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    MSi GT70 2PC-895 Graphics Card/SSD Upgrade Question

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by nkhaira, Oct 19, 2014.

  1. nkhaira

    nkhaira Newbie

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    Hey Guys so its been a few months with my gt70 and its just a amazing computer!
    So I have 2 questions going through my head right now
    1) Can I upgrade to a SSD
    Yah so can i have a hdd and a ssd in my laptop or only one at a time?
    2) Since the New 9 Series graphics cards are out would i be able to upgrade my 870m to a 970 or 980m?
    is there any place to buy these very rare to come across laptop graphic cards

    Also could anyone give me any good guides for laptop ssd upgrades?
    Thanks!
    this is the one i have:
    MSI GT Series Dragon Edition GT70 Dominator Dragon-1886 Gaming Laptop Intel Core i7 4810MQ (2.80GHz) 8GB Memory 1TB HDD NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M 3 GB GDDR5 17.3" Windows 8.1 64-Bit - Newegg.com
     
    nkhaira, Oct 19, 2014
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  2. charliex3

    charliex3 Notebook Consultant

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    1. You have 3x mSata Slots free in your machine. So you can have 3 times SSD + that 1TB HDD ;)

    This is how it should look like in your GT70 :)

    20130706_060055.jpg

    2. There are no MXM cards for GT70 yet. You have to wait but it will be possible to upgrade :)
     
    charliex3, Oct 19, 2014
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  3. gsk3rd

    gsk3rd Notebook Geek

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    I just picked up the 895 version and I do not have the msata version. My 1tb hard drive is where the msata cards are and my ssd is in the "open" slot. I added the ssd btw.
     
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  4. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Any gt60 or 70 bought without any msata drives will have two 2.5" bays instead.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Oct 19, 2014
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  5. Kevin@GenTechPC

    Kevin@GenTechPC Company Representative

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    The mSATA adapter is only available for SuperRAID-enabled models.
    The adapter is inter-changeable if only if you can obtain one.
     
    Kevin@GenTechPC, Oct 20, 2014
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