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OK, im helping a teacher to upgrade her computer, which is actually preety good. It has a Core i5 6th Gen, and 8 GB of RAM, however it has AN HDD!!!

 

So, which are the best 2.5 inch SSDs for a laptop in terms of bang/buck and which capacity is ideal.

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Well you'd need to ask how much space the current laptop has and how much is used but for average use I suggest any of sandisks ssds

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Extra credit eh?

I have cloned the hard drive in about a dozen laptops for work.  I used the Samsung 850 evo and the data migration tools it comes with for all of them and have not had a single failure or issue.  The size depends on how big the original drive is and how much stuff she has on it.  If she has 200GB on the drive she would need a 256. etc.

 

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Just now, TheGlenlivet said:

Extra credit eh?

I have cloned the hard drive in about a dozen laptops for work.  I used the Samsung 850 evo and the data migration tools it comes with for all of them and have not had a single failure or issue.  The size depends on how big the original drive is and how much stuff she has on it.  If she has 200GB on the drive she would need a 256. etc.

 

Well do you know whad SSD would be ideal (i.e brand, model)?

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11 minutes ago, DanielMDA said:

Well do you know whad SSD would be ideal (i.e brand, model)?

Crucial or Samsung

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Samsung 850 EVO. 

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8 hours ago, DanielMDA said:

Well do you know whad SSD would be ideal (i.e brand, model)?

Pretty much any.

 

The real world performance difference between SSDs is pretty much irrelevant. What you want is high endurance in your drive.

 

I typically use ADATA drives because they have pretty good price per gigabyte (usually are near the best while still being reputable).

 

Crucial tends to have the best write endurance.

 

Samsung tends to be the fastest, but IMO, you pay an undue premium for that speed.

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9 hours ago, DanielMDA said:

OK, im helping a teacher to upgrade her computer, which is actually preety good. It has a Core i5 6th Gen, and 8 GB of RAM, however it has AN HDD!!!

 

So, which are the best 2.5 inch SSDs for a laptop in terms of bang/buck and which capacity is ideal.

You can get a Samsung 850 Evo 500 Gigs for under $200 USD most days. 

I just want to sit back and watch the world burn. 

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