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Hello there, I want to install a SSD through caddy method, Please suggest me some best SSD options for my Notebook...

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Let me try to redirect you. Put the existing mechanical hard drive into the caddy and put the SSD directly into the main 2.5 inch bay. A SATA SSD or HDD in an optical caddy is severely crippled in performance. The speed of an SSD is wasted in such a device and, since they are not usually an official replacement part, the quality control in their manufacture is spotty at best and they are shall we say, somewhat unreliable. 

 

Get a 2.5 inch SATA SSD like this:

 

https://www.amazon.in/Western-Digital-250GB-Internal-WDS250G2B0A/dp/B073SB2MXW/ref=sr_1_4?crid=13DX6...

 

Your laptop has no M.2 slot for the newer "gumstick" type SSDs as you likely already know. Post back if you need any more help. 

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Hi,

Some laptops have the CD/DVD-ROM on a different(slower) SATA controller. As it was said above you'd waste the SSD in the caddy and the connection is not exactly reliable(personal experience on two different laptops). 

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