![]() This will essentially remove the CD/DVD-ROM drive from your laptop, but there's a very good chance it's collecting dust now. You can pick up a simple caddy adapter from Amazon to add a 2.5-inch drive to that instead of swapping out the HDD. If you're working out an SSD upgrade plan for an old laptop with a CD/DVD drive then you can use that to your advantage with a simple accessory. Anything relatively new will use an M.2 SATA or NVMe drive. Without getting into too many details, it's safe to say that your old laptops and desktops probably use a 2.5mm SATA drive. Simply identify the motherboard inside your existing system to easily work out which SSD can fit inside. Upgrading your existing laptop or desktop is actually pretty straightforward. A lot of modern motherboards and laptops have multiple M.2 slots too, but you may not have this option on a relatively older system. And if you want the best performance out of your system, then we also recommend upgrading to M.2 connectors from SATA. ![]() There's also PCIe NVMe SSDs which essentially use a protocol to communicate with your PC faster. It offers a faster and more reliable connection than SATA, but it's also more expensive. PCIe is also a modern connection option that's widely used for better performance nowadays. But if your installed RAM is already adequate, then you won't see a noticeable improvement in the PC performance by adding more memory. In that case, the best you can do is add more RAM. Unless you're working with an extremely old system, you're probably already using DDR4 memory with decent speeds and timings. While RAM is crucial to the overall performance of the computer, there's only so much you can do in the name of memory upgrades. But which one should you upgrade first - RAM or storage? ![]() They're both are readily available on the market and are easy to install without having to completely dismantle the system. As such, the memory and storage of the PC are the two components that are first in line when it comes to upgrades. ![]() The extent of the upgrade, however, depends on the budget and the availability of the components, really. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Storage drive: The best upgrade for your PCsÄesktop PCs are easier to upgrade than laptops as you have more space to work inside a case and the parts are easily replaceable.
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