Installing a SSD into a 3+ year old asus laptop

[jonbam]

I have an old asus K55A-SX417H

ASUS K55A-SX417H, Intel® Core™ i5-3210M Dual Core Processor, 15.6" HD
Screen, Microsoft Windows 8 64bit, 6GB DDR3 RAM, 1000GB HDD, DVD
Rewriter, Integrated Graphics, K55A-SX417H

Looking to install a 240GB or 480GB SSD.

What ssd & cloning software would you recommend?

thanks

Jonathan

 

[sanj]

Use this for the cloning as the free version does everything you want
http://www.minitool.com/partition-manager.html
Samsung 850 Evo drive would be a good choice for your SSD.

 

[Oussebon]

Samsung 850 Evos are good and the Samsung Magician (whatever they call their clone thing) does work as I've used it myself. But they can be a bit more expensive.

Sandisk ones are fine (Plus, Ultra II), Crucial ones are fine. I guess see what you can see at your favourite retailer and check a review.

Kingston V300s are said to be best avoided, though other Kingston ones like Hyper X Savage and so on are good
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7763/an-update-to-kingston-ssdnow-v300-a-switch-to-slower-micron-nand