Hey guys,
I have a Dell 7577 and I was looking to add a HDD to it (currently only has an SSD). From my understanding, I need a 2.5" slim HDD, right? Any specific recommendations other than that?
I've had a look for some deals, but I can't seem to find any at the moment.
Thanks for your help!
https://www.dell.com/community/Inspiron/adding-a-2-5-quot-HD…
See link for other things to consider. Nothing too major.
I'm assuming you don't want to drop $1k on a 2TB SSD.
I'm looking at upgrading my hard drive in my Small Form Factor PC.. I'm looking at a Seagate FireCuda 2TB SSHD 2.5"
It's not as fast as a SSD, but should boot up faster than a standard hard drive.
I was thinking of getting one of those as well, but it doesn't seem to be a slim HDD, so I'm guessing it wont fit?
7mm is slim
Oh, nice! Thanks for letting me know. :)
never saw any deals here on hdd
If you want faster boot up times, you can get a small 128GB/256GB SSD to use as boot disk and a second 2TB drive for storage. With how cheap SSDs are now ($50 for a 128GB one), unless you have no space in the case, I think that plus a cheap 2TB drive might actually be cheaper overall than a 2TB FireCuda.
It's a laptop.
Sorry, was replying re your comment and not OP's:
I'm looking at upgrading my hard drive in my Small Form Factor PC
ok gotcha… that's a good point, I never thought about but I prefer 1 drive just for ease of maintence.
A 2.5inch 2TB FireCuda is only about $15 more than a 2TB 2.5inch 5400rpm Barracuda.
Come to think of it, I may get a 3.5" FireCuda SSHD, which should be faster than the 2.5inch FireCuda.
Are you saying your laptop can hold 2 HDD's? or are you replacing the SSD with a HDD?
I think the Dell has a M.2 SSD, and an empty 2.5" SSD/HDD slot.
It's able to hold an SSD and a HDD. I currently have a 256gb SSD in it, but it's not enough storage for my games etc, so I wanted to add a HDD.
why not just got for sshd which just costs slightly more than a normal hdd and slight descrease in speed performance when comparing to ssd but you do get the benefit of of larger capacity. my 2c…
from reddit;
"any 2.5" drive that is labeled SLIM. there are two thicknesses for laptop drives. The thicker ones will not fit."