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    m15x hard drive question

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by arvie, Feb 3, 2009.

  1. arvie

    arvie Notebook Enthusiast

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    arvie, Feb 3, 2009
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    wow that's ambiguous... it's not even right.

    SATA 1 utilizes 150MBps
    SATA 2 utilizes 300MBps.

    where is this GB stuff coming from? seriously.

    p.s. the m15x is SATA 2.0
     
    Mystik, Feb 3, 2009
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    arvie Notebook Enthusiast

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  5. ryujin

    ryujin 2B or not 2B

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    just a thought:
    maybe thats why he was askin for help.... :D
     
    ryujin, Feb 3, 2009
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    ryujin 2B or not 2B

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    Seagate Momentus 7200.3 250GB 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Notebooks Hard Drive - OEM
    250GB
    7200 RPM 16MB Cache


    i think this is what he was refering to.... just my .02 worth....
     
    ryujin, Feb 3, 2009
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  7. Mortis

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    What about the smart bay HDD ?
     
    Mortis, Feb 4, 2009
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    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    smart bay hd is the same as internal ....
     
    The_Moo™, Feb 4, 2009
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    So any standard 2.5" SATA 2.0 HDD would work ? Just wanted to confirm cos I remember a thread where people werent sure if it was SATA or IDE. Would the Smartbay HD work as well as the internal HDD ?
     
    Mortis, Feb 5, 2009
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    yeah, the fact that newegg has it listed as such, is downright pathetic. not even the throughputs in Gb (as it's labelled, not GB) are what they're showing. SATA 2.0 actually throughputs at ~2,400Gbit/s... aka 300MBps.

    FAIL.
     
    Mystik, Feb 5, 2009
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