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    Studio 15 harddrive upgrade

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by mickyb28, Feb 2, 2010.

  1. mickyb28

    mickyb28 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just ordered myself a Studio 1558. Unfortunately, there wasn't an option to upgrade the 5,400 rpm harddrive. Not sure whether to replace it with a faster model or to keep it for everyday stuff and get an SSD for the operating system etc. I'm a newbie when it comes to upgrades, is there room for a second drive in the machine? Is it easy to remove one drive and replace it with another?

    Full spec -
    Studio 1558 : Intel i5-520M(2.4GHz)
    Display : 15.6 Widescreen Full High Definition (1920X1080) WLED with TrueLife
    Memory : 4096MB (2x2048) 1333MHz DDR3 Dual Channel
    Hard Drive : 500GB Serial ATA (5400RPM)
    Optical Drive : 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Roxio Burn software
    Battery : Primary 9-cell 85W/HR LI-ION
    Graphics : 512 MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
    Wireless : European Intel Wireless LAN 6200 2x2 (802.11a/b/g/n) Card
    Keyboard : Internal UK/Irish Qwerty Backlit Keyboard
    Operating System : English Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64 BIT)
    1Yr In-Home Warranty Support, including evenings and Saturdays
    Price : £730
     
    mickyb28, Feb 2, 2010
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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  3. mickyb28

    mickyb28 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok cheers, I'll just buy myself a 7200rpm drive then
     
    mickyb28, Feb 3, 2010
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    A77guy Notebook Enthusiast

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    Consider yourself lucky. I had a very similay system spec'd out and saved and when I called to order (am in Italy and wanted OS and all in english) all i got was an email with a quote will be mailed to you tomorrow morning. Well, I have yet to receive the email quote AND my saved configuration has been dumped from my account page with the note that some items in the configuration are no longer available. Now when you try to spec a Studio 15 via the Italian site, you only get the i7-720QM processor option.

    Needless to say Im a bit pissed off and will be really pissed if my quote doesnt come through for the configuration I want.
     
    A77guy, Feb 3, 2010
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