Hard Drive Upgrade?

[Hufty]

I'm looking to purchase the Dell Inspiron 13 5000 2-in-1 (Model Number: I5378-5743GRY) with the i7-7500u, 1Tb HDD, 8gb RAM, etc. There are a few upgrades I would like to add to it. For example the Hard Drive. It comes with a 1 terabyte drive but only 5400rpm. The dell website has an upgrade part for the specific computer (http/www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/500gb-5400rpm-sata-hard-drive-additional-customer-install/apd/400-abjm/storage-drives-media#polaris-pd). I was wondering if I could upgrade it with any 2.5" SATA hard drive with 7200 rpm like this one (https/www.amazon.com/Seagate-Drives-2-5-Inch-Internal-STBD2000102/dp/B00MBLX332)? Also with this model is there room for an SSD and are there any other parts of the computer that I could upgrade such as the processor or add a graphics card? Thanks.

 

[why_wolf]

any 2.5" HDD or SSD can replace the one currently installed. Frankly if you want a major improvement in the HDD then go with an SSD. From what I see it can only hold a single drive.

Spec page says it only handles up to 8gb of RAM, but that may not be completely true.

 

[Barty1884]

The HDD can be replaced with any 2.5" SATA drive. HDD or SSD. I'd be very surprised if there's anywhere to actually install a second drive (to have an HDD and SSD installed).

Upgrading the processor is unlikely to be possible. Even it it was, a mobile CPU greater than the i7-7500U is limited to the 7600U or 7660U. Outside of a bit of a clock speed boost, there's really not a lot in it. There won't be further releases for the 1356 socket.

As for a GPU, again, unlikely. Can't tell if there's thunderbolt 3 on that laptop but, if there is, an eGPU enclosure would be an option.

 

[Hufty]

any 2.5" HDD or SSD can replace the one currently installed. Frankly if you want a major improvement in the HDD then go with an SSD. From what I see it can only hold a single drive.

Spec page says it only handles up to 8gb of RAM, but that may not be completely true.

The Computer can handle up to 16 gb of RAM but thank you for the input

 

[Hufty]

The HDD can be replaced with any 2.5" SATA drive. HDD or SSD. I'd be very surprised if there's anywhere to actually install a second drive (to have an HDD and SSD installed).

Upgrading the processor is unlikely to be possible. Even it it was, a mobile CPU greater than the i7-7500U is limited to the 7600U or 7660U. Outside of a bit of a clock speed boost, there's really not a lot in it. There won't be further releases for the 1356 socket.

As for a GPU, again, unlikely. Can't tell if there's thunderbolt 3 on that laptop but, if there is, an eGPU enclosure would be an option.

Ok, Thanks for the input

 

[USAFRet]

Don't buy a laptop with the intention of replacing anything except the drive, and maybe the RAM.

 

[littleleo]

I'm not a big DELL fan I've had to work on them and inside they are...lets just say not the top quality.