Hey,
I have a Lenovo Legion Y7000 2019 PG0 - it has a 512GB SSD and one more slot for a 2.5'' SSD or HDD. I need some extra storage (since games & various engines nowadays have huge sizes).
Thing is, it's still has a bit over 1 year of warranty. I could send it to the service to install the drive but the only service in my country for the Legion line is pretty well known for being bad. Also, it would mean being without the laptop (which is my main PC atm) for about 2-3 weeks.
Installing it myself seems pretty easy but I'm still worried about doing something that would void the warranty. Especially considering the service.
I noticed that the difference between an internal and an external SSD isn't that big (price-wise). An external SSD (Samsung T5) 1TB is around 180 USD here while an internal 1TB ssd is around 120USD (I'm from Romania btw).
Also, I'm thinking that after I'm building my PC (probably in about 1 year) and this laptop becomes secondary (so I won't have that many games / engines and stuff on it) I could repurpose the external SSD as a backup drive. Having it, mirroring it on a 1TB external HDD (which I already have) and maybe getting a raspberry pi 4 B to have some sort of a local NextCloud or something.
How does this idea sound? Would you suggest going for an external or an internal SSD? If so, would you have any specific recommendations as to which SSD?
Thanks a bunch!
I have a Lenovo Legion Y7000 2019 PG0 - it has a 512GB SSD and one more slot for a 2.5'' SSD or HDD. I need some extra storage (since games & various engines nowadays have huge sizes).
Thing is, it's still has a bit over 1 year of warranty. I could send it to the service to install the drive but the only service in my country for the Legion line is pretty well known for being bad. Also, it would mean being without the laptop (which is my main PC atm) for about 2-3 weeks.
Installing it myself seems pretty easy but I'm still worried about doing something that would void the warranty. Especially considering the service.
I noticed that the difference between an internal and an external SSD isn't that big (price-wise). An external SSD (Samsung T5) 1TB is around 180 USD here while an internal 1TB ssd is around 120USD (I'm from Romania btw).
Also, I'm thinking that after I'm building my PC (probably in about 1 year) and this laptop becomes secondary (so I won't have that many games / engines and stuff on it) I could repurpose the external SSD as a backup drive. Having it, mirroring it on a 1TB external HDD (which I already have) and maybe getting a raspberry pi 4 B to have some sort of a local NextCloud or something.
How does this idea sound? Would you suggest going for an external or an internal SSD? If so, would you have any specific recommendations as to which SSD?
Thanks a bunch!