[Solved] SSD For Old Computer

[lonewolf_55]

I have my old computer I bought in 2007, it is an Core2 Duo 6300. It has a 320GB hard drive, I am running Window 7 Ultimate 32bit, 2GB Ram Bios Ver. 3.14. Can I put a 120GB SSD in it? I am also thinking of upgrading the Ram memory to 4 or 8GB if I switch to Windows 7 64bit. I'm not sure about the mother board, it is a HP Media Center, can you help?

 

[WR2]

As long as your motherboard has an open SATA port - yes you can.
You're only doing home office/home entertainment stuff?
Probably add 2GB of RAM for 4GB total. You shouldn't need 8GB.

 

[lonewolf_55]

I have an removable hard drive dock, it slides in an out of the front,I have never used it, removable drive didn't come with the computer. Would that be a Sata port? Don't know what a Sata port looks like, do you have a pic of it?

 

[dish_moose]

An older Intel 320 series SSD was as reliable as they came - SATA II - no need for SATA III.
-Bruce

 

[WR2]

SATA Ports look like this:

You probably have a cable from one going to a hard drive and maybe even the DVD drive.

 

[WR2]

If you run CPU-z it will tell you what model of motherboard is in your system.
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

It will be on the Mainboard tab:

 

[lonewolf_55]

Hi, you were asking what kind of mother board I had, I downloaded cpu-z and got that info... I wasn't sure about the sata ports... It is a ASUSTek Buckeye version 1.05
Chipset Intel P965/G965 Rev. C2
Southbridge Intel 82801HH (1CH8DH) Rev. B0
LPCIO Fintec F8000
Phoenix Technologies LTD
Version 3.17

Can an SSD be added to this board???

 

[WR2]

Yes it can.
Asus P5BW-LA (Buckeye) motherboard specifications It has 6 SATA-150 ports.

 

[lonewolf_55]

Which ssd would you recommend, I have a unused optical drive, should I put it in there???

 

[WR2]

What kind of budget do you have?
Does your case have another HDD bay available in the case?

 

[lonewolf_55]

My HDD is mounted vertically and the removable HDD is right beside it, I could remove the shell that the remove HDD fits into... There's a door that open in front for the removable drive, so I can have a look at my SSD...LOL

 

[WR2]

OK, you'll need some type of adapter kit to have the 2.5" fit in the 5.25" drive bay.

And the budget for the SSD?

 

[WR2]

Hmmm....... measure the removeable drive bay opening.
It might be a normal 3.5" drive sized bay.

 

[lonewolf_55]

It is a 5.25" bay...

 

[lonewolf_55]

My Sata ports are multi colored Blue,Red, Yellow, and Purple, what do these colors mean???

 

[lonewolf_55]

I only have a 300W Power Supply that won't be a problem will it???