Replacing SATA HDD with SSD?

Will it be possible to replace a 2,5" HDD of my Fujitsu Siemens Amilo 1520 with a SSD - or will this technology only work with new notebooks, new bios or whatsoever?

http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com/home/products/notebooks/amilo_si_1520.html

The reason why I am asking this is because my current HDD gets pretty warm and it would be great if I could solve this problem somehow...

 

At the moment, SSD drives are very expensive, topping £100 for 8 GB. Those drives are also IDE, and are not compatible with any SATA notebook. I would suggest looking for a faster hard disk, such as 7200 RPM one or a high capacty 5400 RPM.

 

Actually most if not all current SSD drives are SATA, 32GB models are around US$ 700 while 64/128GB models are expected to hit the market in the next months or so but the price is going to be crazy for a while.

 

Alright. Let's say I get a new hdd, such as a 7200 (as you have mentioned), wouldn't that generate more heat since it spins faster? On the other hand let's say, in theory, I had a solite state disk and put it into my notebook... would that just work? I don't have plans to get anything now, but it would be good to know for the future.

 

Yes, you can install an SSD drive in the notebook. I don't thick your ntoebook will have any problems with that. Some 7200 RPM drives can run fairly warm, but others can run cool. It depends on the drive itself.

 

SSD isnt worth it right now and yeah some 7200rpm drives run hot and consumer more power. some of the newer ones however run as cool as their 5400 counterparts and even use the same power. as long as u get a SATA it shud be fine, but SSD's are a waste of money nowadays especially for the small sizes and benefits.

 

seen 32gb for 500$

Pretty pricy, however.. If your the kind of person that has money its not totally a waist if you need it.

HDD's always fail, its not a matter of how long, its just when. If you have sensitive data or you just hate hdd failure a SSD last about 10x longer than your average hdd.

So in a sence (admittedly and odd one) over the course of time it would pay for itself since you would have bought nearly 10 hdd's.

the gains are of couse better battery life, and nearly no heat produced from the ssd. So I also see those on the move business types with big paying jobs maybe getting a SSD just for the better battery life, and faster speed of operation.

 

http://www.mydigitaldiscount.com/SP...ssd--sata-i--plastic--80000770-1213068494.jsp

64gb for 800$.. that makes it 400$ for 32gb

but yes, they're expensive... (same price at rocketdisk btw)