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    MSI GT60 2QD SSD/HD upgrade options?

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by Bofonic, Nov 26, 2014.

  1. Bofonic

    Bofonic Notebook Consultant

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    I was just wondering what kind of drive bays come in this model? (The 970m vers)

    The one I'm buying comes with a 1TB HDD but I figure if I wanted to upgrade further down the line what my options were?

    Thanks!
     
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    If it ships with an SSD as standard then you get 3x mSATA bays and a 2.5" bay along with the optical drive.

    If the model comes without SSDs as standard you get another 2.5" bay instead of the 3xmSATA.
     
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    Please note my rule applies to all retail GT60 and GT70 models.

    As I said, if it comes with SSDs as standard (from MSI to be clear) it has 3x MSATA bays, 1 x 2.5" and 1 x optical bay. If it comes with no SSD then it has 2x 2.5" bays and 1x optical bay.

    As a side note the optical bay is SATA II, all others will be SATA III.
     
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