I just recently bought an m14x and I was wondering if I should get an sata 2 or sata 3 SSD? Thanks
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This is a bit silly because the board in the m14x supports sata 6gb/s, but it will only provide speeds up to sata 3gb/s. So basically if you put in a sata 6gb/s it will automatically drop speeds to sata 3gb/s.
Just buy a sata 3gb/s drive.
Btw there a whole thread on this: http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m14x/577821-14x-sata-ii-sata-iii-benchmark-comparison-bios-enabled-disabled-discussion.html
....could be wrong but there is no such thing as sata 2 or sata 3, its just sata with 3gb/s or 6gb/s etc.... -
I really hope I can pull 6gb/s like others... I purchased a 120GB vertex3 along with my m14x and they're both coming in the mail today...
It's really going to suck if I can't get SATA3 SSD performance out of it. Will probably end up breaking my desktop's 60GB Vertex 2 (x2) Raid 0 Configuration and stick the Vertex3 in there instead of letting it go under utilized with the laptop.
Can always just use the Vertex2s for the M14x and my netbook... I really hope it doesn't have to come to that though. -
Definitely go for SATA 6Gbps. Stay away from Intel RST and use MSAHCI.
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Sick... SATA3 6Gbps working just fine. Solid as a rock so far.
I just replaced the HDD with an OCZ Vertex 3, installed with OS dvd, installed drivers from Dell's website, and then did a Windows update.
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What firmware is your SSD? I am on 2.13.
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It'll recognize that its a sata 6gb/s ssd, but have you performed any tests on it to see if you do get the sata 6gb/s speeds?
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I think its performing as 6Gbps
SSD sata 2 or 3?
Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by bachx310, Nov 18, 2011.