Upgrading HDD on Laptop - Acer 5920

cb123

The laptop still has the pitiful HDD it came with, a whole 140ish GB! So the plan is to upgrade it as I can't fork out for a new laptop at the moment, and space is the only issue I am having (just a browsing and watching machine, nothing fancy!)

I know the laptop takes a 2.5" SATA and I am confident in opening her up (had to replace the DC Jack last year, so I found my way around

My question to you guys is, can I get any size? Looking to get a TB, I'm pretty sure there are no limitations, but just want to confirm!

Also I am thinking of scraping the CD/DVD drive (never use it) and getting a OBHD caddy and using the 140GB from the laptop as a second drive, is there any limitations in regards to this way of adding a second drive... I presume this would fit

I'm doing a lot of doubting and would just love for someone to tell me if I am going in the right direction.... Thanks in advance lads

Lovely Bloke

Get an SSD.

If you are going to go the 2 x onboard storage route, make one a small SSD (decent 64gb for about €80) for the OS, and larger storage for the HDD.

Patrick 1

+1 to getting an ssd, and the caddy for a second drive should work no problem if that's the particular one for your laptop, as the disc drives can vary a little bit, so what fits in one may not in another. For the HDD so long as it's a 2.5 drive it'll fit. If I remember correctly the price scaling for laptop drives is a bit un-balanced above 1tb, so for browsing/watching I'd grab the 1tb.
Cheapest SSD atm; http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004BI2B54/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00
Good Hard drive (7200 RPM); http://www.komplett.ie/komplett/product/zkb_01com/20062070/seagate_750gb_2_5_sata_300_7200rpm_16mb/details.aspx

cb123

Thanks so much lads, think you're right, SSD is the way to go! I won't know myself being able to install stuff at fast speeds... hahah easily pleased!