Laptop SSD on a desktop pc

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I have an extra laptop ssd outside the laptop I want to use it in my desktop pc.
PC Configuration
Motherboard: HP PTGD-LA goldfish2
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 516
RAM: 3GB (I know it's unusual)
PSU: 450W
Current storage: 500GB Seagate HDD

my question is can I connect my laptop's 128GB SSD to my pc through SATA cable also guide me how to connect.

Note: the ssd is just to be used as additional storage.
 
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harrisjb78
As long as the SSD is 2.5" then you will be fine. The SATA connections are the same for those.

There is only one way to connect them - there should be a SATA power cable coming off of the power supply and then you just run a SATA link to the motherboard header for the data.
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As long as the SSD is 2.5" then you will be fine. The SATA connections are the same for those.

There is only one way to connect them - there should be a SATA power cable coming off of the power supply and then you just run a SATA link to the motherboard header for the data.
 
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Yes. you can install it SATA ports and devices are backwards compatible.
Not really. the Motherboard only supports SATA I. Sata I will bottleneck any SSD attached to HDD speeds.
Motherboard has PCI only, not PCI-e. PCI will limit the options to SATA II which will still hobble the SSD even if you buy an adapter. (PCI - SATA II card)

So while it technically will work it will work very very slowly.
 
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