I have a Dell Inspiron 5558 with following configuration.Intel Core i5 5250U 1.6GHz8GB RAMNVidia 920M 4GBWindows 10 Updated to latest stable1TB 5400 RPM WD HDDNow the problem is, I can't use my laptops full potential due to limited read-write speed of HDD. To solve it, I want to upgrade my HDD to SSD.Is my laptop compatible to upgrade to SSD ?What dimensions of SSD will be compatible ? Which SSD will be best ?Kindly help me upgrade my rig. Thanks :)
Upgrade HDD to SSD for Dell Inspiron 5558
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Please note, this is answer is for the Dell Inspiron 15-5558, which hopefully is the same as the OP has.Is my laptop compatible to upgrade to SSD ?Yes, as you can see in the following picture, the drive positioning was clearly designed to make the drive easily replacable.source: NotebookCheck.com (German)What dimensions of SSD will be compatible ?The article from which the image is, claims that a Toshiba MQ01ABD100 is used which is a 2.5 inch HDD, therefore you need a (standard) 2.5 inch SATA-SSD. Which SSD will be best ?My default recommendation here is the Samsung SSD 850 Evo 1TB for 340USD on amazon.com.There are two reasons to pick a different drive:You want to write a lot to your drive, that is more than 60-80GB on average per day for the next few years, then you want to use the Pro version of the above SSD which while having the same write-limit warranty, uses SSD technology more resistant to overwrite damage (MLC vs TLC).You don't want to pay as much because you don't need as much storage, in which case you can simply go with a smaller drive (they come in the full range from 256GB to 4TB).