Rather than spending the money on the 1TB drive, I would buy a 120GB SSD for $53 to run the OS and use the old HDD for the data.
Amazon.com: Kingston Digital 120GB SSDNow V300 SATA 3 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive with Adapter (SV300S37A/120G): Computers & Accessories
+1. An SSD is lightning-fast, the best upgrade you can have, better than buying a new high-end PC without one!
The storage will benefit her more. The 1TB was only $50. My wife's aunt won't notice the speed increase the SSD would give. Not a power user. Genealogy is primary use.
My personal desktop and my ROG G750 both have Samsung 840 EVO 128 GB SSD and 1 TB HDD.
I have never known anybody that goes from a hard drive to a SSD that didn't notice the speed increase.
SSD's are very fast and reliable. As Wolfgang has posted they are also priced right.
The only problem I have experience with SSD's is they are habit forming.
Once you use one you will want more of them.
Lol, yeah, but my point is that it isn't an issue. She will love the speed increase she will be getting just by moving from the older computer to the newer one. Her original query of me was about putting a bigger hard drive in it, as she was running out of space. I was going to sell this rig, and decided to give it to her instead. She will be pleased.
What's not to like,
Newer machine and a larger hdd :)
Although a 1tb hdd for 25.us hope it holds up :/
1TB for $25? Where's that deal? I paid $50
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