Hey all,
I'm thinking of buying a new Alienware m14x r2 with a normal harddisk, and then upgrading it to SSD myself cause that's cheaper. The question is, does it HAVE to be mSATA? Can I use a normal SSD like this one:
Newegg.com - Corsair Force Series 3 CSSD-F240GB3A-BK 2.5" 240GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
mSATA is way too costly so if that's my only option when upgrading from normal disk to SSD, then I'd just buy it with an SSD disk from dell.
Any input guys?
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An R2 will come with a SATA port and an mSATA port. You can leave the regular hard drive in there and buy an mSATA drive to add-on as a boot drive, or you can just swap the SATA HDD with a SATA SSD. No reason why you can't leave the mSATA empty.
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So technically, the Corsair Force Series 3 SATA 3 SSD I linked to is enough, but I could technically add another SSD (mSATA) at a later point right?? Okay thanks a lot for the input!
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Yup, you can always add an mSATA later on and run two SSDs
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I see no reason why you would use mSATA _and_ a SSD in the HDD slot. I left the HDD options at default and then upgraded a Samsung 830 Series SSD myself. Worked fine.
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So basically you put a Samsung 830 Series SSD in the mSATA slot, and still using the normal HDD you got with the system as is. How big is your mSATA SSD?
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mSATA is just a small card. If you use above pic as an example, it would be roughly 2- 2.5times the WLAN card.
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So how is he using a Samsung SSD with the HDD that came with the laptop? I thought they use the same slot?
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Doesn't the M14x r2 have space for two full-size drives? The Dell website implies that it does, although it sounds unlikely given the laptop's size.
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Come to think of it iain_m, you can order a RAID setup, so that explains how he's using a HDD and SSD. You should be able to have two drives apparently
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Those msata 32/64gb are Samsung PM830 MSATA SSD , also run with Sata lll speed.
Well you can only slot a 2.5" drive & a msata. as he mentioned SSD(msata) and a normal 2.5" HDD. Hope this helps. -
That's what I would have expected too, but on the Dell Alienware UK site they offer the M14x r2 with "512GB RAID 0 (2x256GB) Solid State Drives", which implies two identical 2.5" SSDs.
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Samsung PM830 SATA 3 256GB mSATA SSD Review - Ultrabooks To Gain Capacity and SATA 3 Speed - The SSD Review -
I suppose so, but then it seems odd that the largest available factory mSATA for that model is only 64Gb.
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What's a good mSATA disk to put in the laptop then?
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There is a review on newegg with a guy using this in a M17x.
Newegg.com - Mushkin Enhanced Atlas Series MKNSSDAT240GB-DX mSATA 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) -
M14x r2 Harddisk question
Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Dalorian, May 20, 2012.