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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
You'll be limited to a SATA 2.5" SSD, as your laptop likely won't have an M.2 slot if you're currently rocking a HDD. Even then, a SATA III SSD is a monumental performance increase over a 7,200 RPM HDD, and most laptop HDDs are 5,400 RPM for packaging / thermal reasons.
But they're the same size, you'll be fine.
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Thanks for the info. The laptop has a 256 GB M.2 SSD for the OS and a 1 TB 7200 RPM HDD for the main storage. I just want to swap that HDD with the SSD but wasn't sure how connectivity and fit would be.
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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
- Minimum of 1TB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD (smaller SSDs have slower performance, so buy as much storage capacity as you think you'll need here)
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Two questions for you based on what you said here:
- I read that M.2's main difference over SATA III is simply in large file transfer, and for gaming it's not a huge difference. Do you agree with that?
- I haven't heard about smaller SSDs having slower performance before. Is 1 TB a sweet spot for speed, then? 2 TB SSD costs are pretty rough IMO.