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Hello, whilst browsing for a new laptop (non gaming purposes). I had this sudden urge to buy and insert an SSD into it. Problem is though, I dont know how to check or find out if the laptop supports this, how do I find out?

 

Looking at Acer Aspire E5-511.

 

Hey Transon,
 
Your laptop should run any 2.5 inch SSD without any problems so, by all means, go for it. 
I could suggest checking out WD Black2 as a dual drive for your laptop. It combines a 120GB SSD with a 1TB HDD in one 2.5 inch enclosure. The advantage of a dual drive over a SSHD is that you have much more SSD space (basically a whole different drive) and you have the choice where to store your data, rather than leaving the drive to decide what to store on the SSD. Here's a link: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=1190#Tab2
 
Otherwise, I would ask the guys here in the forum to recommend a good SSD, depending on your size, price and manufacturer preferences :)
 
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Hello, whilst browsing for a new laptop (non gaming purposes). I had this sudden urge to buy and insert an SSD into it. Problem is though, I dont know how to check or find out if the laptop supports this, how do I find out?

 

Looking at Acer Aspire E5-511.

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there must be something realy wierd going on with a laptop if it doesnt support a ssd

If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough it will be believed.

-Adolf Hitler 

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Unless its one of those crazily thin laptops then it should have a 2.5" hard drive slot, meaning that an SSD will fit.

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Oh, okay I just noticed that some laptop had spesifics mentioning mSata, eMMC and M.2 sockets or something like that.

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Hello, whilst browsing for a new laptop (non gaming purposes). I had this sudden urge to buy and insert an SSD into it. Problem is though, I dont know how to check or find out if the laptop supports this, how do I find out?

 

Looking at Acer Aspire E5-511.

 

Hey Transon,
 
Your laptop should run any 2.5 inch SSD without any problems so, by all means, go for it. 
I could suggest checking out WD Black2 as a dual drive for your laptop. It combines a 120GB SSD with a 1TB HDD in one 2.5 inch enclosure. The advantage of a dual drive over a SSHD is that you have much more SSD space (basically a whole different drive) and you have the choice where to store your data, rather than leaving the drive to decide what to store on the SSD. Here's a link: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=1190#Tab2
 
Otherwise, I would ask the guys here in the forum to recommend a good SSD, depending on your size, price and manufacturer preferences :)
 
Captain_WD.

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