Change the power supply of my desktop

[aramis45]

Hello my friend, 

I'm waiting to receive the ordered PSU. Meanwhile I need your advice again. My son told me that replacing my HDD with an SSD will increase the speed of my computer. I googled this matter and it looks true. So, if I want to do that, will it be possible on my motherboard? Can I add it or I have to replace my actual HDD with it? Thank you.

[NonSequitur777]

@aramis45,

You want fast?  As in: way faster than a SATA SSD? -And easy?

Then this is what I would do.

Your Lubin motherboard is fitted with one M.2 NVMe SSD slot:

Purchase a decent brand-name 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD, like this one (sells for $60 via Amazon!) : 

Crucial P3 1TB PCIe Gen3 x4 M.2 NVMe 2280 SSD (p/n: CT1000P3SSD8)

Follow these instructions: How to install an M.2 Crucial SSD in a computer - Install | Crucial.com, which will guide you how to clone your HDD to your new M.2 NVMe SSD (my preference), or to choose a clean Windows install on your new M.2 NVMe SSD.  [EDIT:] As far as cloning software is concerned, you have options.  If you were to purchase a Crucial M.2 NVMe SSD, their Acronis cloning software is pretty good.  You can download it here: Acronis True Image for Crucial, and this Crucial installation guide is well made: Crucial NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD Install Guide (bhphotovideo.com).

[EDIT:] Another excellent (free) cloning software option is called Macrium Reflect Free.  This outstanding YouTube instructional video shows exactly what you need to do: cloning your HDD to your M.2 NVMe SSD, how to make it your primary (boot) drive, and how to clean out your old HDD, to make it a secondary (storage) drive: UPDATE: Using Macrium Reflect Free to Clone Windows to a Bootable M.2 SSD - YouTube.

P.S.: Don't lose the tiny mounting screw that comes with the M.2 NVMe SSD.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[aramis45]

Thank you again and again. I'll follow what you said!

[aramis45]

Is it a better idea to go for an external SSD NonSequitur777 and make it primary ?

[NonSequitur777]

@aramis45,

No, an external SSD would even be slower than an internal HDD.

As pointed out, your desktop has an M.2 NVMe SSD slot, using it should be a no-brainer.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[aramis45]

Hello again. Once the SSD installed and the cloning done, is it better to remove my old HDD for the SSD to become primary or I can leave it and go to the configuration and change the boot sequence? 

[NonSequitur777]

@aramis45,

Affirmative: once the M.2 NVMe SSD is installed and the cloning procedure has successfully been completed, power down, unplug the power cable, and temporarily disconnect your HDD -both power and data, leaving your HDD in your desktop. Then you reconnect power & power up your desktop and immediately start tapping away on the F10 key. Once you're in BIOS, you need to change the Boot drive sequence to make the M.2 NVMe SSD the primary boot drive:

When you determined/are confident that your desktop boots up A-OK from the M.2 NVMe SSD AND you ascertained that all your data has been successfully transferred/saved onto the M.2 NVMe SSD, power down, disconnect power, and reconnect your HDD. Once started up again, do a simple quick NTFS format on your HDD. This drive is now a secondary storage drive, which you can use to save movies, music, documents, etc.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[aramis45]

Many thanks my friend. I'll come back if needed 😉

[aramis45]

It's me again! I opened the desktop case and I encountered a problem, at least for me.  I see the SSD socket but the graphic card prevents me to have access to the socket and to install the SSD. I have to take out the card but I don't know how. I tried, with caution, to pull it out of the slot toward me. How can I do it now?

[aramis45]

Also, the space between the power supply and the card is tiny!!!