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July 22nd, 2022 08:00
Adding SSD to Inspiron 660
My Inspiron 660 desktop (2013) has been running slow. After running diagnostics (Dell, Intel, and Seagate), it appears that the issue may be the 1 TB Seagate HDD. I would like to add a 500 GB or 1 TB SSD and keep the HDD for less critical files. (I would backup the HDD to the SSD and then run Seagate SeaTools to fix the errors on the HDD.) What SSDs are available for this system? It appears that PCI Express would be faster than SATA, is that correct? I have seen M.2 SSDs on Amazon, but there is no M.2 slot on the motherboard, so I would need either an M.2 drive mounted in a PCI Express adapter or a dedicated PCIE card, does that sound right? Thanks to anyone who can point me in the right direction.
Processor Intel Core i3-3240 CPU 3.40 GHz
Installed RAM 8.00 GB
two 3.5-inch drive bays for SATA hard drives, one Seagate 1 TB HDD installed
Expansion Bus
PCI Express x1:
Connectors: three Connector size: 36-pin
PCI Express x16:
Connectors: one Connector size: 164-pin
PCI-E mini-card:
Connectors: one Connector size: 52-pin
OS: Windows 10
redxps630
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July 22nd, 2022 08:00
Re: What SSDs are available for this system? It appears that PCI Express would be faster than SATA, is that correct?
either 2.5" sata ssd or M.2 sata/nvme ssd. for this older model pc it is probably more cost effective to get a 2.5" sata and install it like a second hdd via Dell 2.5 to 3.5 adapter.
you are correct that NVMe ssd is faster than sata ssd (either M.2 or 2.5 form factor). but you should also know that statement is assuming NVMe is using PCIe 3.0 lane. Inspiron 660 has B75 chipset which only supports older slower PCIe2.0. therefore an NVme ssd in 660 is backward compatible but running at slower speed than spec.
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October 30th, 2023 18:20
@redxps630 all of that is correct and on top of that the older bios will not support booting off of an m.2 mvme ssd even if you are able to put one in to a slot with a adapter card. Not insurmountable, there are bios work arounds and alternate bootloaders, but safer and much less of a hassle to use a good quality SATA ssd instead. Find one with a good amount of cache space.