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    Solid State Drive for ASUS K53E-BBR4 Latop

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by eagle101st, Dec 6, 2011.

  1. eagle101st

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    Hi...does anyone know if the Asus Laptop K53E-BBR4 supports SATA 2 or 3 Solid States Drives?

    Will this support a Crucial 128 GB m4 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SATA 6Gb/s CT128M4SSD2?
     
    eagle101st, Dec 6, 2011
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  2. Phil

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    Yes it supports SATA III speeds.

    Crucial M4 is good, Samsung 830 is even a little bit faster. Crucial uses slightly less power.
     
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    Thanks for the tip...I will look into the Samsung 830.
     
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    One other question...this laptop came with a 500GB/5400 hard drive...do you know the specs on it?
     
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    What more specs do you need?

    2.5" 500GB 5400rpm SATA II and slow.
     
    Phil, Dec 6, 2011
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    Ha! Thanks! It is quite slow...that is the only piece of hardware holding slowing the machine down...
     
    eagle101st, Dec 6, 2011
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    Try OCZ SSDs. They're cheap and worth it.
     
    Fenom96, Dec 6, 2011
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