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    Need help with SSD / HDD

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Yokozowner, Nov 16, 2010.

  1. Yokozowner

    Yokozowner Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello all, I'm have alittle problem, I currently have a 128gb SSD raid-0 setup but I need more room for all my games, apps, projects, ect.

    My question is would keeping the raid setup and adding a 500gb momentus XT drive with enclosure using Esata be a good option or should I pull one of the SSD out and install the 500gb.

    I really want to keep the OS speeds and esata seems to have enough bandwidth to be sufficient enough. Any advise would be helpful and greatly appreciated. Thanks -yoko
     
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    eSATA is fast, yes. There is a caddy available that turns your optical drive into another HDD/SSD slot. Seems like Sager/Clevo and others have had three drive slots forever now. Hopefully the new Alienware product line starts doing the same.
     
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    Yokozowner Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yeah that's the thing I love my blu-ray burner. So a caddy is out of the question lol. But would the best route.
     
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    E-sata option is fine, I use one for backup and it is plenty fast for such use.

    Later of course upgrading to larger internal drives is an option as well.
     
    dave-p, Nov 16, 2010
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    faiz23 Macbook FTW

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    Actually i wouldnt mind But i do watch alot blu-rays and I also burn alot of images for clients, my only problem Is woldnt the read/write times be slowed when runninh the drive externally through USB?
     
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    I need to do this as I barely use my DVD drive. Thanks for the info as I totally had forgotten about it.
     
    The0ne, Nov 16, 2010
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    I also barely use my disc drive - even when reinstalling I use a USB stick. The thought of having an SSD and potentially many terabytes of storage space is exceedingly appealing
     
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    If you use your Blu Ray drive that much, keep it internal.

    the E-sata drives can be had in a small 2.5 inch enclosure, and would be easier to carry around.

    Many (like myself) use a SSD drive to boot, and a regular hard drive as a data drive in the second internal position. and you can easiy get a 750 GB drive in this laptop now days
     
    dave-p, Nov 16, 2010
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    Newegg has the new 750GB 7K2 HDD now for around $110.
     
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    Wait for the 2.5" 1TB's!!! :)
     
    The0ne, Nov 16, 2010
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