PART 1: Introduction of 2.5 SATA and M.2 SATA
PART 2: INSTALL 2.5 SATA
PART 3: INSTALL M.2 SATA


A 2.5-inch internal solid state drive, or SSD, is superior in just about every way to a 2.5-inch internal hard disk drive, or HDD. The SSD requires less power, generates less heat and is quieter, faster, more reliable and more durable. It's also much more expensive.


M. 2 drives can come in SATA versions (like the Crucial MX500 M. 2 for example) and NVMe versions (like the Samsung 970 Pro/EVO), which describes the bus they use to electrically communicate with the other PC components