Can you install a SSD on this?
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Yes. Dell carries them on their website; I would suggest contacting them to find out which model is compatible.
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This is a barebone PC which you have to add storage device by yourself. You can either add SSD or HDD, and the choice is your's. Hope this helps.
1438651
SSD would fit on the thunderbolt connector. Not sure about opening the drive though
1117283
Yes, but you would loose the performance benefits of a SSD on account of the bottleneck of SATA 1.0 interface
982428
Yes and No. You can order the SSD drive with a data transfer kit or order just the drive without a data transfer kit.
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Sure, actually that is what I'm doing with my old HDD. You can do it with your SSD.
1833714
Sorry it took me a few days I had to find time to take mine apart and make sure. It does not have the connector on the motherboard. The pins to solder one on are there if you're handy with a soldering iron, but this should only be attempted if you have done this kind of thing before. A much easier, much safer way to add an SSD is to purchase an "Ultrabay hard drive" dock from e-bay ($20-25) and then you can swap out a hard drive or the extra graphics card when you need each one.
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RAM on this unit is soldered to the motherboard. No user upgrade possible. But you could upgrade the drive (SSD).
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I don't see why not. I would do a little research first though. Check around on Google to see if anyone else has put an ssd in one.
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You can actually!The HDD bay has room and screw holes for another SSD drive right on top of the first!
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I haven't done that so I can't completely answer but really any SSD should work in it. This laptop really boots up fast compared to a regular HD. I suspect it is one of the new hybrids.
967990
mSata SSD. I installed one, it was very easy, apart from repositioning the heat sync, which was just lightly tricky.Note that doing this might void you warranty (check the maker's online documentation.).
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Yes you can. here is a link to see what kind of SSD drive available for this laptop http://drivesolutions.com/cgi/shop/ug2store.cgi?command=listitems&kind;=hpl&pos;=0&t;ype=itemid&itemid;=hpl283 Good luck, this laptop totally worth it.
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No to both questions. It is theoretically possible to do the SSD thing if you are an knowledgeable disassembler, because there is not removeable panel for the hard drive. RAM is out of the question, because it is soldered in, not in a clip. Sounds like you want a different product.
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you probably need a SATA Cable, and also some brackets to mount the SSD. As the packaging don't come with brackets.
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I wouldnt! I think it is used for cache and is software and hardware based. You would probably waste it. You need to look further but I though about buying a 256GB SSD for $120 on sale and replace the 500GB spinning drive with the new SSD and let it still cache if it likes I guess??? not sure lol.
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You can install it but it may not boot on the first try. If it does not wrk initially, you can boot from a USB or network, then you go to preferences and set the drive as your default boot drive and it will be fine. The boot time though is faster using ssd on a sata connection than on this card!