Ssd Half Size

[sukaplayer88]

Hello everyone.
I need advice for buying ssd disk because i want better performance and more speed. I have notebook Asus r553ln. I have on motherboard slot for ssd(half size) but im not sure even if I buy ssd(half size 256gb) can I use it like regular disk and put system and all staff on it or this is just for cache ssd. Im not realy good with that stuff. I read also somewhere that half size ssd have less writing speed. Or maybe better option for me is to to switch my dvdrw(take out) with regular hdd using Second HDD Cady and buy regular SSD and put on the place where is my regular hdd now.

 

[hang-the-9]

No such thing as a "half size SSD" they all have form factor names. From the looks of things that laptop has mSATA lots. If you install one of those you should be able to add a disk to that and install Windows on it. Or replace the disk you have now with a standard SATA SSD drive and clone your drive to that using a USB enclosure.

 

[Barty1884]

From what I can find, the "SSD" in that system is a 24GB drive - intended for caching.

Now, I'm seeing mixed reports on whether it's a 24GB mSATA or a 24GB onboard/soldered solution.

The caching aspect is enabled via Software (SSD-Go, maybe?)
If it uses mSATA, you could replace with a larger drive & operate with two, independent drives.
If it's soldered, then there's no upgrading - it's a cache solution only. Your only option would be to replace the 2.5" HDD with a 2.5" SSD.

 

[sukaplayer88]

i thought on mSATA but half size. There is mSata half size you can check on google. Smaller then usual mSata. Its for pci express slot. But im not sure if my motherboard can support 256gb on that slot. Thats the problem. Because i read somewhere that is only for cache memory. I dont know how to be sure for that I can use like regulae disc?

 

[sukaplayer88]

I gona uploas pictures.

 

[sukaplayer88]

https://imgur.com/a/0eCNvsa
Its empty slot. But im not sure is gona work if I put here 256gb mSata (half size)?

 

[Barty1884]

That looks like an mSATA slot - and provided your drive physically fits, then there should be no limitation on the capacity of the drive.

It's also not exclusively a cache slot (although you could use for such, if you wanted to).

 

[sukaplayer88]

Thans for helping guys.