Lower priced Windows laptop with one or two full SSD hard drives

[cpupro8698]

I am interested in buying a Windows laptop priced at the lower price end. Screen size does not matter. I note most of the laptops nowadays are very slim. Does it mean the hard drive is SSD that looks like this inside the laptop: http://sc04.alicdn.com/kf/HTB12dKtXzzuK1RjSsppq6xz0XXap.jpg and not like this: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR6YNE4nBSZ1_oob7GVZBE7xStjKjZq0dzSLQ&usqp=CAU

The difference between these 2 above is one of the hard drive looks like a circuit board and the other looks like a proper SSD hard drive with a case.

Can you please help suggest some Windows laptops still available for sale at the lower price range that has a full SSD [i.e. not circuit board SSD]?

Also, can you list some models as well that can support two SSD hard drives?

 

[USAFRet]

"lower priced"

What budget range, for what use, and where might you be buying?

 

[cpupro8698]

I would buy online at Amazon or Bestbuy and budget is $200 to $600

 

[USAFRet]

"full SSD" = 2.5" format?

Why the need for two, and in that particular format?

 

[cpupro8698]

"full SSD" = 2.5" format?

Why the need for two, and in that particular format?

Hello yes, one or two 2.5" SSD. Two for personal reasons and file management in terms of separating work files and personal files. I know I can create a partition but prefer different drives. Also SSD because if I want to upgrade in the future I prefer dealing with a proper SSD and not a circuit board type SSD. Any suggestions?

 

[DSzymborski]

Hello yes, one or two 2.5" SSD. Two for personal reasons and file management in terms of separating work files and personal files. I know I can create a partition but prefer different drives. Also SSD because if I want to upgrade in the future I prefer dealing with a proper SSD and not a circuit board type SSD. Any suggestions?

This is extremely confusing. The larger one isn't a "proper" SSD. The "circuit board SSD" is simply in M.2 format, and they're faster and more desirable, and thus, more expensive.

 

[lvt]

Also, can you list some models as well that can support two SSD hard drives?

The circuit board you mentioned is NVME.

Due to limited real estate on t laptop, it's not a good idea to make two separate 2.5" SSD slots, so most of laptops would have the similar config, 1 x 2.5" SSD + 1 x NVME. Some laptops have 2 x NVME slots as they take the same space as a single SSD, but it's overrated for a laptop.

 

[USAFRet]

Hello yes, one or two 2.5" SSD. Two for personal reasons and file management in terms of separating work files and personal files. I know I can create a partition but prefer different drives. Also SSD because if I want to upgrade in the future I prefer dealing with a proper SSD and not a circuit board type SSD. Any suggestions?

They are both "proper SSDs", just different format.

If you were to crack open the case of a 2.5" SSD, you'd find a circuit board that doesn't look a whole lot different than that NVMe drive.

 

[hang-the-9]

I don't know of any newer laptops that have two 2.5" slots. I do know the older workstation laptops like the Lenovo W 520/530 models have them

 

[cpupro8698]

Thanks all for your helpful notes. Can you recommend some lower price current laptop models then with 1 x 2.5" SSD + 1 x NVME? In terms of the SSD in this case, I am interested in a form factor that looks like the below:

https://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Samsung-SSD-640x353.jpg

 

[Deleted member 14196]

Most laptops will just have one SSD. And nowadays they are NVME drives