Does caddy affect SSD speed?

Does caddy affect SSD speed?

That is , if you put an optical caddy in place of the CD drive and put a 2.5 inch HDD or SSD in it you still get SATA-III transfer speed and it can be bootable. But in even more cases the old rules apply: a 2.5 inch storage disk placed in an optical caddy will run at a lower transfer speed and will not be bootable.

What is caddy for SSD?

HDD Caddy is a special casing for a hard drive or SSD. HDD Caddy is built from aluminium. Within the casing there is a plastic frame where you can mount a single 2.5-inch hard drive or SSD. Then inside this frame there is an adapter that connects the hard drive or SSD with the connector inside your laptop.

Are all HDD caddy the same size?

Previously HDD Caddy was offered as universal. Available sizes (of thickness) were 7mm, 9.5mm and 12.7mm. Physically these sizes fitted in most laptop models. Which means these drives do not fit in other laptops and are tailored to a specific laptop or laptop series.

Is HDD caddy good?

HDD Caddy makes it especially works 1) easy, no hassle with loose USB drives for more storage 2) mainly functional and safe built into the laptop with a number of options such as work and home separate, data and programs physically separated or a second boot disk that can serve as a failsafe.

Should I use the SSD in Caddy?

In most cases the optical bay has one class difference in transfer speed. However the access time will not be affected, wether you put your SSD in the optical bay or HDD bay, the access time will be the same. Therefore, in real life there is no big difference whether you put your SSD in the optical bay or HDD bay.

Is HDD Caddy safe?

Can I install OS to caddy?

It is possible when you have a 2nd HDD or SSD installed in your laptop (by using HDD Caddy) that you will have two different OS on two different phyiscal drives. If you have done this, then jump into Windows and enable Windows Boot Manager so you have a list of OS to select from when you start up your laptop.

Are HDD caddy universal?

Previously HDD Caddy was offered as universal. Available sizes (of thickness) were 7mm, 9.5mm and 12.7mm. Physically these sizes fitted in most laptop models. However a part of the existing laptop models are using proprietary optical drives.