Should I Replace My HHD with an SSD

Hello everyone. I just bought a new laptop, and I want to make sure I maintain it properly. I know that heat is very bad for computer parts / longevity, so I was wondering if replacing the HDD with a SSD would reduce the amount of heat enough to make a difference, or do other components generate so much more heat that replacing the HDD wouldn't alter it significantly?

Thanks for any replies!

 

Which laptop did you buy? Check the CPU and GPU temps with HWMonitor or similar program. Maybe play a game or do some things with the computer with HWMonitor open in the background. If you have temps of 60C or less you will be fine. However, a HDD won't really affect these temps, though dust and some other things will.

If you want to replace your HDD with an SSD the largest benefit is the speed increase. Also, SSDs aren't sensitive for instance if you use your laptop and it's being moved around while the hard disk would be spinning.

 

well, it would definitely help in terms of heat, use less power (longer battery life) and probably the best upgrade you could do in terms of speed when opening applications or doing read/writes.

however if your only concern is if it will alter it significantly, I'm guessing not as much. if your concern is heat then repasting with an aftermarket thermal compound would reduce more heat than replacing the hdd with an ssd.

overall though, if you're not as strapped for cash then repasting the TIM and getting an ssd as a speed boost is what I would recommend

 

Thanks for the replies guys. I guess the consensus is that the reduction in the amount of heat is too small to make a difference.

This is the laptop that I bought. Pretty happy with it.

Geekz, I am, in fact, very strapped for cash. Lol.

 

I would recommend you to save up and do a SSD upgrade later.
I love my SSDs, both my Crucial M4 64gb and my Intel 510 120gb (before it failed ofc) and i would guarantee you would too.

 

That's appealing but I won't be able to upgrade for a while.

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Well, in all honestly an SSD is a really great upgrade. but at the end of the day that's simply what it is an upgrade and as long as it's not required to do what you need to do on your laptop then you could always upgrade later on

would help us a lot to know the temps if you also really need to replace your thermal compound, although this is the best solution in lowering temps it may void your warranty.

other than that it can also be as simple as propping the back of your laptop and just doing general cleaning with a can of air

 

I actually have no problem with the temperature right now, it was more of a preventive measures to help the computer last longer. But I am glad I know what to do now if I ever had temperature problems.

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Hard drives do not significantly contribute to heat. If your rationale for getting the SSD is heat, then I'd say forget it.

 

Yup. That was also my conclusion on the subject.

Thanks!

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