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      Editing … this is the SSD I'm planning on installing into my x51: Samsung MZ-75E500B/EU 850 EVO (500 GB)
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      Editing … Yeah, those two cables will do, but you definitely don't wanna spend 13 euros on a cable... Dig around a little more on Amazon and I'm sure you can find one for 3 euros. I always order this stuff off AliExpress for like 50 cents, but shipping takes at least a week since it's coming from China. As for the SSD... I looked up the specs on this Alienware PC, and it seems the X51 only supports SATA 3 from R2 onward, so you gotta check what version you have. If you have SATA 2 ports, your SSD speeds are gonna take a significant hit, and you might as well just get the 750 as you're not gonna notice any speed increase with the 850. You also generally don't wanna "future proof" your components, because by the time you're gonna upgrade your PC again, those components could be a lot cheaper, more power efficient, use different standards, etc.
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      Editing … I have the one from 2012 with a GTX 660 and 8 GB RAM; I'm not sure if that's the R2 or R1 model of the x 51 -- edit: it's probably the R1.
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      Editing … "moving from a SATAII to a SATAIII didn't do much to my load times. A second or so at best." - random Person on the internet
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      Editing … "sata 2 will obviously will be slower than Sata 3 but going with an SSD from an HDD is still well worth it."
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      Editing … "Benchmarks show the difference is quite large, it would be even bigger for an 850 because it doesn't have the 250MB/s sequential write limit the 840 has. In real world use I don't notice a whole lot of difference, obviously it depends on your usage though. Either way it's certainly nothing compared to going from HDD -> SDD."
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      Editing … "Large file transfers will be faster, sure. But over all launch of applications and such ..not so much."
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      Editing … SATA 2 is capped at 300MB/s whereas SATA 3 is capped at 600MB/s. But yes, whether you're actually gonna notice a difference in real-world situations depends on a lot of factors. I'm just saying not to splurge too much on the SSD as you're dealing with the bottleneck of old hardware. If the choice is speed or capacity, I'd go with capacity.
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