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    Question about a new SSD

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Dracomagus, Sep 8, 2010.

  1. Dracomagus

    Dracomagus Notebook Consultant

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    Hello guys, got a M17x-R2, and I would like to buy a SSD. What brand, size and where should I get one ?? And I know I dont have the screws and plugs and all in my second space for a HDD/SDD, so what do I need to order exactly ?

    Thank you
     
    Dracomagus, Sep 8, 2010
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    the size really comes down to what you can afford.

    IMO 128 Gb is the smallest you would want, 256 GB is nice to have.

    if you just the laptop, I would call dell and tell them you did not get the second hard drive caddy, Interposer, and screws. they should have included that with the unit
     
    dave-p, Sep 9, 2010
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    M17x-E2 has some troubles with SSDs, do a search on the m17x forum on that...

    smaller file sizes (4k blocks) are way underperforming...
     
    @tomX, Sep 9, 2010
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  4. Dracomagus

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    What I mean is, what "physical" size can fit in ?? Does any SSD fit in it ?? or there are Desktop and Laptop sizes ???
     
    Dracomagus, Sep 12, 2010
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    The laptops use a 2.5 inch wide 9.5 mm high drive < pretty much the standard for laptops
     
    dave-p, Sep 12, 2010
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    I have a 128 GB Corsair Nova SSD and it is fast. Intel has some fast SSDs but they are lower in capacity, 80 GB. Also if you go unplugged for awhile you may want to look at the power consumption, some SSDs use less power than normal HDDs, some use more power. So you could get a increase or decrease in battery life depending on the power consumption of the SSD.
     
    1201NFTW, Sep 12, 2010
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  7. Dracomagus

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    ok thank you for the info, I will look into this :)
     
    Dracomagus, Sep 14, 2010
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    Intel does offer drives larger than 80G. I own a 160G Intel SSD myself (actually, I have both an 80G and a 160G).
     
    Easirok, Sep 17, 2010
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    I wanna go for 256GB SSDs... what company offers the best 256GB SSD price/quality ??
     
    Dracomagus, Sep 19, 2010
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