Dell Inspiron N5010 Second HDD

[gorak]

I want to add a second HDD/SSD to my N5010 on the optical drive bay by removing my CD/DVD drive. I have two questions regarding this.

1. Is this possible? If so, do I have to buy any caddy for the same? If yes, pls provide a link to where I can buy it.

2. If I install a new SATA-3 SSD as a second drive, will I get the full 6gb/s speed or will it be 3gb/s?

[Commander Wolf]

1) Plenty of them available. You can get cheap ones from eBay for like $25.

2) It will only run at SATA II speeds in either the main bay or ODD bay. Either way, you probably won't notice any difference between SATA II and SATA III.