Should I Bother?
SSD With Slow CPU
Sunday, February 21, 2016 by RedneckDude | Discussion: Personal Computing
Guys, do you think I should bother putting an SSD I have laying around into a laptop with only a 1.3 ghz dual core processor and 4 GB ram?
Is it worth it?
I plan to sell the laptop.
Reply #2 Monday, February 22, 2016 1:05 AM
But the laptop would be limited to 120 GB. No bay for an extra storage drive.
Only options for more storage would be an external usb drive, or an SD card.
Guess I should have said so in the OP.
Reply #3 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:55 AM
Indeed. You could offer a price on it with one or the other option...
Reply #4 Monday, February 22, 2016 6:11 AM
But the laptop would be limited to 120 GB. No bay for an extra storage drive.
Only options for more storage would be an external usb drive, or an SD card.
Guess I should have said so in the OP.
Then you throw in one of these with the deal.... [and double the price]...
[It's a 1 TB SSD external for USB3 ...great piece of kit...
Reply #5 Monday, February 22, 2016 11:17 AM
Wow, small! And cool!! And, I'll bet, expensive. I do have a few 1 TB portable HDDs. I could add one ot those to the sell.
Reply #6 Monday, February 22, 2016 2:19 PM
But the laptop would be limited to 120 GB. No bay for an extra storage drive.
Only options for more storage would be an external usb drive, or an SD card.
Guess I should have said so in the OP.
Hey Jim, a lot of modern day laptops and 2-in-1s come with 120 - 128Gb SSDs as standard. My HP 2-in-1came with just 128Gb SSD and is one of their more popular models. Yes, an SD card can be added for Extra storage, but they're slow and a portable external would serve better.... speed-wise and for storage capacity.
so in short, the answer is yes, you should bother. The overall performance boost over a platter drive would make it worthwhile.
Reply #7 Monday, February 22, 2016 6:03 PM
Damn, Jafo, that cool looking external SSD is only $347.00 on Amazon.... 
Reply #9 Monday, February 22, 2016 8:28 PM
I plan to sell the laptop.
Not if you'd have to buy the drive to do it, unless you'll be using it yourself enough to get your money's worth before you sell it.
Reply #10 Monday, February 22, 2016 9:57 PM
I already have the 120 GB SSD. $44.00.
Thanks everyone, but I sold it as is. Less money, but a no hassle deal. Got it yesterday, sold it today.
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Reply #1 Sunday, February 21, 2016 11:59 PM
It'll make the laptop a bit quicker ... assuming it's the OS drive and not a secondary... and maybe get you a little more for it....