Macbook pro mid2010 model upgrade

I have a macbook pro mid2010 model that I'm going to upgrade it. I'm wondering how I can change things like adding a hard drive ssd. . What are the best options?
thank you so much
farshid from IRAN

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
The only things you can upgrade in a MacBook Pro are the memory and the hard drive, so you can upgrade them if you want more performance or if you note that you haven't got enough memory to run your apps.
First of all, a Mid 2010 MacBook Pro supports 8 GB of memory, so you can buy more RAM in OWC or Crucial > http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Apple_MacBook_MacBook_Pro/Upgrade/DDR3
Respecting to the hard disk, SSDs are much faster than HDDs, so you can try installing one > http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/ If you think that they are too expensive, you can also install a 7200 rpm HDD, which will provide you more performance > http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/2.5-Notebook/

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