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    Can G50VT use 2 12.5mm HDDs?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Hahutzy, Jan 9, 2009.

  1. Hahutzy

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    I've been told that the G50VT was built to hold 12.5mm drives like the Hitachi drives.

    My question is, will it be able to hold 2 12.5mm drives? Or 1 12.5mm and 1 9.5mm only?
     
    Hahutzy, Jan 9, 2009
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    By 12.5mm drives, I mean 2.5" drives that are thicker than usual.
    Can it use 2 of them?
     
    Hahutzy, Jan 9, 2009
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    yes it can
    it will allow for dual 500gb drives if that was what you were looking for
     
    Geared2play.com, Jan 9, 2009
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    Yea in particular, I'm looking at Hitachi 5K500
    I opened up my G50VT and it looked like 1 HDD bay was a lot shallower than another.

    So I'm guessing the shallow one can hold 12.5mm depth, and the steeper one can hold something even deeper?
     
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    Now only if the WD raptor had standard plug location... eheh...

    Would be awsome to see 2 10K rpm drives on a notebook... Battery life would suck and has higher risk of shock damage but boy would it fly in a raid 0, lol
     
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    you know what i may have been wrong. Just realized that the one by it self does not allow 12.5mm. I think the one next to the cpu does though
     
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    Is there any reason for Hitachi? Just get WD5000BEVT series and they are standard 9.5mm. (500GB - 5400rpm too)



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    ramgen, Jan 10, 2009
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