Acer AT3-710-ES61 how to add SSD

llddmmtt
llddmmtt Member Posts: 9 New User

Just bought a Desktop: Acer AT3-710-ES61: Intel i7-6700, 8GB, 2TB, Win10. Wanna to add a SSD - Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 520MB/s Internal Solid State Drive. Do I need to buy a new Power Cable AND SATA III Data Cable?

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  • IronFly
    IronFly ACE Posts: 18,413 Trailblazer
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    your PC has only 2 SATA ports, so you need to disconnect the DVD drive to be able to connect the SSD.

     

    by the way, you have the possibility to mount a M.2 SSD instead of SATA SSD, since your system has one M.2 2280 SATA3.0 port.

     

    so my suggestion is to buy a M.2 2280 SSD

     

    http://www.bestbuy.ca/Search/SearchResults.aspx?path=ca77b9b4beca91fe414314b86bb581f8en20&query=m.2%202280

     

    here a list of supported model by Acer:

     

    Flash Disk KINGSTON SSD NAND 128GB Micron 16nm M.2 2280 128GB SSD LF+HF L95 Micron
    KN.12807.015

     

    Flash Disk KINGSTON SSD NAND 128GB RBU-SC152S37/128GF1 LF+HF
    KN.12807.016

     

    Flash Disk KINGSTON SSD NAND 256GB Micron 16nm M.2 2280 256GB SSD LF+HF L95 Micron
    KN.25607.015

     

    Flash Disk LITE-ON SSD NAND 128GB CV1-8B128 LF+HF
    KN.1280L.013

     

    Flash Disk LITE-ON SSD NAND 128GB CV1-CC128 LF+HF
    KN.1280L.014

     

    Flash Disk LITE-ON SSD NAND 256GB CV1-8B256 LF+HF
    KN.2560L.012

    I'm not an Acer employee.

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