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    Asus G50VT-X5 2nd HDD

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Dspr_02, Sep 20, 2009.

  1. Dspr_02

    Dspr_02 Notebook Evangelist

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    Well today I realized that my pirating (I admitted it) is taking a toll on my hard drive ( I in no way am suggesting people to go out and pirate....unless its a costume, and for Halloween, otherwise it would just be silly :D). I found that I have about 40GB free out of 320 GB and I am wondering what the maximum supported HDD size is on this laptop.

    I read somewhere here on NBR that you can only get a max of 640GB's (2x 320). Is this true?

    I am planning/want to go dual 500's in Raid 0.
     
    Dspr_02, Sep 20, 2009
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  2. SoundOf1HandClapping

    SoundOf1HandClapping Was once a Forge

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    As of right now you can get one terabyte, with a 500GBx2 configuration.

    As long as it can fit, and has the right connection, the HDD will work.
     
    SoundOf1HandClapping, Sep 20, 2009
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  3. Hahutzy

    Hahutzy Notebook Deity

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    Max you can have on a G50VT is in fact 2.5TB
    Get a 12.5mm HDD caddy and replace the optical drive
    1 of the 2 default slots can hold 12.5mm HDDs
    There's 12.5mm 1TB drives right now

    So that would be 1TB + 500GB + 1TB = 2.5TB

    Of course, that would also cost around the price of a new G50VT-X5.
     
    Hahutzy, Sep 20, 2009
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