Need another HDD on my G465

eAddict

The system came with ZERO useful manuals and I can't find anything on-line.  Anyone know how to add a HDD to a PowerSpec G465?  What kind of drive is best?

eAddict

Hunting via The Google I found the manual for the motherboard.... now to locate a proper M.2_SSD

PowerSpec_MichaelB

Welcome to the forum eAddict. My apologies for the lack of in-depth manuals for your system, we are happy to answer any questions you may have on the upgrade process. For that particular system, it uses a Lian Li ATX 205 chassis which has two 3.5/2.5" drive rails that can be accessed after removing 3 screws from the lower power supply shroud.

You also have M.2 slots available on the motherboard for SSD's, which you've eluded to in your second post. As for which are the best, it mostly depends on the type of workloads you are doing. If you are writing a ton of data to the drive, you will want to get a drive with durable flash, such as SLC or MLC. If you are simply gaming and are not constantly filling and wiping the drive, TLC & QLC will be much cheaper options and should perform nearly identical for gaming. For important workloads, I recommend Samsung's EVO/Pro series M.2 SSD's: https://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.aspx?Ntk=all&sortby=match&N=4294945779+4294821898+4294817151+4294817355&myStore=true.

For gaming, I recommend our Inland series of SSD's: https://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.aspx?Ntk=all&sortby=match&N=4294945779+4294817151+4294817355+4294811526&myStore=true. The great thing about these SSD's is that if the drive would fail during 3 years, you wouldn't have to perform an RMA through a manufacturer online, as we can simply replace the drive in-store under warranty. 

For more information on the pros & cons of different types of flash, this is a pretty good read: https://www.howtogeek.com/444787/multi-layer-ssds-what-are-slc-mlc-tlc-qlc-and-mlc/. 

If you have any questions, please let us know!