Going with an SSD in place of the 7200rpm hdd. Question.

I have decided to go with an SSD in my MSI GT 73 titan pro. I'm going to replace the one terabyte 7200 RPM drive that's in it now. It has the 512gb ssd as the boot drive which I'm leaving in. Is the hdd drive hard to get to? I'm probably going to go with the Samsung Evo 850 1TB SSD. Is there another hard drive that you would recommend in place of the Samsung Evo?

 

So many videos and tutorials online.

http://www.myfixguide.com/manual/msi-gt72-disassembly/

Almost everything with a small exception of things you most likely dont need to access is right underneath the laptop

The Samsung Evo is a good SSD, no worries.

 

that guide is for the GT73, the GT73 is different!

@Detroit85

it's very easy:

1) remove the backpanel
2) you will see like a big heatsink on the bottom left, unscrew everything, you will then see the m.2 SSD, unscrew that, you will see the 2.5" driver there, unscrew it from the plate that holds it then place your new SSD in it
3) put everything back together

 

Ah my bad it is the GT73.. apologies!!

 

Sounds like a solid plan guys! Thanks!!


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Would this be the correct one?


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yes

 

Should I go with the pro or evo?


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I've never found the Pro's price premium to be worth the money.

SSDs are so speedy, most people's usage doesn't need to go from super fast to ultra fast.

 

Pro has MLC NAND, which is more reliable, lasts longer, and doesn't degrade in performance as quick as TLC based drives

There is a reason why it's more expensive

 

I just went ahead and ordered the Evo 850 1tb. Should I hook an external hdd up and copy everything to my external hdd that's on my D drive? Then install the ssd and copy everything from the external to the ssd? Or is there an easier way of doing things?


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Get something like this:

or https://www.startech.com/HDD/Docking/dual-sata-hdd-dock~SDOCK2U33
I have a cheaper one made by Fuj:Tech, used it to clone HDD to SSD.

 

Yeah I could but I will have the ssd tomorrow and I don't want to wait around for more shipping.


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As far as cloning software goes, you can use Macrium Reflect Free to clone anything with ease.
http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx

 

Or Easeus free, I've used both of them
http://www.easeus.com/download/tbf-download.html

 

Definitely Recommend the 850 Evo -- Have the same drive myself

If you are looking for alternatives I suggest MLC Nand and avoiding TLC

 

Already ordered the 850 evo 1tb that will be here today! Can't wait! Reading up on the cloning software now.

 

I use Paragon Hard Disk Manager Pro

 

Doing a bit more research does my computer have room for my new ssd without removing the standard hdd? I'm getting a bit confused.


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You would remove the 7200rpm drive and replace it with the SSD, this is assuming your computer currently has 2 drives in it and the 7200rpm is the "D" Drive -- If your "C" Drive is the drive you are replacing, you'll need a USB SSD Adapter such as the ones available from Sabrent to connect the SSD to your computer in order to clone your existing drive before replacement

 

Yes my 7200rpm drive is my D drive.
I have an external hdd that I'm going to copy my currant hdd to. Then install the new ssd and transfer everything from my external to my D drive which will be my new ssd. Around 400gb of stuff

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If budget permits, go with pro otherwise evo is fine.

 

I went with 3 Crucial MX300 m2 and 1 Crucial MX300 2TB on my laptop. My game load faster on my laptop than my main rig. My main rig has 2 3TB 7200rpm hard drives in raid 0. The only downside is I'm out $1400 for those ssd....

 

That's a wild setup you've got there.