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    M14x r2 Harddisk question

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Dalorian, May 20, 2012.

  1. Dalorian

    Dalorian Notebook Guru

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    An R2 will come with a SATA port and an mSATA port. You can leave the regular hard drive in there and buy an mSATA drive to add-on as a boot drive, or you can just swap the SATA HDD with a SATA SSD. No reason why you can't leave the mSATA empty.
     
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  3. Dalorian

    Dalorian Notebook Guru

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    So technically, the Corsair Force Series 3 SATA 3 SSD I linked to is enough, but I could technically add another SSD (mSATA) at a later point right?? Okay thanks a lot for the input!
     
    Dalorian, May 20, 2012
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    Yup, you can always add an mSATA later on and run two SSDs
     
    Crapcake, May 21, 2012
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    Can someone tell me where the msata is. I did what he did and took out my 7200rpm and added a ssd. Now I want another drive for backup so I would like to use the msata but where is it. Pic would be great

    Ok I found it, but what goes where the yellow box is

     
    rhconcepts, May 21, 2012
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    I see no reason why you would use mSATA _and_ a SSD in the HDD slot. I left the HDD options at default and then upgraded a Samsung 830 Series SSD myself. Worked fine.
     
    Coltrane, May 22, 2012
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    So basically you put a Samsung 830 Series SSD in the mSATA slot, and still using the normal HDD you got with the system as is. How big is your mSATA SSD?
     
    Dalorian, May 22, 2012
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    mSATA is just a small card. If you use above pic as an example, it would be roughly 2- 2.5times the WLAN card.
     
    nuaron, May 22, 2012
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    So how is he using a Samsung SSD with the HDD that came with the laptop? I thought they use the same slot?
     
    Dalorian, May 23, 2012
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    Doesn't the M14x r2 have space for two full-size drives? The Dell website implies that it does, although it sounds unlikely given the laptop's size.
     
    iain_m, May 23, 2012
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    Come to think of it iain_m, you can order a RAID setup, so that explains how he's using a HDD and SSD. You should be able to have two drives apparently :)
     
    Dalorian, May 23, 2012
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    Those msata 32/64gb are Samsung PM830 MSATA SSD , also run with Sata lll speed.

    Well you can only slot a 2.5" drive & a msata. as he mentioned SSD(msata) and a normal 2.5" HDD. Hope this helps.
     
    iPhantomhives, May 23, 2012
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    That's what I would have expected too, but on the Dell Alienware UK site they offer the M14x r2 with "512GB RAID 0 (2x256GB) Solid State Drives", which implies two identical 2.5" SSDs. :confused:
     
    iain_m, May 23, 2012
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    After reading this a few times I think he just means he ordered the default HDD and then upgraded it .... hes a little all over the place so it could be read a few different ways

    Could use something like this

    Samsung PM830 SATA 3 256GB mSATA SSD Review - Ultrabooks To Gain Capacity and SATA 3 Speed - The SSD Review
     
    onilink67, May 23, 2012
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    I suppose so, but then it seems odd that the largest available factory mSATA for that model is only 64Gb.
     
    iain_m, May 23, 2012
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    Clearly states in the US that its a 256GB mSATA which are currently available to the OEMs
     

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    What's a good mSATA disk to put in the laptop then?
     
    Dalorian, May 24, 2012
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    Ok, thanks for clarifying that.
     
    iain_m, May 25, 2012
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