Storage Config; Which is faster? [theory/practice]

[Dr. Dressing]

I have a Dell G3 3579, the 15" model. It comes with an M.2 and a 1 TB HDD.

 

I've been getting hard stutters with the 5400 RPM drive, and I thought of upgrading it.

 

Will it improve my speed, if I get a 2 TB SATA SSD, and transfer all the data from the HDD to the new SSD? Or am I wasting my time this way?

 

Speed, in terms of boot time, and stutters/load times in video games. [Looking at you, GTA 5.]

 

Also, What's the most reliable way to transfer 700 GB worth of data? And will my programs [Such as steam] see it as the same drive, if I mark it as the same drive letter? (Locations being the same, etc.) - Or will there be errors?

 

I got it very late 2018/early 2019

[Electronics Wizardy]

The ssd will make games that were on the hdd load much faster.

 

You can use something like robocopy to copy the files, or restore a backup of the files.

[_Omega_]

get a sata to usb adapter and just copy the files from the HDD to the new SSD

[Dr. Dressing]

3 minutes ago, _Omega_ said:

get a sata to usb adapter and just copy the files from the HDD to the new SSD

Dude, that's 200 IQ right there.

[nick name]

17 minutes ago, Dr. Dressing said:

Dude, that's 200 IQ right there.

Gotta trust his assessment.  He's a doctor.