Will regular SSD fit in laptop or are there separate SSD models made for laptop use?

[yacoub]

Just wondering. Thanks. =)

 

[stargazr]

Laptops use 2.5" drives, which is what most SSD's are. But make sure you check, there are also 3.5" and 1.8" models that I am aware of.

 

[Soulkeeper]

check the connector, micro sata is used on the 1.8" C300 and regular sata for the 2.5" c300 for example

 

[yacoub]

ah thanks, good to know about the potential connector difference. so in a laptop, the typical connector for a SATA 2.5" laptop HDD won't be the right one for a typical SDD unless you buy the 1.8" models intended for laptop use?

 

[corkyg]

The SATA connectors are the same for 2.5 and 3.5. A 2.5-in SSD is laptop ready.

 

[n7]

AFAIK, pretty much all 2.5" SATA SSDs are designed the normal 9.5mm height, & as others have already mentioned, use the same connectors.

There are some 2.5" HDDs that are slightly taller, 12.5mm, which can be incompatible with many notebooks, but i do not believe this is the case for any SSDs of that size.
It's mainly just for the larger 2.5" HDDs, like WD's mobile 2.5" 1 TB, which for example, is 12.5mm instead of the normal 9.5mm