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    Empty mSATA slot ?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Aceleo, May 10, 2012.

  1. Aceleo

    Aceleo Notebook Guru

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    i will be putting one ssd and a hd in my new m17x(which will be ordered soon)

    ...but this leaves me wondering, wat can i do with the empty mSATA slot ? any ideas ?
     
    Aceleo, May 10, 2012
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  2. xxiv24

    xxiv24 Notebook Consultant

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    Is there an mSATA slot aside from 2 Hard drive bays...I am confused now?
     
    xxiv24, May 10, 2012
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  3. paradigm

    paradigm Notebook Deity

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    i believe so yes.....

    if you go assembling the laptop on Dell

    it shows an option to assemble one with 64GB msata and a 750 (?rpm) drive, AND THEN there is the option to add another drive
     
    paradigm, May 10, 2012
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  4. GTRagnarok

    GTRagnarok Notebook Evangelist

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    That's right. Two HDD/SSD bays and an mSATA slot. If an SSD is being used as the system drive, I don't see any good reason to have an mSATA SSD also.
     
    GTRagnarok, May 10, 2012
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  5. SpiralTrance

    SpiralTrance Notebook Geek

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    What about as a smart response drive/caching for the mechanical? Especialy if the mechanical is a 5400rpm.
     
    SpiralTrance, May 10, 2012
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  6. SpoonFb6

    SpoonFb6 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I too have a msata slot I want to fill, but it's hard to find a sata3 msata out there.
     
    SpoonFb6, May 10, 2012
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  7. HSN21

    HSN21 Notebook Deity

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    Extra SSD
    AnandTech - Micron C400 mSATA (128GB) SSD Review

    Newer mSATA perform as good as normal SATA SSD
    That way you can use m.SATA SSD for OS and dual HD for your content if you need the space
     
    HSN21, May 10, 2012
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  8. SpoonFb6

    SpoonFb6 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Where can you buy one?
     
    SpoonFb6, May 10, 2012
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  9. HSN21

    HSN21 Notebook Deity

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    It's getting released next month not out yet, there are plenty of mSATA out there but they are either slow or old SSDs (mSATA was not popular since most people just gets the normal 2.5SSD)

    But with more desktop motherboards releasing now with mSATA slots and newer laptops with mSATA slot these will be popular soon
     
    HSN21, May 10, 2012
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  10. CSHawkeye81

    CSHawkeye81 Notebook Deity

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    Hmm still cannot find it on this machine. Anyone else having luck??
     
    CSHawkeye81, May 15, 2012
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  11. Tapakidney

    Tapakidney Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm actually tying to get people to help me make an Amazon pricematch work in this thread: http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m14x/663431-msata-m14xr2.html

    It's for a pretty decent, SATA II 64GB mSATA drive. $76. I'd appreciate any help getting it pricematched!

    As for putting on in the M17X, I feel it's a bit of a waste, since mSATA cost about 2x as much as normal SSDs.
     
    Tapakidney, May 15, 2012
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  12. CSHawkeye81

    CSHawkeye81 Notebook Deity

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    Well I have one here to use so I can have 3 hard drives in my machine. Just wondering where is the slot.
     
    CSHawkeye81, May 15, 2012
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  13. furstrated

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    under the palmrest above the left speaker i think
     
    furstrated, Jun 26, 2012
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