Internal Hard drive power usage

[Subhash91]

I using hp laptop.it internal hard drive is HGST product and it power usage is 500ma.but now i want to change my laptop hard drive.newly I used samsung 1tb SSD hard drive .it power usage is 1400ma.have any problem with this different power usage.how effect to it for laptop mother board.

[The_Fossette]

@Subhash91,

Welcome to the HP Support Community!

I reviewed your post and I understand that you want to change the hard drive on your computer and want to know whether a higher power consumption SSD will affect the motherboard.

Don’t worry, I assure you I will try my best to get this sorted.

Usually, the SSD's use less power compared to a SATA hard drive. Below is the typical power consumption comparison.

                                         Idle Power Draw                                     Max Power Draw

Solid State Drives                 0.1 to 0.6 W                                          2.0 to 4.0 W

Hard Disk Drives                  4.0 to 6.0 W                                          6.5 to 9.0 W

You can go ahead and install an SSD on the computer and the power consumption should not affect the motherboard.

I hope that answers your question and you have a great day!

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