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Replace Optical Drive with SSD, affect battery life?

I'm getting a System76 laptop, and they have an option to replace the optical drive with an HDD/SSD + caddy case. That would be nice, because I don't use DVDs nowadays, and need a lot of storage. ...
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Will an SSD help prevent laptop overheating?

My laptop has a severe overheating problem, even though it's quite new (< 6 month). It's still regularly overheating to the point where it shuts down. This usually happens while playing games but ...
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SSD interfering with fan speed control?

I have a new system, a MicroCenter Powerspec B819 with an Intel DP67DE board and i5 chip, and the fans run at full speed all the time. I put in an SSD which is incorrectly reporting it's temp at ...
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Laptop upgrade from HDD to SSD heat and noise?

I'm considering upgrading my notebook's HDD to an SSD. I'm doing a lot of research and some people are saying it makes a world of a difference, where as some people are saying that it is negligible ...