W530 installation SSD

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Lenovo ThinkPad W530

I7-3720QM quad-core 2.6 GHz 6 MB of L3 cache

16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 SDRAM

500 GB SATA 6 GB/s 7200 RPM

15.6 "FHD 1920 x 1080

NVIDIA Quadro K2000M 2 GB GDDR3

Keyboard backlit precision of ThinkPad

configuration and you want to put in a 512 GB SSD Samsung laptop upgrade kit. Being new to the ThinkPad line - is there space to adapt to this and more SSD HARD drive integrated - or I have to swap with the built-in HARD drive to provide a space for it? I need to keep the CD/DVD r/w to.

Thank you!

PS: it's cool that speller for an official forum of ThinkPad dislikes the W530, SATA, backlit...

Usually, you would place the HARD drive in the UltraBay slot for use as a data reader, but you already said that you need to the CD/DVD drive in the Bay, which excludes the use of the HARD drive. You can also get a HARD drive for housing UltraBay caddy, mount the HARD drive in the caddy, get an external USB CD/DVD burner and put the internal CD/DVD drive in a safe place.

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