Compatible SSD upgrade?

LilSweetLin

Hello everyone,
I recently bought a used HP Pavillion 17G-133CL laptop that came with an older Kingston Digital 240 GB (SV300S37A240G) SSD, but I'd like an upgrade in capacity to store my music. Ideally, I'd like an updated, compatible 500GB SSD in the sub $100 range, but I'm unsure which brand would be best. The current drive, while faster than a HDD, still isn't as fast as I'd like, and I notice it takes a while to drag and drop folders from one folder or volume to another. Shouldn't that be instantaneous? Anyway, I'm going to have a professional do the upgrade, but I'd like to mitigate some cost by supplying the appropriate drive.  Incidentally, is that service offered at Micro Center? If so, how long would the upgrade take? Which brand of drive would be best for me? Would I have to go with the "basic" 2.5" SATA, or can I go with a more updated type SSD in this 2016 model laptop? Suggestions are appreciated. Thanks in advance!

TSTonyV

Hello @LilSweetLin! Welcome to the Community. 

Looks like the drive you have in the system already is a standard 2.5" SATA drive, so any other 2.5" SATA SSD will work fine. We have a number of drives available that will work well, and realistically they'll all be pretty much the same performance. You can view available 2.5" drives at this link:

https://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.aspx?Ntk=all&sortby=match&N=4294945779+4294818519+4294820270&myStore=true

Personally I'm a fan of the Crucial drives, but I'd also take a look at Inland (our brand) and Samsung. 

We do offer drive installation as a service if you would like us to do it for you. How long it takes will depend on how busy the service desk is at your local store

LilSweetLin

TSTonyV said:

Hello @LilSweetLin! Welcome to the Community. 

Looks like the drive you have in the system already is a standard 2.5" SATA drive, so any other 2.5" SATA SSD will work fine. We have a number of drives available that will work well, and realistically they'll all be pretty much the same performance. You can view available 2.5" drives at this link:

https://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.aspx?Ntk=all&sortby=match&N=4294945779+4294818519+4294820270&myStore=true

Personally I'm a fan of the Crucial drives, but I'd also take a look at Inland (our brand) and Samsung. 

We do offer drive installation as a service if you would like us to do it for you. How long it takes will depend on how busy the service desk is at your local store

Thank you for the quick reply, I appreciate it!