Old custom PC

Roughly 9 years old

Don't think I will go NVME

Slot is hidden behind motherboard, need to unscrew everything and remove my motherboard

SATA SSD is my first choice

https://my.shp.ee/Yv9n1uZ

Is this you refer to?

What is the keywords for Sata SSD with Dram

Thanks anyway

Unless you're using a hard tube water cooling system, I don't see much hassle in doing that. It will only take a maximum of one hour to remove and reinstall everything.
During this time, you could also clean the heatsink and fans, and apply a fresh layer of thermal paste to the CPU to improve system cooling performance.

The performance boost from an HDD to a 2.5" SATA SSD would be approximately tenfold.
However, upgrading from an HDD to an M.2 NVMe SSD would yield an even greater performance increase.

This post has been edited by sHawTY: Jun 18 2024, 04:24 PM

Yes that is Crucial MX500. Just make sure you get from legit seller. If too cheap its usually fake.

Not many will tell you its included with DRAM moreso Sata SSD nowadays are no longer reviewed. I remember there is an Excel list on the net with nearly all the SSD existing and it listed with or without DRAM. You will need to find that listing to be sure, otherwise just go with the models I put up.

nice price, which model?

Not famous brand
Silicon Power

early this year i just clone my old pc i5 2300 from HDD to SSD (MX500), yes no MNVE slot, and only SATA 2 so cannot max speed
atleast 5 times better when turn on pc (no need keep see circle few min), open program no need wait, windows update just a little bit over 5 mins, on HDD need 20 mins
using win 10

ssd n nvme also same price.. dem.

any option?

what do you mean?

nvme is just the interface.

unless you are comparing sata ssd vs nvme ssd

if u mean sata and nvme also same price, then yes
this is why next time choose mobo, choose the one with more nvme slots

that or if u use laptop, or pc not enough nvme slots, pray it has thunderbolt 3/4 or USB4
if got, get an external nvme enclosure and voila (although u still can't get the full speed if you're using faster protocols like pcie4 or 5 nvmes)

ya forgot ssd got 2 type now..


ya i mean sata 3 and nvme

price for 1tb and 2 tb almost same

if you got empty nvme slot, of course get the nvme drive

yeah still got slot.. the problem is price increase this year

hi all, where do you guys get your ssd upgrade from? Any shop to intro?

my laptop is lenovo legion 5 with ryzen 5, not sure how many slots is there.

Self upgrade. Just install it on empty slot or swap it.

Brand and model too generic. What is the model of that Legion 5?

you can search for

Lenovo [full model of device] PSREF for the full documentation on everything inside

or, search for HMM (hardware maintanance manual) for a full pdf guide on how to take apart the entire laptop to insert a new ssd
and for some models, videos may be provided

Thanks both, checked my model details & it is Legion 5 15ACH6H

Storage Support[1]
Up to two drives, 2x M.2 SSD
• M.2 2242 SSD up to 512GB
• M.2 2280 SSD up to 1TB

It is showing these when i checked the documentation.
Noob question but this means it is normal ssd or sata ssd?


+
Looked at yt videos for upgrading, looks quite hard. is using ssd in ssd enclosure recommended?

This post has been edited by theWeird_Weird: Jul 1 2024, 09:35 AM

NVME...

https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/Le...5ACH6H_Spec.pdf

SSD enclosure not worth the effort. 10Gbps (1.25GB/second) max and still depends on USB bandwidth speed as well. Unless you use it only for storage.

This post has been edited by adamtayy: Jul 11 2024, 07:26 PM


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Bought Apacer AS2280P4U 2TB recently for my laptop. RM480 during 7.7 sales. It's Gen3 and my laptop only supports this speed and will be used by my son to store games. Single-sided and with a copper heatsink, temp doesnt exceed 60c during load. Speed is similar to Kingston KC2500.

I saw KC3000 2TB for RM611 at Lazatda on 7.7 but didnt bother as I have enough ssd for this year (earlier on 6.6, I bought Fury Renegade for my desktop OS drive).

Decent price considering the current ssd market now..