Posted February 16, 2017 I have a 3-year-old laptop which is slow bluescreens 3-4 times when I sign into it. I am planning to wipe it, upgrade the RAM and hopefully put an SSD in the disk drive slot? You see my laptop has a slot in the side where I could put a disk drive in but instead, I want to put an SSD in its place so I can have a 500GB HHD and a 120GB SSD For OS. Don't Disk drives run on SATA the same as SSD's? So this will Work? Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/738826-ssd-in-disk-drive-slot/ Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 16, 2017 4 minutes ago, A_Nerd said: I have a 3-year-old laptop which is slow bluescreens 3-4 times when I sign into it. I am planning to wipe it, upgrade the RAM and hopefully put an SSD in the disk drive slot? You see my laptop has a slot in the side where I could put a disk drive in but instead, I want to put an SSD in its place so I can have a 500GB HHD and a 120GB SSD For OS. Don't Disk drives run on SATA the same as SSD's? So this will Work? You'll need an adapter usually as they commonly use a mini sata connection, also I would check first to see what speeds your sata connection is as some are only SATA II so they will be a limiting factor if you put in an SSD. Even with that though you will see a big difference in speeds. Updated Modding FAQ Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/738826-ssd-in-disk-drive-slot/#findComment-9372673 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 16, 2017 Author 3 minutes ago, W-L said: You'll need an adapter usually as they commonly use a mini sata connection, also I would check first to see what speeds your sata connection is as some are only SATA II so they will be a limiting factor if you put in an SSD. Even with that though you will see a big difference in speeds. How would I check the SATA Speeds? Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/738826-ssd-in-disk-drive-slot/#findComment-9372680 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 16, 2017 3 minutes ago, A_Nerd said: How would I check the SATA Speeds? Softwares like HW monitor and their analyse tool should say what connection speed the disk drive is hooked up at. Updated Modding FAQ Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/738826-ssd-in-disk-drive-slot/#findComment-9372690 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 16, 2017 You shloud be able to find that out with HWiNFO: https://www.hwinfo.com/download.php Also found this adapter for 4 Canadian pesos if you decide to do it: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/SATA-2nd-HDD-SSD-Hard-Drive-Caddy-for-12-7mm-CD-DVD-ROM-Optical-Bay-Laptop-PAT-C-/162132683510?hash=item25bfdc6af6 Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/738826-ssd-in-disk-drive-slot/#findComment-9372691 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 16, 2017 Author Will upgrading My RAM from 4GB to 8GB and putting an SSD in, improve the performance in games and boot time? Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/738826-ssd-in-disk-drive-slot/#findComment-9372708 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 16, 2017 in boot time yes - in games when it comes to loading speed - but I guess the bottleneck will be either on CPU or GPU side here for sure Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/738826-ssd-in-disk-drive-slot/#findComment-9372720 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 16, 2017 3 minutes ago, A_Nerd said: Will upgrading My RAM from 4GB to 8GB and putting an SSD in, improve the performance in games and boot time? Yes ☼ ψ ︿_____︿_ψ_ Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/738826-ssd-in-disk-drive-slot/#findComment-9372722 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 16, 2017 Author Would it be worth it in the long run? It will cost me the same as the estimated second-hand selling price for my laptop. Or should I just save for a PC? Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/738826-ssd-in-disk-drive-slot/#findComment-9372731 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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