Just be aware that you’ll also need a 2.5″ to 3.5″ drive mounting bracket adapter to physically install the SDD in your machine. In my opinion, it’s well worth the expense if you wan to keep using your beloved Gateway.Īnd since you’re essentially getting it for half price I just don’t see how you can go wrong.
It sounds like it’s a great deal too, so I say go for it.Įven though your computer only supports SATA II speeds, installing a SATA III solid state drive will still speed your machine up quite. Rick’s answer: Richard, SATA III is backwards compatible with SATA II so your cousin’s SSD should work just fine in your computer. My question is will this drive work in my computer since the old hard drive had a SATA II interface and the SSD is SATA III? He wants to sell it because he found out it won’t work with his old Leading Edge computer. My cousin has offered to sell me an unused 1TB Gig SSD for $45 which is half what he paid for it a just couple of weeks ago. The hard drive died and I want to replace it with a solid state drive (SSD). I have an old Gateway LX6810-01 desktop PC that came with a 640 Gig hard drive. Note: The links in this post are affiliate links. Click here to sign up for my free Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter!
