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Recommendation on the best laptop for an entry level cybersecurity analyst/ python learner
Out of the following three laptops which is best recommended for the field stated in the title.
Dell latitude 7200 2in1 16GB RAM, 256 SSD Intel Core i7 8th gen
Dell Latitude 7290 convertible Intel ...
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Adaptors to this setup: (M.2 B+M SSD, M.2 NMVe, + Old Laptop)
I'm in the middle of a technical crisis here and need your help finding adaptors to this setup, as I'm out of my depth when it comes to hardware compatibility.
I have a spare hardware that I would ...
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Upgrade HDD to SSD for ROG Strix G531GU
I have had some problems with my laptop recently, and I wanted to change the current hard disk drive. On task manager, the hard disk drive is labelled as ST1000LX015-1U7172. From Googling, I ...
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Upgrading Lenovo Legion 5 to have 2 4TB SSDs
I'm interested in purchasing a Lenovo Legion 5 laptop (Legion Pro 5 16IRX8). In the manufacturer's technical specifications sheet, it is mentioned that the laptop has slots for 2 SSDs (Up to two ...
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PC specs for running a VM lab with VirtualBox
I am about to get a laptop where I am going to use VirtualBox to run my VM lab (more VMs at the same time).
I was thinking about to get an i7 8th gen.(4 Cores) with 64GB RAM.
Do you think that would ...
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What laptop hardware makes the most logical sense for compiling rust? (Linux)
I am looking for a new laptop which will mostly be used for programming, specifically rust and want to get something that has best performance for the $. I'd rather replace my laptop every 2 years ...
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SSD and RAM Upgrade Recommendation
I have a Lenovo V14 G2 ITL laptop and I want to upgrade my RAM and SSD at the same time. But, you know, these compatibility stuff may seem a bit messy. I have attached some info regarding the ...
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Upgrading my Lenovo Legion 5 (500GB SSD) with additional 1TB
I have a Lenovo Legion 5 15ARH05 Black with the following specs:
Ryzen 7 4800H
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650
16GB
512GB
15.6" FHD 120Hz (82B5002AGE)
I have found out that it uses:
SAMSUNG ...
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What is the proper SSD for DEll Latitude E5550?
I want to know what is the proper SSD for my Dell Latitude E5550 i7 5th gen., 8GB RAM. Right now I have a HDD and wish to upgrade my computer a little bit. I found the user's manual and the spec sheet ...
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Which type of NVME SSD
My friend has a 2015 or so laptop for which he wants the hard disk replaced by SSD. It seems its supports NVME type SSD but I can't seem to figure out which one of these it supports - they look the ...
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Replace SATA SSD with NVMe
I have a 4-year old laptop which has installed a TOSHIBA KSG60ZMV256G M.2 2280 256GB which is a SATA SSD. I want to replace it with a Western Digital Blue SN570 500GB M.2-2280 SSD which is a PCI ...
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is it good decision to upgrade to ssd?
I have a laptop having 4gb RAM with i3 5th generation, and does not have M2 slot but has CD drive. My laptop speed is very slow now so I decided to add 128gb SSD to it. The service center told me that ...
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Need a suggestion for buying new laptop
I am planning to buy new laptop. Need some suggestions from you guys.
Here is some details:
Can be used for multi - tasking (open several words file, excel, pdf, google meet at same time) without ...
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Pick the right HDD for an unknown connector on HP 17-cn0021nr laptop motherboard
I'm looking for a recommendation on adding storage to the laptop if I don't want to swap the current m2 drive on my laptop.
I have a brand new HP 17-cn0021nr laptop, and I want to upgrade the storage ...
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What things to be considered before doing fresh windows install in Dell gaming laptop (G5 5590)?
I've my Dell G5 5590 for about 11 months now, it came with RTX 2060, i7 9750h, 16 gigs ram, 1TB HDD, and 128 GB M2 SSD.
My SSD has run outta space now and I didn't even install anything in the OS ...
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Is buying a SSD for Ubuntu a good deal?
I want to buy an external drive to run SSD, without touching my Windows HDD. However, this is a little investment so I am wondering if you can answer my few questions. Here are my laptop specs:
Intel ...
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How to buy the right comptabile SDD drive to my lenovou labtop
I want to replace a HDD (Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172) in a Lenovo Flex 5-1570 (Type 81CA) with an SSD. I am looking for 500 GB or 1 TB. Is this SSD SAMSUNG 1TB 860 EVO-Series 2.5 compatible for my ...
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Can I add an NVMe SSD to my motherboard?
I have a TOSHIBA P50-C-10G laptop. and want to upgrade the internal drive from HDD to SSD. I am considering either SATA or NVMe, but I'm not sure if my computer has support for NVMe. I opened it up ...
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Upgrade MacBook Pro (2011) RAM or SSD?
I have a 13in MacBook Pro (late 2011). System Info as follows:
Model Identifier: MacBookPro8,1
Processor Name: Intel Core i5
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number ...
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Hardware shopping: Which M.2 SSD should I buy?
Based on this topic's answers
https://superuser.com/questions/1535127/hardware-shopping-can-all-m-key-slot-work-with-nvme#1535127
I am pretty sure that my Laptop do not accepts M.2 NVMe SSD.
