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03-14-2020 02:17 AM
Hello,
I have 2 simple questions that need to be addressed.
1. is a SSD drive (upto 512GB compatible)?
2. is a SATA caddy compatible, as I plan to add 2 SSD's in my system? I keep hearing caddies have compatibility issues with certain hardware.
my system is: hp 15-ay120ne purchased in December 2016.
Windows 10 64bit.
16GB RAM
1TB HDD SATA and Optical drive.
Answers would be highly appreciated prior to making any commitments to upgrade system.
thanks.
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03-14-2020 05:28 AM
In many cases, controllers for ODD's (CD/DVD drives) are NOT SATA III that means SLOWer. Put SSD/HDD to a caddy is the last option to increase storage.
It is much better replace existing 1 TB 5400 rpm SATA with 2TB of 2.5" SDD, at the end would be cheaper and more reliable.
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03-14-2020 05:28 AM
In many cases, controllers for ODD's (CD/DVD drives) are NOT SATA III that means SLOWer. Put SSD/HDD to a caddy is the last option to increase storage.
It is much better replace existing 1 TB 5400 rpm SATA with 2TB of 2.5" SDD, at the end would be cheaper and more reliable.
Regards.
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03-14-2020 06:52 PM
Sir,
From your reply I am assuming a caddy in the DVD slot will allow me to add a second SSD. Assuming it will be slow, agreed, but will it be equal to HDD performance, or literally, SLOWer?
Thanks for your quick and clearly precise response! 🙂