Can I upgrade an older ASUS Laptop K50IJ HDD to a 1TB SSD? Feasible? What would it cost?
Hello to all. I am thinking about upgrading my old ASUS K50IJ laptop hard drive with a solid state drive. The old HDD is a 300GB and I'd like to up the storage to 1TB SSD. The processor is a 2.0 Gigahertz Pentium Dual Core T4200, with 4 megabytes of memory. It is running Windows 10 Home (x64). I am looking to replace the drive myself. The laptop runs extremely slow even though I've defrag'd and optomised the existing drive. It's an older computer, but I use it in the livingroom to cruise the net, etc. I'm not interrested in a new laptop, just want to get more life out of the laptop. If it is feasible, what inexpensive SSD drive could I install and approximately what would it all cost? I am not in the market to buy a new laptop, just more mileage.
Thanks in advance!
Michael
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Greetings,
With the age of the PC based on the processor being ~15 years old, i'd suggest using a tool like Crucial's system scanner to get a better idea on if any updates would be feasible for your PC. https://www.crucial.com/store/systemscanner I'd assume it can use a 2.5" SATA SSD (most likely by removing the existing drive) but I'd verify with that tool.
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