SSD's

[cherry123]

helllloooooo just need small help from you smart people.. so im purchasing an ssd this week and wanted to know which one is good also need some help on how to install that ssd on windows 8.1

the reason why i wanted to upgrade this pc is because i love to play games alot and do some music recording stuff ♪ so.. if you guys could help me on how to install ssd each steps that would be really great! . thanks !

 

 

btw this is PC

Operating System: Windows 8.1 64-bit

System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Inspiron 660

Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti SC 2gb

HDD Model: WDC WD10EALX-759BA1 1TB
BIOS: A05
Processor: Intel® Core i5-3330 CPU @ 3.00GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8066MB RAM
Page File: 2805MB used, 13452MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 11

[Minzo]

Hmm, it was a long time since I opened up a dell computer but it was literally packed with plastic so I couldn't do much to the hardware. You should open it up just to look inside if you haven't already.

[TechFun]

I am using 2 Crucial X100 250Gb SSD's on windows 10 

[Lord_Karango17]

helllloooooo just need small help from you smart people.. so im purchasing an ssd this week and wanted to know which one is good also need some help on how to install that ssd on windows 8.1

the reason why i wanted to upgrade this pc is because i love to play games alot and do some music recording stuff ♪ so.. if you guys could help me on how to install ssd each steps that would be really great! . thanks !

 

 

btw this is PC

Operating System: Windows 8.1 64-bit

System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.

System Model: Inspiron 660

Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti SC 2gb

HDD Model: WDC WD10EALX-759BA1 1TB

BIOS: A05

Processor: Intel® Core i5-3330 CPU @ 3.00GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.0GHz

Memory: 8192MB RAM

Available OS Memory: 8066MB RAM

Page File: 2805MB used, 13452MB available

Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS

DirectX Version: DirectX 11

The ssd choice nowadays is fairly simple, as the majority of them are in the same ball park in terms of performance... A nice balance between speed and price might be the 840 evos (in a size that would suite your need)

 

Since you have a desktop, it should be fairly simple to replace the hard drive, if you have opened it up before, but if you have not, you might want to watch out for any sneaky warranty stickers if you care about having it.

 

Removing the side panel (usually screws on the back holding it on), should reveal most of the internals of the pc, and you should be able to see where the hard drive is installed.

 

If you have an extra sata cable, and have extra/ unused sata power cables coming from the PSU, you might be able to use both the ssd as a boot drive, and the hard driver as a storage drive (this can also be done by getting an external drive enclosure, which are fairly cheap, and allow you to plug your old hard drive through usb)

[MrBucket101]

Crucial MX100's are still a good value

The BX100 is kinda meh, and the MX200 has a slightly higher price point.

Samsung 840/850 anything are really nice as well.

[cherry123]

http://tinypic.com/r/jzy0l0/8- heres what my dell inspiron 660 looks like . so ok SSD choice i think im going for Crucial MX100's so how does the installation go ?? like the software and stuff? do i have to go check my bios before i boot up?? how does this gonna go.. i want to boot from ssd and make my 1TB HDD as a storage.

[WoodenMarker]

http://tinypic.com/r/jzy0l0/8- heres what my dell inspiron 660 looks like . so ok SSD choice i think im going for Crucial MX100's so how does the installation go ?? like the software and stuff? do i have to go check my bios before i boot up?? how does this gonna go.. i want to boot from ssd and make my 1TB HDD as a storage.

This should help:

[Captain_WD]

helllloooooo just need small help from you smart people.. so im purchasing an ssd this week and wanted to know which one is good also need some help on how to install that ssd on windows 8.1

the reason why i wanted to upgrade this pc is because i love to play games alot and do some music recording stuff ♪ so.. if you guys could help me on how to install ssd each steps that would be really great! . thanks !

 

 

btw this is PC

Operating System: Windows 8.1 64-bit

System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.

System Model: Inspiron 660

Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti SC 2gb

HDD Model: WDC WD10EALX-759BA1 1TB

BIOS: A05

Processor: Intel® Core i5-3330 CPU @ 3.00GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.0GHz

Memory: 8192MB RAM

Available OS Memory: 8066MB RAM

Page File: 2805MB used, 13452MB available

Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS

DirectX Version: DirectX 11

 

 

Hey cherry123,

 

What @WoodenMarker posted is indeed helpful.

For regular consumer usage, most SSDs perform very close to each other and you are not likely to notice differences. I would check reviews, consider how big of a SSD is needed, look at the warranty and get the best deal.

 

Captain_WD.