swapping out hdd for SSD

[deepblue_82]

if i buy a not bad 2nd hand laptop... then swap out the hdd for ssd..
isit a good idea?
can i still use the OS key?

 

[kaixax555]

if i buy a not bad 2nd hand laptop... then swap out the hdd for ssd..
isit a good idea?
can i still use the OS key?

if you clone, can

actually I think it is not bad an idea, but you better see how long the battery can last and whether the SDD will give you a sufficient ROI for you to actually bother putting an SSD in it

 

[deepblue_82]

if you clone, can

actually I think it is not bad an idea, but you better see how long the battery can last and whether the SDD will give you a sufficient ROI for you to actually bother putting an SSD in it

the battery i can replace with a new one?
not for gaming.. just watch online youtube movies dramas..
a 256 ssd.. would be good?

 

[MoneyFace =p]

if you clone, can

actually I think it is not bad an idea, but you better see how long the battery can last and whether the SDD will give you a sufficient ROI for you to actually bother putting an SSD in it

No need to clone. Changing OS drive disk model won't revoke the license, only motherboard model will. Did that many times already....

 

[kaixax555]

No need to clone. Changing OS drive disk model won't revoke the license, only motherboard model will. Did that many times already....

actually i know that but cloning seems easier in some cases

yes can fresh install also

 

[H.sHon]

I would vote for clean install too. Data Mitigation might take hours. It is really worth the switch. :0

 

[coyote]

For media playback, you can get those $330+/- brand new HP celeron laptops from Qoo10 and then swap out the 500G hard disk with a low cost SSD like the Sandisk.

I did just that & the celeron is sufficient for most normal users' needs like video playback or surfing the net.

 

[deepblue_82]

For media playback, you can get those $330+/- brand new HP celeron laptops from Qoo10 and then swap out the 500G hard disk with a low cost SSD like the Sandisk.

I did just that & the celeron is sufficient for most normal users' needs like video playback or surfing the net.

wow.. sounds good.. celeron? u mean i3?
so did u do a clean installation? or a clone?

 

[deepblue_82]

how about this?

http://list.qoo10.sg/item/DELL-REFURBISH-DELL-LATITUDE-2110-ATOM/437986408

some ppl brought at 79...

 

[SimpliCity2k]

how about this?

http://list.qoo10.sg/item/DELL-REFURBISH-DELL-LATITUDE-2110-ATOM/437986408

some ppl brought at 79...

atom wont drive ssd speed high.....
in fact almost negligible to hdd

can google results

 

[deepblue_82]

atom wont drive ssd speed high.....
in fact almost negligible to hdd

can google results

oh.. atom dont work well? man.. means i have to keep digging..

 

[kaixax555]

oh.. atom dont work well? man.. means i have to keep digging..

maybe can look for something cheap like a HP stream?

 

[MoneyFace =p]

how about this?

http://list.qoo10.sg/item/DELL-REFURBISH-DELL-LATITUDE-2110-ATOM/437986408

some ppl brought at 79...

SSD is not your ultimate viagra to turn any behkan system into dragon. That Bonnell core Atom is simply too behkan for anything...

 

[kaixax555]

SSD is not your ultimate viagra to turn any behkan system into dragon. That Bonnell core Atom is simply too behkan for anything...

well it is a pretty good upgrade most of the time

 

[Nakedtoes]

the HP Stream laptop got usb 3.0 but does the lan support gigabit? 1GB/s?

 

[deepblue_82]

SSD is not your ultimate viagra to turn any behkan system into dragon. That Bonnell core Atom is simply too behkan for anything...

maybe can look for something cheap like a HP stream?

haha... okok moneyface.. i tot can become dragon ma..

kaixax.. i think HP steam 399 got?

 

[Nakedtoes]

the HP Stream laptop got usb 3.0 but does the lan support gigabit? 1GB/s?

I checkwith HP and they said only support 100mb only for ethernet connection... but it has usb 3.0 port can use USB to ethernet converter and get 1000mb?

 

[ArcticCheetah]

I checkwith HP and they said only support 100mb only for ethernet connection... but it has usb 3.0 port can use USB to ethernet converter and get 1000mb?

BayTrail Celeron cannot saturate USB 3.
Tested already

 

[coyote]

wow.. sounds good.. celeron? u mean i3?
so did u do a clean installation? or a clone?

It's Celeron. i3 won't be $330+.

Those laptops came with windows 8.1 and 500G hdd, I upgraded 8.1 to windows 10 on the 500G hdd first. Then swap to ssd and do fresh Windows 10 install.