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    NP9377 (P377SM-A) M.2 Slots

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by DecrytX, Aug 10, 2015.

  1. DecrytX

    DecrytX Newbie

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    I recently purchased the above listed laptop and I have searched everywhere and can't find whether or not the (2) M.2 slots are just SATA 3 or PCIE -2x / 4x. I currently have a 512 installed in one of the slots but i know its on the SATA 6Gb/s bus. I would like to upgrade to a (2) 512's PCIE -2 or 4 if possible.

    Can anyone help me out?

    thanks in advance.
     
    DecrytX, Aug 10, 2015
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  2. Support.3@XOTIC PC

    Support.3@XOTIC PC Company Representative

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    Just the regular mSATA III connections, no PCIe.

    Edited: added the "m" to avoid any confusion.

    Total of 2x mSATA 2x SATA for 2.5" and 1x SATA for the optical drive.
     
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  4. DecrytX

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    Thanks for the response's..... I kinds figured as much not seeing anything on them in regards to pcie. Do you think it's worth running 2 drives in raid zero for gaming or just keep it with one 512 ssd. Not sure how much it would effect load times, performance ect.

    Sent from my SM-G925V using Tapatalk
     
    DecrytX, Aug 11, 2015
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    For gaming you're not going to see much difference by having a RAID 0 set up. That helps with any read/write times and for games thats really just during initial game start up and map change times.
     
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  6. DecrytX

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    Thanks again!

    Sent from my SM-G925V using Tapatalk
     
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  7. Meaker@Sager

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    The single drive can be faster at small operations too while leaving one slot for the future. Raid makes more sense when you are already getting the largest drives available.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Aug 11, 2015
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    what is the fastest drive since its just sata 3
     
    dellienware owner, Oct 10, 2016
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    The fastest supported drives will give you comparable performance, since they all are very capable of saturating everything SATA 3 can handle.

    Samsung and Intel drives are great.
     
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    Gonna second Samsung, that's all I use at home now.
     
    Support.2@XOTIC PC, Oct 11, 2016
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  11. saturnotaku

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    Intel and Samsung are good but can be expensive. Sandisk and Crucial are great alternatives if you're on more of a budget.
     
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    This laptop doesnt have m2 slot, just old school 2 msata. ( 1 down the keyboard and another slot near wifi. ) Then you have 2 Free ssd 2.5 slot. You can also replace dvd burner by an msata or ssd or m2 with convertor.
     
    DARCODER, Oct 11, 2016
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