SSD Upgrade

Simmo23 · ‎08-08-2020

Hi

My AOI currently has a 1TB HDD fitted which I would like to upgrade to a 1TB SSD - should this work? Thanks

wb2001 · ‎08-08-2020

Here is the Upgrade and Service Manual. Installing an SSD 2.5" will NOT give you any speed increase over the 3.5" 7200 RPM hard drive. That is just plain whimsy. A folk tale. See here. The only gain is reliability and lower power needs. Typically you use a clone application to transfer everything at once. That requires a temporary 2.5" caddy to USB3, and internal 2.5 to 3.5 adapter tray to mount the SSD 2.5" drive.

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Paul_Tikkanen · ‎08-08-2020

Hi, @wb2001

The link you posted compares 3.5" HDD's with 2.5" HDD's, not SSD's.

I can say first hand that a SSD will run circles around any 3.5" mechanical hard drive.

Having been late to the party, I wanted to see what all this hoopla was about as to why everyone wanted to replace their hard drives with SSD's.

I couldn't see the justification for spending 2 - 3x the money for the same storage capacity.

So one day, I decided to buy a small 120 GB Intel SSD for one of my HP business class notebooks, replacing the 320 GB 7,200 RPM hard drive it came with. Cost me $60 bucks.

Unbelievable difference in performance. The notebook booted up much faster...10 seconds vs 30.

The seek times were greatly reduced, the power consumption and heat output less.

Just a complete win overall, minus the storage capacity.

So, I went and replaced every mechanical hard drive with a SSD I could live with as far as storage size, and have not looked back.

The best upgrade return for my money ever, and I have done lots of different upgrades to my PC's.

@Simmo23 Do it!

The only other thing is you will need a 3.5" to 2.5" drive adapter to properly mount the smaller SSD where the 3.5" drive goes.

The product specs indicate your PC comes with a 1 TB hard drive.

If you can live with half that space, a 500 GB SSD is not too costly.

This is the one I recommend, which today provides the best performance for the price.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-WDS500G2B0A-Blue-Internal/dp/B073SBZ8YH/ref=sr_1_7?dchild=1...

Below is the link to the service manual, where you can find the hard drive removal and replacement procedure.

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c04717173

I submit this article for your review...

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-upgrade-hdd-performance,3023.html

wb2001 · ‎08-09-2020

@Paul_Tikkanen,

You were right, I was in the HD (mechanical) thoughts. I gave you a Kudo........ Sorry.

@Simmo23,

I must apologize. My thoughts were on mechanical devices, not electronic.

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