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‎03-14-2020 02:17 AM

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Product: hp 15-ay120ne
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

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

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@Chaze390 

 

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.

BH
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‎03-14-2020 05:28 AM

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@Chaze390 

 

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.

BH
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‎03-14-2020 06:52 PM

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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! 🙂

 

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