Upgrading hard drive & SSD - Compatible?

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Isabella253

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Hi all, completely new to computer building stuff here.
~2 years back I bought a custom PC, but had a friend who helped me pick out all the parts - it works great :)
However, I've filled up my 1TB internal hard drive and am wanting to add a second hard drive as well as a SSD.
I just don't know about compatibility & am wanting to make sure it's all going to work before I spend any money, so help here would be appreciated :)

This is my case: http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=21730

This is the hard drive I was looking at buying: http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=210_344&products_id=25574

This is the SSD I was looking at: http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=210_902_1370&products_id=28696

Thanks all :)
 
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That will all work, but you've selected high end components. Both the WD black drives and 850 Pro charge hefty price premiums for fairly small performance gains. The 850 Pro in particular, while probably the best SSD on the consumer market right now, will only perform faster than much cheaper drives if you absolutely hammer it in a way that a single computer will never be able to do.

You can get a 256GB Crucial MX 100 for $10 LESS than the 850 Pro, double the capacity for less money. It's perfectly capable for a consumer SSD and I'd take the capacity over the theoretical performance any day.

You can also get a Seagate 7200rpm drive for $99, that's a full $77 less than the black. While the peak performance of the black will be...
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If you have 2 free SATA ports on the motherboard you are basically set to go for ANY retail hdd/sdd (as everything in the non-enterprise world has standardized on SATA connections).

Motherboard will be the deciding factor more than the case. Though (without looking at the specs for the case) you may need a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter to properly hold the SSD (as most are 2.5")
 
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That will all work, but you've selected high end components. Both the WD black drives and 850 Pro charge hefty price premiums for fairly small performance gains. The 850 Pro in particular, while probably the best SSD on the consumer market right now, will only perform faster than much cheaper drives if you absolutely hammer it in a way that a single computer will never be able to do.

You can get a 256GB Crucial MX 100 for $10 LESS than the 850 Pro, double the capacity for less money. It's perfectly capable for a consumer SSD and I'd take the capacity over the theoretical performance any day.

You can also get a Seagate 7200rpm drive for $99, that's a full $77 less than the black. While the peak performance of the black will be better, it's nowhere near worth $77 in my opinion.

The case specs don't list 2.5" drive support, so worth picking up a caddy too as menetlaus mentions.
 
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