recommended SSD for replacement of 10 year old Optical Drive

Orafus · 22 Apr 2020 at 16:37

Hi

I'm happy building PCs but haven't done this particular swap before so just wanted to check with someone to see if I need to be particular about which type of SSD drive to get if I'm using it as a clone for a Windows drive on a pretty old PC.

The Gigabyte Mobo has SATA so connection shouldn't be a problem and I have cloning software - any hiccups or pitfalls I should be aware of?
And do you have a particular recommendation for which SSD to get? (from OC of course :-D

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It doesn't have to be super-fast as that PC is now what my kids use for school-work and play.

thanks :-D

Chris.

Orafus · 22 Apr 2020 at 17:12

1Tb would be more than ample to cover what we need (500Gb would probably do too but if the price point isn't much different then I'd go bigger). Both the girls are using the PC for all of their music and work so the extra space would be handy. It's also running Office 365 which is quite chunky (and obviously I'd prefer to keep that on the SSD).

Orafus · 29 Apr 2020 at 14:24

Forgive me for bumping this but customer services never got back to me and it'd be great to get some info on this.
If anyone out has further advice or a solution I'd appreciate it.

Some system info: Mobo: Gigabyte P35C-DS3R, 4Gb RAM, Current HD 100Gb

If anyone could get back to me with recommendations for any cabling/expansion cards I'd need along with a drive it'd be greatly appreciated.

thanks

Chris.

Orafus · 29 Apr 2020 at 15:31

You are a star NIW - thanks so much :-D

Orafus · 7 May 2020 at 09:05

Drive installed and cloned - 10 year old PC now running like 1 year old PC - thanks for the advice and help (especially NIW)