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    Can the Clevo P170HM (Sager NP8170) take 2,5" 15mm HDDs

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by DEagleson, Aug 23, 2012.

  1. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    So im tired of bringing along a bunch of external HDDs for recording gameplay or using as storage so i was thinking of upgrading the storage on my Clevo P170HM.
    Saw that Western Digital now offers 2tb WD Green drives in the 2,5" formfactor so i was hoping i might fit it into my notebook.

    Not sure if i will notice the HDD speed decrease since it will only be used for storage / games and my main drive will probably be upgraded to a Crucial M4 512gb SSD unless i find something better.

    If it will hurt the performance too much i might consider the WD Black 750gb or the 750gb hybrid drive from Seagate.

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    afaik the voltage that the 2tb drive is rated at cancels out the possibility of being installed in a laptop. aside from that,it could possibly fit in a HDD ODD drive bay,but wouldnt get my hopes up when it comes to one of the regular hdd drive bays if i were you ;)

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    Guess i could sacrifice my optical drive so i could upgrade to 2x WD Black 750gb drives instead.
    Think i used that drive 5 times since i bought it.

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    If you install your games on the HDD you dont want to go too low of a RPM. While you wont see any change in gaming performance, the map load times when you change zones will take a little longer. To me thats one of the most annoying parts of any game. Going with the 750GB would be a better choice.
     
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