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    How many HDD slots in the new Alienware 18?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by hoofhearted, Aug 21, 2015.

  1. hoofhearted

    hoofhearted Notebook Evangelist

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    How many harddrives can this hold? I only see configs for msata+2.5 on Dell's site. Are there m.2, more 2.5 or mSata slots?

    Is this thing called the R3?
     
    hoofhearted, Aug 21, 2015
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    encor50 Notebook Consultant

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    its the same laptop the last alienware 18 (2013) !
    2 HDD's and MSATA slot and you can also add a caddy for another one in a place of your DVD rom drive
     
    encor50, Aug 21, 2015
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    Izekael Notebook Geek

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    Nice to see it back there is hope.
     
    Izekael, Aug 21, 2015
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  4. Zero989

    Zero989 Notebook Virtuoso

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    3 spots for 2.5" and 1 msata

    All 4 can be put into a Raid
     
    Zero989, Aug 21, 2015
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    Mr. Fox BGA Filth-Hating Elitist®

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    And, all 4 are SATA 3.0 6.0GB/s speed, so that's nice.
     
    Mr. Fox, Aug 21, 2015
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