Without a doubt, an SSD not an HDD. More reliable, much faster and will match up nicely with the M.2 SSD. Crucial has a number of storage sizes here all the way up to a 4 TB but any quality SSD such as WD or Samsung or Adata would be fine.
Hi all, I would like to know your valuable suggestions on with which type of storage drive I should upgrade my laptop storage and the specs I should look out for when purchasing it. The laptop model I have is Inspiron 14 5482 (2 in 1; FHD IPS Touch Display) with 256GB SSD Storage (only 220GB disk space is available). At first I felt this much space would be enough for my usage but now I want to increase my storage as only some space is left but I need space to install simulation softwares like ANSYS, NX etc which require nearly 50GB space. Also I dont have much applications installed in my laptop and all those left are necessary and cannot be deleted. So when I opened the back cover I found out there is a slot for HDD which I did not actually know. So I am confused on what to choose for increasing the storage; a HDD or a new SSD.  Attaching below a snip from the device manager showing detail of disk drive. Thanks in advance for your insights! [IMAGE]
Which among SSD or HDD should i choose to upgrade my laptop storage