Replacing HDD with SSD

[cheiften98]

ive had my laptop for 5 years now, i used it sooo much but dont touch it since i built my pc a few years ago.

it has an i5 2400m and a gt 610m i think. was thinking of swapping the old slow hdd with an ssd as its painfully slow. i could use it to watch dvd's in bed or something as i usually just sit in my desk chair.

I would probably need to replace the thermal paste i would think so too. would this be worth doing? its crazy how much cheaper stuff is now. my laptop was £1000 at the time but got it half price as a Christmas present and now i have a gtx 1070.

[Windows 2000]

Yah I do this quite often. In your case I will buy a 64 GB ssd and Win10 and you will be rocking again!

 

[xentropa]

Why would an ssd need to change thermal paste.

[Mira Yurizaki]

5 minutes ago, xentropa said:

Why would an ssd need to change thermal paste.

If OP is opening the computer and it's been a few years since the last thermal paste application, may as well do it.

[cheiften98]

12 minutes ago, xentropa said:

Why would an ssd need to change thermal paste.

 the cpu and gpu thermal paste....

[cheiften98]

8 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

If OP is opening the computer and it's been a few years since the last thermal paste application, may as well do it.

never opened a laptop before.

[genexis_x]

4 hours ago, cheiften98 said:

never opened a laptop before.

Try

[ErrystioT]

Upgrading to SSD from HDD is TOTALLY worth it. Even the SATA 3 SSDs are still adequate for some quick productivity. And since you would open up your computer, might as well thermal paste it, you'll never know it might need that refresh

[D13H4RD]

Always a good idea to repaste when you’re opening up a laptop that has and hasn’t been used for a long while.

[Teddy07]

switching the HDD is usually the easiest part in terms of hardware changes. Just look into the manual. In my case: open the back of the laptop and remove 4 screws to insert SSD.

[cheiften98]

ye ill probably do this then. thanks