
When I bought my Acer PC for the first time last summer, it came with a mechanical hard drive. I had a 2.5 SATA III HD on my old computer so I knew I could speed it up. It had an M.2 slot for NVMe. And really all I had to do was install it, I messed around with the bios settings. It was an educational experience. Any SSD is way ahead of a mechanical drive. Surprisingly, these NVMes are slightly cheaper than 2.5-inch SSDs and, according to Crystal Disk, much faster.

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Adata XPG SX8200 Pro 1TB NVMe SSD with 3D NAND, Gen3x4 PCIe M.2 2280, R/W 3500/3000MB/s (ASX8200PNP-1TT-C)
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ADATA SU800 256GB SSD: High Speed Read & Write, 3D-NAND, SATA III, 560MB/s & 520MB/s
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🔜 Seagate Backup Plus Slim STHN2000400 2TB Portable Hard Drive - Black: Your Reliable External Storage Solution
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2 TB External HDD Western Digital WD Elements Portable (WDBU), USB 3.0, black
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8TB Seagate Backup Plus Hub Desktop Hard Drive with Data Recovery Services
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🔌 Seagate Expansion 3TB Portable USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (STEA3000400) in Black
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