Laptop HDD to SSD switch

[Terran van Hendrix]

Hello,

 

I want to switch my laptop HDD to an SSD. I have ASUS x511c laptop. 

I would like ~250 GB SSD for ~100 euros.

 

What should I know before doing this? How to tell if the new drive will fit (I read somewhere that I would need an adapter of sorts)?

I should be looking for an SSD with a SATA connection, right?

I will use it for gaming and running programs (R commander, Clampfit, etc.)

 

I would be very grateful for any other tips, mentioning of potential pitfalls etc. since this SSD will blow my years budget anyhow

[Electronics Wizardy]

Get a ssd like the mx300.

 

Clone it with macrum reflect(or dd on linux if your brave)

 

 

[Terran van Hendrix]

You mean these?

275GB|SATA|Write speed 500 MBytes/sec|Read speed 530 MBytes/sec|Form Factor M.2|Drive thickness 3.5mm|MTBF 1500000 hours

and 

275GB|SATA|Write speed 510 MBytes/sec|Read speed 530 MBytes/sec|Form Factor 2,5"|Drive thickness 7mm

 

their price is nearly identical so is there any real difference between them? 

 

P.S. I have windows 10 and I'd like to keep the OS so I'll try to just clone the drive (that's step 2  )

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, Terran van Hendrix said:

You mean these?

275GB|SATA|Write speed 500 MBytes/sec|Read speed 530 MBytes/sec|Form Factor M.2|Drive thickness 3.5mm|MTBF 1500000 hours

and 

275GB|SATA|Write speed 510 MBytes/sec|Read speed 530 MBytes/sec|Form Factor 2,5"|Drive thickness 7mm

 

their price is nearly identical so is there any real difference between them? 

 

P.S. I have windows 10 and I'd like to keep the OS so I'll try to just clone the drive (that's step 2  )

One is a m.2 and one is a 2.5in drive. 

 

Does your laptop have a m.2 slot, if not get a 2.5hdd

 

Macrum reflect will do the clongin.

[Terran van Hendrix]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Does your laptop have a m.2 slot, if not get a 2.5hdd

HDD? did you mean 2.5 inc. SSD?

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Terran van Hendrix said:

HDD? did you mean 2.5 inc. SSD?

yep. oops

[Terran van Hendrix]

Np.

I'm rather  new to tech. details so I get honestly confused  

[Terran van Hendrix]

btw any tips on other components that are upgrade-able? I know you can add/change RAM, but anything else that could increase performance? 

[Electronics Wizardy]

8 minutes ago, Terran van Hendrix said:

btw any tips on other components that are upgrade-able? I know you can add/change RAM, but anything else that could increase performance? 

You can change the ram, but thats it. Its a lowend laptop.

 

For the drive, get the 2.5 mx300 ssd. You can also get a 8gb ddr3 sodimm.

[Terran van Hendrix]

Thank you very much!

 

Looking through RAM I found an extra variable - frequency and I don't whether it will cause a compatibility issue. For example I found this RAM Kingston 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 CL11 SODIMM 1.5V which is at 1.6 GHz will it work with my laptop?