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    Does the G53SW-XN1 come with Momentus XT?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by vodkawow, Sep 19, 2011.

  1. vodkawow

    vodkawow Notebook Guru

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    Does the G53SW-XN1 come with Momentus XT?

    Newegg.com - ASUS G Series G53SW-XN1 Notebook Intel Core i7 2630QM(2.00GHz) 15.6" 6GB Memory 500GB HDD 7200rpm DVD Super Multi NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M

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    I currently have 2 SSDs. One is the OCZ Vertex LE 100GB SATA 2 and the other is OCZ Solid 3 60GB SATA 3. The Asus G53SW-XN1 has 2 HDD Bays both SATA 3. Is it possible to put these 2 SSDs in raid 0? Obviously the SATA 2 SSD will bottleneck the SATA 3 SSD, but by how much? Or am I better off putting the 500GB hdd that comes with the system in the 2nd HDD bay and the 60GB SATA 3 SSD in the main bay?
     
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    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    No. It's a typical 500 GB 7200 RPM hard drive, usually a Seagate 7200.4.

    You can via software, but you won't get anywhere near the same performance if you have a notebook that natively supports RAID via the chipset. Such systems are few and far between.

    This is the smarter way to go. Make the SSD the boot drive and use the platter drive for data, media, and games.
     
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    thanks +rep
     
    vodkawow, Sep 19, 2011
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