Do i have space?

[DietzDiet]

I wanna add a ssd to my hp pavilion s5-1414 pc but idk if there is space inside, i looked inside and it was kinda confusing lol i'am not sure if i looked at it wrong but is there a place to put a ssd? Will there be space??

BTW inside lookes like this:

credits to this guy : HP s5 1414 Part 6

 

[BondiBlue]

Are you wanting to add an SSD in addition to your existing hard drive? There is only one 3.5" drive bay in that case, so you'd need to remove the hard drive in order to have room to install the SSD. If you don't use the optical drive you could install the SSD in that spot as well, and you could keep your existing hard drive. 

[Dukesilver27-]

I mean you could just buy a SATA SSD and put it anywhere in the case, maybe stick it with a double sided tape or tie it down with zip ties/velcro straps, that is also a janky solution. I could see 4 SATA ports on the motherboard, so it should be okay. It's relatively safe, unless you plan to move the PC around.

[AustinProH]

In my experience, I have on one of these before and I had taken the connections from the CD ROM and replaced it with a solid-state, if you have any further questions are more than welcome to message me

[DietzDiet]

9 hours ago, BondiBlue said:

Are you wanting to add an SSD in addition to your existing hard drive? There is only one 3.5" drive bay in that case, so you'd need to remove the hard drive in order to have room to install the SSD. If you don't use the optical drive you could install the SSD in that spot as well, and you could keep your existing hard drive. 

but if i had to use a optical drive disk wont i need to replace everything again? and would it be worth it?

[DietzDiet]

8 hours ago, AustinProH said:

In my experience, I have on one of these before and I had taken the connections from the CD ROM and replaced it with a solid-state, if you have any further questions are more than welcome to message me

how did you fit it in btw did u take the odd out

[AustinProH]

2 hours ago, DietzDiet said:

how did you fit it in btw did u take the odd out

To answer your question, it’s your personal used case if you use discs a lot then I guess it would be a bad decision but I personally have not used it in about five years because most things come with a USB or an online download now these days. If you don’t see yourself using the optical drive much could buy later on USB optical reader. 
 

unlike a regular mechanical hard drive which needs to be put into place because your machine is most likely not moving much you could just have floating inside because there’s no mechanical parts and most solid state drives are housed in Some sort of plastic which is non-conductive so nothing will sort out. Even the solid states that are metal they are coated in some sort of film that’s non-conductive

 

there might even be space between the original hard drive and the CD ROM you could split it between

[DietzDiet]

2 hours ago, AustinProH said:

To answer your question, it’s your personal used case if you use discs a lot then I guess it would be a bad decision but I personally have not used it in about five years because most things come with a USB or an online download now these days. If you don’t see yourself using the optical drive much could buy later on USB optical reader. 
 

unlike a regular mechanical hard drive which needs to be put into place because your machine is most likely not moving much you could just have floating inside because there’s no mechanical parts and most solid state drives are housed in Some sort of plastic which is non-conductive so nothing will sort out. Even the solid states that are metal they are coated in some sort of film that’s non-conductive

 

there might even be space between the original hard drive and the CD ROM you could split it between

ive looked in crucial and for the pc and all i see is 2.5 inches found this 240 gb for $20 do u think it will be worth it? and the disc thing recently i had to use it for a wifi adapter driver and i also (dont ask why lol) always play with it like some sorta fidget ive used it probably 30 times today playing with it