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    What SSD ships inside a M17X R3 ?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by MontyQ, Jan 19, 2012.

  1. MontyQ

    MontyQ Newbie

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    I want to but the M17x R3 and I see a 256GB SSD is $200 extra...not bad cost but what SSD ships inside the laptop, I have searched high and low with no results.

    I would hope its a SATA III SSD but I would like to know for sure and what model

    ty if anyone can help

    :)
     
    MontyQ, Jan 19, 2012
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    YodaGoneMad Notebook Deity

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    A Samsung 830 series. One of the fastest and most reliable SSDs available right now. Retails for $400.
     
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    lol ty kindly Im on live chat with alienware been 45 min they have no clue...ty for the fast help

    any read/write benchmarks in a M17X R3 for this drive...Im guess sata 3 in laptop so 550read.500write...
     
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    You can google reviews. It is very fast, and more than that it is faster than a lot of the best drives in random read/write performance (which is what really matters, it is pretty rare for you to have enough sequential data to use that speed, but the random speed is what you use everyday).
     
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    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    Yeah the Samsung is one of the top drives when it comes to real world use. Also it is the number one for reliability as they make all the parts: the chips, the controller, the PCB and the assembly.

    I contemplated one of those but I gave it a pass, not because it wasn't good but the Performance Pro is better :)
     
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    thnx for the info everyone glad to hear it's a sata 3 port with a sata 3 drive :)
     
    MontyQ, Jan 19, 2012
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