“Replacing HD Has anyone replaced the slow 5400 rpm hard drive with an SSD? Is it a regular SSD, mSATA or M.2? I honestly can't believe they would hinder the performance of a machine like this with a regular slow spinning hard drive. I guess they need to cut corners somewhere when putting in a 4K display.”
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Yes the hard drive can be replaced buy unscrewing all the screws on the bottom of the laptop and slowly removing the plastic cover. The Hard drive is standard 2.5 Inch form factor so you can use SSD such as Samsung EVO 850.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes, I replaced mine immediately. Removed all screws from the bottom, and it was a little sketchy pulling off the bottom because the plastic is clipped in (would be easy to snap something off). You can see the HD enclosure, easy to take out. I used the Samsung Migration utility and put in an SSD - it is obviously much faster, but I was surprised with the decent performance of the 1TB HD.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Regular SSD is what I put in mine......great improvemend
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Hello, I think the Windows 10 OS is partially to blame for the performance issue. i noticed the performance slowing down on my other desktop PC that also has 8 GB RAM . I noticed a similar slow effect on my new laptop here. I upgraded windows 10 to the PRO edition for some improved performance, I think. Also it was slower during the initial install/run and improved over time after use.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Tawmus, I understand that you can replace hd with an SSD and I appreciate the response but please indicate if its the standard SSD, mSATA or M.2 type drive.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Just swapped out with a Samsung EVO 500GB SSD this morning. Very easy process and the system screams now. Highly recommend.
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