What Kind(s) Of Ssd Would Be Compatible With My Old Lenovo Thinkcentre M75e 5042-a7u Desktop Pc?

I have an old Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e 5042-A7U desktop PC. It's an ACPI x64-based PC with 4 AMD Athlon II X4 640 Processors (3.00 GHz), so it runs Windows 10 Home just fine (even though it's an old machine that originally ran Windows 7 Pro). It currently has a 1TB 3.5-inch internal SATA HDD in a 3.5-inch internal expansion bay.

I want to replace the HDD with a 1TB SSD. And I've got to do it quick, because I think the HDD is about to fail (it's making a lot of noise). (Fortunately, I just successfully made a drive image.)

So, do I need an SSD with a 3.5-inch form factor? Because it seems like SSDs are all (or mostly) 2.5-inch 7mm.

I know I can't use an SSD with an mSATA or M.2 driver interface, because I don't have the appropriate slots on the motherboard. But since I've been using a SATA HDD, I guess I can use a SATA SSD with the same SATA bus connector, correct?

Can I use a a PCIe SSD? Because I've got the following slots on the motherboard: one PCI, two PCI Express x1, and one PCI Express x16 (all low profile).

And yeah, I've ascertained that Windows 10 supports SSD TRIM.

Thanks for any help.

 

Thanks plodr, but I already did that (actually via Look up my computer, rather than Run a scan). And it did recommend two different compatible 1TB Crucial SSDs. But it didn't answer the questions I had above, so I don't know how to apply their recommendations to other manufacturers' SSDs. I know Crucial is a good brand, but from what I'm seeing online, it looks like Samsung is the highest rated, then WD, then Crucial. I could just get one of the Crucials, of course, and in all likelihood it'd be fine, but I'm just trying to do my due diligence, 'cause I'm kinda 'anal' that way.

BTW, the better rated of the two was the Crucial MX500 1TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5-inch 7mm (with 9.5mm adapter) Internal SSD (CT1000MX500SSD1). Any idea what this 9.5mm adapter is for? In other words, for a 2.5-inch 7mm SATA Internal SSD, what's the "7mm" mean, and why might I need a 9.5mm adapter?

I realize I'm pushing my luck asking for so much information, but this will be the first SSD I ever bought, and I'm kind of stumbling around in the dark here. Any nudge in the right direction would help, thanks.

 

You can get a 2.5 to 3.5 SSD adapter to make it fit.. Google it.

 

OK, great, thanks. So, I don't need to worry about the 9.5mm adapter, whatever that's for?

 

Laptops.

 

Thanks, I appreciate it. So now that I've got a handle on the situation, I ordered the Crucial SSD I mentioned above, as well as a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter SSD mounting bracket (which comes with SATA and power cables, $10).