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I would like to upgrade, currently the stock HDD want a SSD

So I am new to all this. Please forgive me for my lack of attention to detail. I've had my mac for over 12 years and now I would like to upgrade it. Currently is running stock. HDD but want to switch it to a SDD and was wondering.

What are you recommendations on upgrades when it comes to hard-drive, memory, and battery upgrades. I would like to change everything so I can make this faster.

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@arnold99 - let's make sure we are working for the correct system. Is the model as listed to the right? If not you'll need to tell us what you have.

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NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 512 MBIntel HD Graphics 288 MB

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2.53 GHz Intel Core i5

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Your serial number says it's a :

Apple MacBook Pro 17-Inch "Core i5" 2.53 Mid-2010 Specs

Identifiers: Mid-2010 17" - MC024LL/A - MacBookPro6,1 - A1297 - 2352*

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This system is limited to 8GB of RAM and the drive port is limited to SATA II (3.0 Gb/s) so you do need to be careful that you get a SATA II compliant drive like a Samsung 870 EVO or Samsung 870 QVO

If you review the drives spec sheets you'll see it explicitly states support:

SATA 6 Gbps Interface, compatible with SATA 3 Gbps & 1.5 Gbps interfaces

If the drives spec sheet does not state this clearly like this is won't work reliability!

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