faster. 

 

240+GB SSDs listed here in order of cost.

 

I'm just putting this out there. Anyone want to donate this to me.

[noob_gamer]

Just be sure to have atleast sata2, other wise the ssd will be held back a lot.

[AlwaysFSX]

Just be sure to have atleast sata2, other wise the ssd will be held back a lot.

It is a SATA 2 port.

 

I'm just putting this out there. Anyone want to donate this to me.

Right after I get a crate of them for me.