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Thank you for your comprehensive answer Ken. You've given me plenty of information to work through - much appreciated. The last post in the thread on the Dell forum suggests it can be done, but the speed will never be optimised due to the outdated PCIe slot.

Hi All, I would like to put an internal SSD hard drive into my PC, but am not sure about the different interface standards. I would be grateful if someone could recommend a good 500 GB SSD which would function at the maximum speed my machine will support. Details follow: Model: Dell Inspiron 3847 CPU: 4th Generation Intel Core i5-4460 Processor (6M Cache , up to 3.40 GHz) HDD: 1TB 7200 rpm RAM: 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 1600MHz (4GBx2) DVD-RW Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 705 2GB DDR3 Wireless 802.11bgn + Bluetooth 4.0, 2.4 GHz 8-in-1 Memory Card Slot (SD, SDXC, SDHC, MS, MS PRO, MMC, MMC+, XD) O/S: Windows 10 Pro dual boot with Linux Mint 19 The owners manual is here: https://downloads.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_inspiron_desktop/inspiron-3847-desktop_owner%27s%20manual_en-us.pdf It shows the following PCI ports on the motherboard: PCI Express x1 card slot (SLOT1) PCI Express x16 card slot (SLOT2) PCI Express x1 card slot (SLOT3) There are also SATA connections, but I'm assuming they are much slower, so not worth considering. Hope you can help. SteveB.