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2d gen Intel Core era laptop will run a 2.5 inch SATA SSD just fine. You do not have the ports to install the newer "gumstick" sized SSDs. You can install any size (and by that I mean capacity not physical size-2.5 inch wide 7mm thick is what you have to get) SSD your budget will support. Certainly a 512 gig or 1 TB will be no problem at all. The motherboard is designed to run its SATA devices at SATA-II speed but you should buy a SATA-III SSD and it will still be plenty fast, trust me.
My go-to SATA 2.5 inch SSD is still the Samsung Evo 850 and here one is:
You can see these are offered from 256 gig to 4 TB so you have a lot of choices. You can find a cheaper SSD, but you will not find a more reliable one.
The worst thing you can do is overthink this. Since Windows 7 the OS will automatically apply settings needed to optimize the SSD. Just treat it like a hard drive; install your OS to it or you can clone the old drive to the new if you have a SATA to USB adapter. I always prefer a clean install personally.
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2d gen Intel Core era laptop will run a 2.5 inch SATA SSD just fine. You do not have the ports to install the newer "gumstick" sized SSDs. You can install any size (and by that I mean capacity not physical size-2.5 inch wide 7mm thick is what you have to get) SSD your budget will support. Certainly a 512 gig or 1 TB will be no problem at all. The motherboard is designed to run its SATA devices at SATA-II speed but you should buy a SATA-III SSD and it will still be plenty fast, trust me.
My go-to SATA 2.5 inch SSD is still the Samsung Evo 850 and here one is:
You can see these are offered from 256 gig to 4 TB so you have a lot of choices. You can find a cheaper SSD, but you will not find a more reliable one.
The worst thing you can do is overthink this. Since Windows 7 the OS will automatically apply settings needed to optimize the SSD. Just treat it like a hard drive; install your OS to it or you can clone the old drive to the new if you have a SATA to USB adapter. I always prefer a clean install personally.
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