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    Alienware X51 only has SATA 2 ports?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Spartan@HIDevolution, Sep 21, 2014.

  1. Spartan@HIDevolution

    Spartan@HIDevolution Company Representative

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    I upgraded my friend's Alienware X51 yesterday to a Samsung 850 PRO 256GB SSD but the speeds we get in benchmarks are like 50% even after a clean install of Windows 7.

    I tried SATA Port 1 and 2 and 3 both give the same speeds so I told him that unfortunately, your computer only has SATA II ports.

    Can anyone confirm if this is true?


    EDIT: looks like it only supports SATA II according to this thread:

    X51 sata speed? - Alienware Forum - Alienware Club - Dell Community
     
    Spartan@HIDevolution, Sep 21, 2014
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    If you have the X51 R1, then it would be possible that all of the SATA ports run at SATA II. The evidence does point to that.
    The R2 has 3 SATA III ports.
     
    Game7a1, Sep 22, 2014
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    They are SATA II on the R1 and SATA III on the R2.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Sep 25, 2014
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