What SSD should I choose for a laptop

[AndreiArgeanu]

.. I have What kind of SSD should I choose for a laptop? I have 2 2.5 inch hard drive space and 1 m2. The laptop curently has a 1TB hard drive, and I was thinking that I could use the speed of an SSD in my laptop. Now I can choose from either a WD green M.2 SSD or WD Green SATA SSD both 120gb. I was thinking choosing the m2 ssd but what should I do with the left hard drive slot? Should I get another hard drive and set it up in Raid with the current one or maybe get another ssd to accelerate the current HDD? 

 

[Mooshi]

Can't do mechanical drives anymore for anything other than media storage cause it's too slow. For SSDs, your best value in terms of performance and reliability would be something like a Samsung 860 Evo or Crucial MX500 

[jonrosalia]

does your laptop support intel optaine cacheing? if it does put optaine in it and let it rip.

if not does it support NVME drives?

no matter what I wouldn't buy a 120 its to small to be useful 256 or higher because ssds slow down significantly when you fill them to half way I buy 480Gb 2.5" for $50-60 now no reason not to get the largest one you can

 

[AndreiArgeanu]

1 hour ago, jonrosalia said:

does your laptop support intel optaine cacheing? if it does put optaine in it and let it rip.

if not does it support NVME drives?

no matter what I wouldn't buy a 120 its to small to be useful 256 or higher because ssds slow down significantly when you fill them to half way I buy 480Gb 2.5" for $50-60 now no reason not to get the largest one you can

 

It might. It has. 7th gen i7 7700HQ Gtx 1050, 8gb ram