Full-sized SSD in a 9170/9370

I plan on purchasing a Sager 9170 or 9370 (still can't decide) this weekend but I was wondering if normal-size SSD's would fit in one of the HD slots. I have 2 SSD's that I took out of desktops and they are just laying around the house. The model I am interested in possibly putting in my laptop is a Mushkin Enhanced MKNSSDCL120GB-DX. After looking around online, it seems that the mobile HD's and desktop SSD's are both 2.5" but I wasn't sure on the connections or any other logistical issues of installing one. Any experiences?

Also, 9170 or 9370.....ahhhh. I plan on getting one 680m at this point and possibly adding another down the road, but the price for older edition mobile graphics cards is still high compared to the price drop desktop graphics cards take after the new model is released. The only other advantage I see in the 9370 is the sound upgrade. Is that alone worth the extra size and extra price? I am not getting a 3D screen or anything (give me awful migraines). Any thoughts?

 

By "full-sized" do you mean 3.5in? If so then no, The slots for the hard drives in the P170EM(9170) are small allowing very little room and I'm assuming the P270M(9370) is the same way.

 

Nope, I mean a 2.5" drive. By full-sized I mean it is not a mSSD

 

there is no such thing as a 3.5inch SSD, all SSD's are 9mm or smaller so it will fit fine.

 

well, there actually is... check out the OCZ Colossus and Talos series

OCZ Colossus LT Series SATA II 3.5" SSD *EOL - OCZ

Talos C Series Solid State Drives - 3.5" MLC

oh, and the OCZ Vertex 2 3.5 inch series!

http://www.ocztechnology.com/ocz-vertex-2-sata-ii-3-5-ssd.html

 

To answer your question both models take 2 2.5" drives which are up to gen3 speeds.

 

Well I feel slightly less dumb lol. I figured he was talking about 3.5" because that's what I think of when I hear "full-sized"

 

This is a notebook forum so 3.5 inch drives are over sized. There was that one asus model with a 3.5 inch bay, was huge.

 

I stand corrected, did not know that 3.5" SSDs existed

 

Most SSD you by now are 2.5" so they fit into a notebook not problem. You use the same one for desktops and they often come with a bracket to mount them to the 3.5" bays.

 

You can even fit dual controller setups in 2.5" bays, I think an image like this puts it into perspective:



(Image source: AnandTech - SanDisk Ultra Plus SSD Review (256GB))

That's a 256GB SSD.

 

haha that pcb is tiny! and rather the exception than the rule, isnt it? at least for 2.5" ssds that ive seen so far...

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Most use the space to make the PCB simpler to design or use lower density chips.