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    Hard Drive Choice..

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by gibson00, Jun 10, 2013.

  1. gibson00

    gibson00 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi all, I'm about to order an M14x from dell Canada.
    I plan to use it for general stuff, net surfing, music, etc with the occasional gaming, some flight simulator.
    For the hsrd drive, I was going to go with the 750gb 7200rpm, but noticed for $25 I can upgrade to the 500gb + 32gb msata caching ssd. Could someone please explain what real world benefit, if any, that I'd get from the upgrade? The $25 isn't the issue, but I'd rather not give up the extra 250gb storage if it won't offer any improvement.
    Someone please dumb this down for me! Thanks!!!
     
    gibson00, Jun 10, 2013
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  2. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    What you are going to get is a boost in boot times and loading times for folders/files and games. the caching device stores information on it for the HDD to be able to get to the info quicker.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Jun 11, 2013
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