Hello all
On my computer, the OS is having a few problems (Windows 8.1).
I am considering using a recovery flash drive I made about a year ago to reinstall a factory version of the OS, if you know what I mean.
I currently have a 1TB 7200rpm HDD, for a long time I had considered replacing it with an SSD in the future.
I am considering buying an SSD, then removing the HDD and using my recovery flash drive to install the OS on the SSD.
As far as I know, the recovery drive will install Windows 8 (not 8.1) as the PC came with Win 8 on it; I upgraded to Win 8.1 about 18 months ago. When Windows 10 upgrade is available later this year, I will probably upgrade to Windows 10 (depending on how the reviews of Windows 10 are), so it would be Windows 10 on an SSD that I would be working with.
I have a few questions:
1) Would I notice a speed increase?- My PC already does run/boot up very quickly in my opinion
2) How would I know which SSDs are compatible with my computer?
3) My PSU is 460W- am I right in assuming that this will be enough for any SSD as they all use less wattage than HDDs?
4) Any SSD recommendations/what should I look for when choosing an SSD?-
I dont need too much capacity (eg 120gb should be fine), I live in the UK and was considering this:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-181-SA&groupid=701&catid=2104
Thanks if anyone can answer
On my computer, the OS is having a few problems (Windows 8.1).
I am considering using a recovery flash drive I made about a year ago to reinstall a factory version of the OS, if you know what I mean.
I currently have a 1TB 7200rpm HDD, for a long time I had considered replacing it with an SSD in the future.
I am considering buying an SSD, then removing the HDD and using my recovery flash drive to install the OS on the SSD.
As far as I know, the recovery drive will install Windows 8 (not 8.1) as the PC came with Win 8 on it; I upgraded to Win 8.1 about 18 months ago. When Windows 10 upgrade is available later this year, I will probably upgrade to Windows 10 (depending on how the reviews of Windows 10 are), so it would be Windows 10 on an SSD that I would be working with.
I have a few questions:
1) Would I notice a speed increase?- My PC already does run/boot up very quickly in my opinion
2) How would I know which SSDs are compatible with my computer?
3) My PSU is 460W- am I right in assuming that this will be enough for any SSD as they all use less wattage than HDDs?
4) Any SSD recommendations/what should I look for when choosing an SSD?-
I dont need too much capacity (eg 120gb should be fine), I live in the UK and was considering this:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-181-SA&groupid=701&catid=2104
Thanks if anyone can answer
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