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    G74sx Hard drives

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by mbk17, Aug 7, 2012.

  1. mbk17

    mbk17 Newbie

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    Hello guys,

    I was wondering if BOTH of the hard drives in the G74SX are upgradable.
    I was looking at getting a 750gb HDD and a 240gb SDD.
    If anyone can answer this it would be appreciated.
     
    mbk17, Aug 7, 2012
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  2. dstrakele

    dstrakele Notebook Consultant

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    Yep - that's one of the good things about the G74SX - both drive bays are easily accessible and capable of SATA 3 speeds. You can slap any 2.5 inch SATA SSD, Hybrid HDD, or faster/larger capacity HDD that suits your fancy or pocketbook in there.

    Your choice of a 240 GB SSD for speed and a 750 GB for storage is a good one.
     
    dstrakele, Aug 7, 2012
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  3. CrossNF

    CrossNF Notebook Guru

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    Yes a Sata 3 SSD + HDD combination is awesome. Have a 120 GB SSD + 750GB HDD myself and have to say that it is a really good combination for any kind of laptop that supports two hard drives (even if laptop supports RAID, in modern age of super fast SSD's I think it's a big mistake, unless u need mirror)
     
    CrossNF, Aug 8, 2012
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