SSD Upgrade for laptop Using HDD Caddy + Windows Retail key question

Ltotalgadget on 15/07/2016 - 23:58
Last edited 15/07/2016 - 23:59

Hi All

Not just another ssd upgrade question (hopefully)

My laptop is MSI GE 620 dx (i7 model ). When I checked with Crystal disk software for HDD it is showing up as transfer mode Sata /300. So it is SATA drive? I planning to keep the HDD and use hdd caddy. So my question is should i replace in place of HDD with SSD and use HDD in the dvd drive place or keep ssd in DVD drive. (Any performance issues) & BIOS changes i need to take care of. I see similar query for macbook but same logic applies here ?
Being Sata /300 is it worth to go for sata 2 or sata 3 for reliability issue.I assume they are backward compatible. I see deals around sata 3 mostly but i dont think it will give benefit as speed is limited. Is it correct?I'm planning to upgrade with 240 gb for OS (win 8.1) and games like Call of duty & steam games,MS Office.
I have retail win 8.1 key planning to do clean install and while upgrading should i follow.

Remove the Key from HDD, Will it give 30 days trial period before I Install Win 8.1 (Clean)into SSD?? Post installation take a image backup.

Thanks guys

Comments

RobMel on 16/07/2016 - 07:21

Hi,

SSD in laptop is great, faster, quiter, less battery drain.
Suggest 512GB SSD if you can afford it.
Easiest is ti use driveclone. does all the magic including UEFI.

Cheers
poboy on 16/07/2016 - 13:33

I did a similar thing 3 years ago. I ended up putting the SSD where the original HDD was and the HDD where the optical drive was.

I used paragon partition manager to move files from the HDD to the SSD as I understand they are not like for like drives.
totalgadget on 16/07/2016 - 23:20

Thanks.

I'm thinking of doing easy way if i use ssd into hdd caddy so no need to touch the hdd slot. Will it impacts any performance.

I'm thiking of doing clean install first and then a image copy for future reinstall. Before I install into new disk should i have to remove from old one right? And should i go for sata 2 or sata 3?