is this setup both the SSD and the HDD in the same 2.5'' setup? or two separate drives requiring 2 different spots to instal??
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You will only need one spot for the installation. The SSD will be configured by default. I had trouble with the HHD configuration. So, I returned it back to Amazon.
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Basic rule of thumb is that this will take up 2 slots. Exactly two. If you only have one Drive slot available, then no.
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Greetings,Great question!Yes, absolutely. The two drive types can be installed and utilized in conjunction with one another.Best regards,MITXPC
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The drive I have in it is an SSD. But there is a small piece of foam you can add. The drive is not tight against any part of the case though.
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Sorry, I don't understand the question. But if you add the Data Doubler, you can put your SSD in either the upper or lower slot. Or you could put a pair of SSD's in the machine (or a pair of conventional spinning drives for that matter). You're really just getting the parts you need to leverage the space that was left for a 2nd drive. I hope that helps.
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I installed a Samsung 840 products ssd and it works great. Also, the included ram is inaccessible, however there are 2 empty slots easily accessible to add up to 8 more gb.
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Yes. I installed one. There's a slot to add a second HDD but it would just put SSD in it.
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I'm using a Samsung 830 SSD in mine. I cant remember if I've also got a mechanical 2.5" in there too. It should take 2 of any SSD or 2.5" mechanical hard drive (search for laptop internal drives).These are very fiddly to build and hard to manage the cables inside, very little space inside so take your time. I broke the external USB 3 connection when I built mine because its tricky.
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Yes, the install offers an upgrade or to do a full (clean) install which is what I did. If you're putting an SSD and hard drive in to your machine, don't connect the hard drive until after the install if you want the OS to be on the SSD. The installer can get confused if you have more than one drive available.
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Mine came with two physical SSD drives and one physical hard drive. They split the hard drive into two logical drives. So you start out with 4 logical drives.I logically combined the two SSD drives into one and removed the partitioning of the hard drive (folk on the ASUS forum told me how to do that). For that matter, I replaced the original 5400 rpm hard drive with a snappier 7200 rpm drive. So at this time my machine has only two logical drives - I like it better that way.HTH
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That depends on the model you get. Some model editions have the hybrid with the SSD cache. For the models with the SSD, it is a hybrid and not two separate drives.
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If you send a request to support at MSI they can forward a pic of this laptop with the bottom removed. They highlight the mounting areas where the new drives install. It uses msata drives for the space savings. They are about 1/3d the size of a cased SSD.
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Hey, there is nothing installed in the hdd so win8 is installed on the ssd.
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120 Gb SSD (Solid State Drive) as main drive with 750 Gb HDD (Hard Disk Drive) as secondary drive
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I just used one HD and screwed it in to the holes in the bottom part of the chassis. Not sure what I would do about the second drive.
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I was unable to locate any specifications for the system you identified.Make sure motherboard has Sata 3Gps or 6Gps (faster)If you are adding the SSD make sure you have an extra SATA port, cable and a place to mount SSD.** If the drive is configured properly on a 6Gps port, there will be a very notable performance boost over any HDD, this SSD will outperform any 10,000 rpm drive.
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You can actually!The HDD bay has room and screw holes for another SSD drive right on top of the first!