- Mar 22, 2016
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Hi all. Bought a SanDisk 480GB SS, SATA III (that's what 6G/s means, right?), model SDSSDA-480G. I want to replace my Dell Precision M4600's optical drive with it. My laptop already has a Samsung EVO 860 250GB installed in the regular SATA drive port, but I wanna add on this SSD since my other one is already almost full and it's affecting loadtimes (at least, I'm pretty sure that's what's affecting loadtimes. also, the SanDisk I got for $70 shipped, could not pass up that deal!)
Figured out I needed a caddy, and then that the caddy needs to also be rated for SATA III to get maximum speeds out of this SSD. Pretty sure this is my best bet: http://www.amazon.com/ORICO-Adapter-Support-SATAIII-Connectivity/dp/B010CRVKUO/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1464903382&sr=8-4&keywords=optical+drive+caddy
My main concern is whether or not the SATA connector where my optical drive was is SATA III or not. How can I check this out? Would installing this SATA III caddy + SSD on a SATA II really affect performance all that much? Also, any tips for installing this SSD once I get this situated would be greatly appreciated, have never done it before.
Figured out I needed a caddy, and then that the caddy needs to also be rated for SATA III to get maximum speeds out of this SSD. Pretty sure this is my best bet: http://www.amazon.com/ORICO-Adapter-Support-SATAIII-Connectivity/dp/B010CRVKUO/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1464903382&sr=8-4&keywords=optical+drive+caddy
My main concern is whether or not the SATA connector where my optical drive was is SATA III or not. How can I check this out? Would installing this SATA III caddy + SSD on a SATA II really affect performance all that much? Also, any tips for installing this SSD once I get this situated would be greatly appreciated, have never done it before.
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