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    Dang, running outta HDD space

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by ECKS, Oct 5, 2011.

  1. ECKS

    ECKS Notebook Prophet

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    Hey guys,

    I forgot---is the stock hdd 7200 or 5400rpm? The cache? And is it SATA2 or SATA3? >>>If I decide to pick up another hdd or ssd, do I have to match it in terms of the RPM, cache, and/or SATA-speed?

    FYI I have the stock 320gb one, and I've got like 8gb left lolz (games+videos+music). Fills up pretty fast.
     
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  2. DarkXeRoX

    DarkXeRoX Notebook Consultant

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    doesnt matter what sort of drive it is for the 2nd on unless u want to raid them i think.
     
    DarkXeRoX, Oct 5, 2011
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  3. SlickDude80

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    The stock one is 7200rpm and 16meg cache. You don't want to get something slower than 7200rpm cause it doesn't make sense to. The R3 supports SATA3 so it doesn't really matter what harddrive you get because the HDD can't max it anyways
     
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