Xps 1645 & ssd

I want to upgrade to an SSD after I see what a big difference it made it my desktop. Are there any recommendations or limitations on what I can purchase for this laptop? I'd like something in the 180-250GB Range.

Thank you!

 

Any 2.5" SATA SSD should work. In general I recommend Intel and Samsung. Whatever you do just stay away from OCZ.

 

Do you install it in place of the DVD drive? How do you make it fit?

 

Hi,

The Studio XPS 1645 has 128 GB and 256 GB SSD drive options. The drive itself comes in a 2.5-inch and 1.8-inch form factor. The 1.8-inch drive has a PATA interface, but comes with an adapter that allows it to connect to a SATA controller. The 2.5-inch drive uses a standard SATA connection as with other drives of this size. The larger drive is the same form factor as standard notebook drives.

I hope this helps. Please do write back in case you need any further assistance.

Thanks & Regards
Swapnajan MC
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Thanks. What I mean is: the SSD are squared and way smaller than the DVD drive. How do you make it fit in the DVD array? (I want to replace my DVD drive with a 128GB SSD SATA-300. (why do you say only 128 and 256 GB? that shouldn't matter?)

Or is there any other way to fit the SSD?

 

You would need to buy a DVD optical drive caddy such as here. In a Studio XPS, you need to open up the entire computer to get access to your optical drive as it is slot loaded. Any 9.5mm SSD should fit, maximum capacity is 512 GB in 2.5" form factor. The reason he said 128 GB or 256 GB as there were the original capacities sold with the SXPS 1645, I believe Samsung PM810 aka 470 series.

 

Thank. So these ebay caddy's are good enough to achieve SATA-300 II?

 

I mean it depends on the caddy. I would avoid the cheapest ones, they probably have a crappy controller on the circuit board.

 

Caddy doesn't have controller, is only an adapter. I have ssd on stock hdd place and hdd in the caddy