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Inspiron 17-7779 SSD Upgrade
I just purchased a Dell Inspiron 17-7779 and wanted to add a SSD. I'm new to these things and thought I was going to be adding a 1TB SSD to work along side my existing 1TB hard drive. I didn't realize at the time that the 2nd slot for the SSD was an "M.2" rather than a 2.5" type drive. I had no idea there was a difference. So I ended up pulling out my existing 1TB hard drive and replacing it with a 1TB SSD.
My question is this: is there any performance difference between these 2 types of SSD's? I guess I could pull the 2.5" SSD out and return it, but what a pain!
Thanks :)
ejn63
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July 22nd, 2017 05:00
On this model, the performance will be the same since both are SATA devices.
Newer systems with M.2 support NVMe drives, which are much faster than SATA -- but that's not a possibility on this model, so as long as you're not going to need the hard drive, you'll do just fine with the 2.5" SSD.
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July 22nd, 2017 17:00
thanks so much for the info - I'm slowly learning how this SSD stuff works. I wish I had asked questions and did my research sooner, as I could have kept the hard drive as-is and added the SSD which was my original plan. Live and learn I guess!