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    Barracuda 7200.12 SATA 3Gb/s 1TB Hard Drive

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by jared_good, Mar 22, 2010.

  1. jared_good

    jared_good Notebook Consultant

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    I got my Alienware M17x-R2 today and the Hard Drive option I chose was 2 500GB hard drives and 7,200 RPM's in RAID 0. Instead, im checking my Hard Drive and I get model number ST31000528AS and when I googled it I found out that its 1 Barracuda 7200.12 SATA 3Gb/s 1TB Hard Drive. Info on this drive can be found here http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=20b92d0ca8dce110VgnVCM100000f5ee0a0aRCRD But why did they only send me 1 drive instead of 2 drives in RAID 0? Is this single drive better than running 2 500Gigs in raid 0? Does this mean I have room in my laptop for 1 more hard drive?
     
    jared_good, Mar 22, 2010
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  2. Malignant

    Malignant Notebook Ninja

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    If they only installed one then yes there's room for one more but you need the 2nd hdd bracket
     
    Malignant, Mar 22, 2010
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  3. jared_good

    jared_good Notebook Consultant

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    This is a 3.5 inch desktop drive!!!! They put this in the m17x-R2? I thought they used the 2.5 inch notebook drives?
     
    jared_good, Mar 22, 2010
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    unreal25 Capt. Obvious

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    Hmm is that even possible? I mean I know it's probably is, I read in the other thread a guy was drilling his laptop (lol!). But are you sure you're reading the model correctly? Did you check what it says in BIOS?
     
    unreal25, Mar 23, 2010
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    ronnieb Representing the Canucks

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    LOL

    The 3.5 inch drives consume too much energy and are too big for laptops
     
    ronnieb, Mar 23, 2010
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