I want ...
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Hardware specifications for new laptop performing general software development and ML/DL experimentation?
I'm currently looking to upgrade my current Samsung Ultrabook I got in 2013 to a new MacBook Pro 16" with the following specs:
2.3GHz 8‑core 9th‑generation Intel Core i9 processor, Turbo Boost up to ...
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m.2 vs ssd which is better
I have a HP laptop
I want to upgrade my HP 15 ay122ne (i7-7500U 8GB RAM 1TB HDD 4GB graphics)
Can anyone please help me with the following:
For max performance, which is better, a 2.5" SSD or m.2 ...
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What are the best(for me) SSDs to install in Dell G5 5590?
I'm going to buy a laptop and by now that Dell seems a good choice to me. Reading the manual,they let me in a doubt about which SSDs I need to buy when I upgrade it.
Please, I'll install the two ...
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Patriot P200 SSD for old Asus Zenbook
I've read that they are not so fast and also that reliability is a factor.
My notebook is 8 years old now so I guess that all these new fast SSD memory technologies are useless for me, but I need ...
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SSD for Sony Vaio-71614M
I want to get a SSD 500 gb for Sony Vaio-71614M, I am willing to spend between 20 and 50 euros. If possible a SSD with a SLC memory.
Do you guys have any advice or product recomendation?
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Does my laptop support M.2 SATA SSD?
I have a dell inspiron 5575 laptop, ans the specification sheet of my laptop only mentions M.2 NvMe SSD slot in my laptop, does that mean M.2 SATA SSD wil not work in that slot?? I don't want to ...
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SSD for Asus N552VX laptop
Asus N552VX laptop comes with a hard disk. To make it faster I replaced the hard disk with Adata Ultimate SU800 SSD(SATA connection) and attached the mechanical hard disk replacing optical disk drive. ...
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Which notebook is better for Android Studio?
I need a notebook to use Android Studio on.
Which one below is better (all models have 8GB RAM and 15.6" FHD screen)?
And what is most important in my case (RAM, Processor, SSD...)?
You can also ...
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Fastest SSD for ThinkPad T470p
I have a ThinkPad T470p and the SSD I currently have doesn't seem to perform as well as I'd like. I looked inside there is a M.2 slot (currently empty) which seems too short for most M.2 SSDs. There ...
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Best SSD disk for Dell Inspiron 7720
I have a Dell Inspiron 7720 laptop for a few years and I would like to buy an SSD disk for it. Currently, I have an SSD disk used as a cache for HDD disk (using Intel Rapid Storage). I want to remove ...
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What type of SSDs can be put in this laptop?
I hope this isn't a silly question.
I've set my sights on a Lenovo ThinkPad E570. If you click "Configure" on that link, you'll see that you can choose various options for the hard drive. I want a ...
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Upgrade HDD to SSD for Dell Inspiron 5558
I have a Dell Inspiron 5558 with following configuration.
Intel Core i5 5250U 1.6GHz
8GB RAM
NVidia 920M 4GB
Windows 10 Updated to latest stable
1TB 5400 RPM WD HDD
Now the problem is, I can't use ...
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Laptop for coding
I'm looking to get a laptop for coding which I hope to use for the next 2/3 years.
I have a tight budget of roughly about 700 dollars and am not looking for anything too fancy(or to low at the end ...
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Good PC laptop for work and docking station (must be dock-able)
Please excuse me if this question is too vague or broad. If necessary, I'll provide more details as I have them or withdraw the question.
I've been offered a new job as a C#/C++ programmer and the ...
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Lenovo Z50-70: possible upgrade
I have a Lenovo Z50 laptop and I play games like NFS and DOOM. I also run some simulations using Octave.
CPU: Core i7-4500
RAM: 8GB
HDD: 1TB 5400rpm
I am looking for upgrading my laptop with ...
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SSD upgrade of HP ProBook 4530s
I need to upgrade HP ProBook 4530s disk, what would you suggest, considering following requirements for the SSD:
at least 200 GB
max read & write above or around 500 MB/s
around 100$, lower is ...
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2nd SSD in HP EliteBook 820 G3
The HP EliteBook 820 G3 manual states that either a hard drive or a SSD might be installed (page 36). And not both at the same time. Thus, as-is, one can't install two SSD modules in that machine.
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Will Dell Studio XPS M1640 recognize 500GB SSD? [closed]
I'd like to upgrade my laptop's 500GB to a Samsung Evo 850 500GB SSD.
I'd like to know if the SSD will be recognized by my system?
Also, will it work to have 1TB combining the SSD and my current ...
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Which 2.5" SSD would you recommend for a Dell Inspiron laptop? Samsung's EVO 840 mode or EVO 850 model?
I need to upgrade my Dell Inspiron 7352 laptop from its HDD to an SSD. I'm deliberating between two similar models of SSD:
Samsung EVO 840
Samsung EVO 850
Having looked at the specs for both ...
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Laptop for media and light gaming
I'd like a fast start up and decent display. Maybe light gaming.
I was thinking:
SSD
8/16GB RAM
15.6" HD Screen
Budget under £400.
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