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    What is the 1tb drive used in M17xR4?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by shapala, Aug 16, 2012.

  1. shapala

    shapala Notebook Guru

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    Hi guys. I got a friend of mine an amazing R4 deal on the outlet a couple weeks back. He's loving it but it came with a sole 256gb SSD and he wants to supplement that with a 1tb drive. So, what is the 1tb drive Dell use when you buy a machine off their website? He wants it to be same make and model, even if there's cheaper alternatives that are 7200rpm.

    When installed, would it matter what bay it's installed in or does that not matter?

    Thanks for any and all help.
     
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    ss8em Notebook Geek

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    there are no 7200rpm drives available in 1 TB. It is 5400rpm.

    It would be installed in bay 2
     
    ss8em, Aug 16, 2012
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    In mine it's a 1TB Toshiba MQ01ABD100 - 5400RPM 8MB Cache came as data drive next to the 64GB MSATA.
     
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  4. shapala

    shapala Notebook Guru

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    Thanks so much for that.

    Does anyone know if the TOSHIBA HDD2K51Z 2.5" 1TB drive would fit? Would any 2.5" do the job? Apologies, but I'm no expert on fitting HDD :(
     
    shapala, Aug 16, 2012
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  5. Alienware-Natalia_J

    Alienware-Natalia_J Company Representative

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    Hi :)

    If your friend is in the US, tell him to send us an e-mail to [email protected] with his service tag and contact information, tell him to include a brief explanation of his request and my name, we can help him find the best HDD.
     
    Alienware-Natalia_J, Aug 16, 2012
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  6. shapala

    shapala Notebook Guru

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    Sorry but we are both in the UK. Thanks anyway.
     
    shapala, Aug 16, 2012
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