The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Does the m11xR3 support SSD SATA 3 or just SATA 2?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by mobilezila, Apr 21, 2011.

  1. mobilezila

    mobilezila Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    87
    Messages:
    444
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I am planning to purchase a SSD drive sometime in the near future and was wondering of anyone knew if the m11xR3 supported SSD SATA III Or just up to SATA II?

    Thanks.
     
    mobilezila, Apr 21, 2011
    #1
  2. BeastRider

    BeastRider Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    63
    Messages:
    580
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I believe all sandybridge platform intel based boards support SATA 6GB/s.
     
    BeastRider, Apr 21, 2011
    #2
  3. zchay7e

    zchay7e Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    30
    Messages:
    120
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Agreed with BestRider - however, they also have SATA 3GB/s connections (many more 3GB/s connections on desktop boards and only 2 6GB/s). Question is did Alienware build in the 3GB/s connections or the 6GB/s connections???
     
    zchay7e, Apr 21, 2011
    #3
  4. BeastRider

    BeastRider Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    63
    Messages:
    580
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Funny thing, is doesn't say anything in the manual..:| So I'm not sure, I checked the online service manual and there's no info there..As well as a softcopy of the actual manual in the box..it only says SATA lol..How careless of Dell to not even indicate the specific port of the HDD..:|
     
    BeastRider, Apr 21, 2011
    #4