Can an SSD be installed on my notebook?

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punindya

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Hi!
I have an HP G6 2320TX notebook in which I wanted to install an SSD. It doesn't have an M.2 slot and neither is it mentioned anywhere on HP's website that its DVD drive can be replaced with an SSD. I, however, have found a case from ebay which claims to hold an SSD and can thus be installed in place of the DVD drive fulfilling my purpose. I am just having doubts about its veracity as I haven't ever seen anyone install an SSD in their notebooks if they don't have native support for them. Also, I am not sure if this setup would let the SSD work efficiently (at its top speed) at all since its power consumption (and maybe even the interface?) could be different from that of the DVD drive. So could anyone please tell me if this setup would work or not?

Link of the case: http://www.ebay.in/itm/221779849227?aff_source=Sok-Goog

PS: As a general question, can an SSD be installed on any notebook having a suitably sized DVD drive?
 
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While SATA 3 is definitely faster than SATA 1 or SATA 2, the difference is not especially noticeable in normal use. Normal spinning disks rarely reach full SATA 2 speeds. It's also possible that your port actually supports faster rates than is advertized. The DVD drive is probably the thing that limits the speed to 1.5 Gbps. I don't know for sure what the true port capabilities are, but even in a worst-case scenario, the SSD will be much snappier than what you currently have.
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As long as the caddy will physically fit, it can work. DVD drives and hard drives use the same interfaces.
A better option would be to replace your HDD with an SSD instead of just adding one. You might have less free space, but things will be much simpler.
 
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Thank you for responding.

I checked my system's details and found out that my DVD drive is connected with a SATA port which provides a maximum speed of 1.5 Gbps. Using this slot for the SSD would be quite stupid as you just said. So I am now planning on installing this SSD (which is a SATA III, btw) on the port where my HDD is currently installed as it also is a SATA III port and hence, would provide me a much better performance. However, I would still like to keep my HDD and to do this, I am planning on replacing the DVD drive with the HDD.

Could you please tell me if installing my present HDD (SATA II) on the SATA port would degrade its performance noticeably? It is a 5400rpm disk and to be fair, I haven't ever seen it reaching writing speeds above 100MBps so I think that it shouldn't undergo much degradation on the SATA port. Anyway, would be better if you were to assure me that this would actually be the case.
 
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While SATA 3 is definitely faster than SATA 1 or SATA 2, the difference is not especially noticeable in normal use. Normal spinning disks rarely reach full SATA 2 speeds. It's also possible that your port actually supports faster rates than is advertized. The DVD drive is probably the thing that limits the speed to 1.5 Gbps. I don't know for sure what the true port capabilities are, but even in a worst-case scenario, the SSD will be much snappier than what you currently have.
 
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