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Does it matter what SSD I get for my laptop?

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So I am still pretty new to building a pc and all, I have built 3 so far and helped some friends build theirs, but I know nothing about laptops. I was wondering does it matter what kind of ssd I use for my laptop. My laptop has a mechanical hdd in it now and I know it has been replaced, because my laptop comes with 500gb and it has 1tb on it, but it is starting to get older and I want to upgrade it for a few reasons. If you are wondering about what kind of laptop I have it is a slandered HP 15 series. I don't need a lot of storage space as this is just a laptop I just toy with.

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Depends on which laptop. My HP 15 AC048 can fit regular SATA 2.5" SSD

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Honestly any brand 2.5 inch SSD will provide a massive improvement to your laptop's everyday performance.

 

Just don't get any of the no-name Chinese knockoff SSDs that are out there.

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Depends on the laptop and how old/new it is.

I've personally experienced a laptop that has a SATA 2 port and it won't recognize anything but a SATA 2 drive...

Newer laptops might support M.2 ssd, and the sizes and interface determines what kind of SSD you can put in there. 

Sizes range from 2220, 2242, 2260, 2280, and the different type of interfaces are SATA and PCIe

And don't forget mSATA is a thing for some laptop. 

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If you care about the battery life, check out reviews as some drives really drain the battery life compared to others.

It's a little trickier to find reviewers that test it, but they are out there.

 

11 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

The only thing you have to worry about with 2.5" drives is height, which I believe comes in either 9mm or 17mm forms. But I believe most modern SSDs are 9mm.

And power usage, if he cares. Some slaughter battery life numbers.

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3 minutes ago, dizmo said:

If you care about the battery life, check out reviews as some drives really drain the battery life compared to others.

It's a little trickier to find reviewers that test it, but they are out there.

 

And power usage, if he cares. Some slaughter battery life numbers.

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Well sure. But at the same time if you're on battery, you should probably let Windows turn off the drive when it's not in use anyway.

 

Still most of that is better than hard drives:

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