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    Questions about upgrading to a solid state drive.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Blazertrek50, Jun 10, 2011.

  1. Blazertrek50

    Blazertrek50 Notebook Evangelist

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    I am looking to upgrade my M17x R2 to a 256GB Solid State Hard Drive, but I have a couple of questions before I do this.
    (1) Can I add the SSD and keep my drive that I have now? Is there space to do that, internally?
    (2) Where is the best place to get an SSD from?

    Any advice would be appreciated?

    Thanks.
     
    Blazertrek50, Jun 10, 2011
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  2. inap

    inap .........................

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    first check your system to see if it has the 2nd hdd caddy along with the interposer. if not you'll have to order it so you can use your original hdd along with the ssd.

    newegg is a popular place for ssd but search around for good deals.
     
    inap, Jun 10, 2011
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  3. Hideto

    Hideto Notebook Guru

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    Hey buddy, which brand are you going for? OCZ or Crucial?
     
    Hideto, Jun 10, 2011
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  4. reborn2003

    reborn2003 THE CHIEF!

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    OCZ 120G Agility 3 Series SATA3 SSD 2.5" 525MB/s Read, 500MB/s Write.Random Write 4KB (Aligned): 50,000 IOPS (OCZAGT3-25SAT3-120G )

    Corsair Force Series 3 120 SSD: Step Up To The Latest Solid-State Speed with Force Series 3 SATA 6Gb/s. R/W: 500/510 MB/s

    Which drive is better overall guys? Why?
    Am welcome to any other SSD drive recommendations as well.

    Cheers. :)
     
    reborn2003, Jun 10, 2011
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