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    What brand SSD did you get? (1TB & 512GB)

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by DeeX, Apr 13, 2017.

  1. DeeX

    DeeX THz

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    To all the current gen Alienware owners I want to know what brand / model of SSD you received with your system.
    Could you please post the size and brand of SSD came with your system?

    Thanks! :)
     
    DeeX, Apr 13, 2017
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  2. alexnvidia

    alexnvidia Notebook Deity

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    Not sure your current gen means 17 R4 or kaby lake, so here's mine

    6820HK + GTX1080 - 512GB SK Hynix PC300
     
    alexnvidia, Apr 14, 2017
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  3. Kalen

    Kalen Notebook Consultant

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    Mx300 m.2 525 GB SSD that I paid $160 CAD after tax. Not bad at all (thought people may want better performance). Perfectly content with its massive improvement in boot times

    Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk
     
    Kalen, Apr 14, 2017
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  4. SimplyJ3sse

    SimplyJ3sse Notebook Consultant

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    I've had 3 15R3s. One originally that cmar with a 256/250gb Toshiba drive, a replacement had a skhynix 256/250gb drive. Returned the replacement to get a much higher spec model off of the outlet and it had and still currently has a 500/512 GB LiteOn CX2. From what I can tell the CX2 performs about the same as a 950 Pro from Samsung's last gen nvme ssds.

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    SimplyJ3sse, Apr 14, 2017
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  5. iunlock

    iunlock 7980XE @ 5.4GHz

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    512GB Samsung PM961

    and...

    512GB SK Hynix
     
    iunlock, Apr 14, 2017
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  6. votum

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    15R3 7820 1070 32gb rizam

    Came with Liteon CX2-8B512-Q11 (512gb)
    Added 512 950 pro in raid 0

    1tb drive is HGST HTS721010A9E630
     
    votum, Apr 14, 2017
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  7. pathfindercod

    pathfindercod Notebook Virtuoso

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    My 17r4 came with 512gb toshiba my 13r3 came with a 512gb pm961
     
    pathfindercod, Apr 14, 2017
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  8. Pete Light

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    Mine came with a 512GB Toshiba XG3

    Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk
     
    Pete Light, Apr 14, 2017
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  9. ERdiesel

    ERdiesel Notebook Consultant

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    My 13r3 came with the 1 tb Toshiba


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
     
    ERdiesel, Apr 14, 2017
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  10. jt-3

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    Mine came with a 512GB SK Hynix PC300, but I swapped it out with a 1TB EVO 960, and moved the Hynix to my desktop PC.
     
    jt-3, Apr 14, 2017
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  11. MogRules

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    512GB SK Hynix NVMe
     
    MogRules, Apr 14, 2017
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  12. speedsweep

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    i7-7820HK / gtx1080 here :

    - PC300 NVMe SK hynix 512GB
    - HGST HTS721010A9E630
     
    Last edited: Apr 16, 2017
    speedsweep, Apr 16, 2017
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