Should I Bother?

SSD With Slow CPU

Guys, do you think I should bother putting an SSD I have laying around into a laptop with only a 1.3 ghz dual core processor and 4 GB ram?

 

Is it worth it?

I plan to sell the laptop.

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Reply #1 Top

It'll make the laptop a bit quicker ... assuming it's the OS drive and not a secondary... and maybe get you a little more for it....;)

Reply #2 Top

But the laptop would be limited to 120 GB. No bay for an extra storage drive.

 

Only options for more storage would be an external usb drive, or an SD card.

 

Guess I should have said so in the OP.

 

Reply #3 Top

Indeed. You could offer a price on it with one or the other option...

Reply #4 Top

Quoting RedneckDude, reply 2

But the laptop would be limited to 120 GB. No bay for an extra storage drive.

 

Only options for more storage would be an external usb drive, or an SD card.

 

Guess I should have said so in the OP.

 
End of RedneckDude's quote

 

Then you throw in one of these with the deal....  [and double the price]...;)

 

[It's a 1 TB SSD external for USB3 ...great piece of kit...;)

Reply #5 Top

Wow, small!   And cool!! And, I'll bet, expensive. I do have a few 1 TB portable HDDs. I could add one ot those to the sell.

Reply #6 Top

Quoting RedneckDude, reply 2

But the laptop would be limited to 120 GB. No bay for an extra storage drive.

 

Only options for more storage would be an external usb drive, or an SD card.

 

Guess I should have said so in the OP.

 
End of RedneckDude's quote

 Hey Jim, a lot of modern day laptops and 2-in-1s come with 120 - 128Gb SSDs as standard.  My HP 2-in-1came with just  128Gb SSD and is one of their more popular models.  Yes, an SD card can be added for Extra storage, but they're slow and a portable external would serve better.... speed-wise and for storage capacity.

 so in short, the answer is yes, you should bother.  The overall performance boost over a platter drive would make it worthwhile.

Reply #7 Top

Damn, Jafo, that cool looking external SSD is only $347.00 on Amazon....      8C

Reply #8 Top

Quoting RedneckDude, reply 7

Damn, Jafo, that cool looking external SSD is only $347.00 on Amazon....      8C
End of RedneckDude's quote

It was $570 AUD here ...;)

...but it works...;)

 

Reply #9 Top

Is it worth it?

I plan to sell the laptop.
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Not if you'd have to buy the drive to do it, unless you'll be using it yourself enough to get your money's worth before you sell it.

Reply #10 Top

I already have the 120 GB SSD. $44.00.

Thanks everyone, but I sold it as is. Less money, but a no hassle deal. Got it yesterday, sold it today.