X51 extra Harddrive

[paddee1987]

hi there,
I am New to This forum so i will explain myself a little, I have an Early X51 i dont use it for gaming at all i only use it for downloading movies, browsing the web etc. it has a 1tb hard drive installed but i would like to get another 1 tb drive in there. is it possible to place a 1tb laptop hard drive on top of the existing one? i seem to have a very scaled down graphics card doesnt seem as bulky as all the ones ive seen see pic..

also you might like what ive doneto the side panels...

Thanks in Advance!

 

[SWAT_Glock]

I don't think you will get another 3.5" in there. If you don't want to swap it out for 2x 2.5" hdds, you could put a 2.5" drive on top of the CD rom drive.

See the sticky thread I'm the section.

 

[paddee1987]

Okay thanks for that. Does it have to be a ssd or can it be a normal 2.5 inch 1 tb harddrive? Sorry for the q,s

 

[paddee1987]

Would this hard drive be ok to install inside?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-9-5mm-Internal-Drive-Compatible/dp/B00I8O6OQ4

Thanks

 

[2002whitegt]

If you don't use your DVD drive you could use something like this
http://www.amazon.co.uk/EiioX-Drive...UTF8&qid=1453390050&sr=1-4&keywords=hdd+caddy

and replace the DVD drive with the drive you posted installed in the caddy. That's what I did on my old M14x to get more storage. I then used and external DVD case for the dvd drive.

 

[paddee1987]

ahh thanks for response! i was in maplins at the time you sent this buying a 2.5 1tb hdd which i have installed

but i would like to ask you a question about taking the optical drive out and using an enclosure. is there a drop in the write speeds using it externally via usb 3? also thinking about taking it out as you suggest and getting a male slimline sata to female sata cable to install a ssd to boot from, do you think this would work?

many thanks

 

[SWAT_Glock]

This will solve all problems!

 

[paddee1987]

what is that may i ask?

 

[SWAT_Glock]

what is that may i ask?

four M.2 (NGFF) SATA-based SSDs into one 3.5" drive bay

More info here: http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-...2945&sr=8-1&keywords=StarTech.com+35S24M2NGFF

 

[paddee1987]

okay thanks does the r1 support a msata ssd inplace of the wireless card?

 

[paddee1987]

would something like this:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/samsung-120gb-ssd-850-evo-msata-a66tk fit where the wireless card is and be able to be set as the boot drive? on a r1?

 

[SWAT_Glock]

I'm not sure of the size card on the R1. You can check the manual here.
http://downloads.dell.com/published/pages/alienware-x51.html#Manuals

The one in the R3 looks to be a 2230 m.2 slot

 

[SWAT_Glock]

I believe its a miniPCIe slot and not an mSATA slot. Both are the m.2 form factor.

 

[paddee1987]

just taken it apart and this is what ive got

 

[SWAT_Glock]

Nevermind. Still checking

 

[paddee1987]

ive been trying to reaserch it but getting conflicting infomation. think its out of my realms of what i know lol. might try what i was talking about earlier. thanks for your help much appreciated

 

[SWAT_Glock]

So that is a half size m.2. 30mm*26.8mm*4mm
Doesn't seem to be any mPCIe interface SSDs at that size. The are all mSATA.
Guess it won't work.

 

[paddee1987]

seems so thats what ive kept coming up with. suppose it because its an early board? i did come accross this dont know if something like that would work? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...m_re=mini_pcie_ssd-_-9SIA86V3E15875-_-Product

 

[paddee1987]

seems so thats what ive kept coming up with. suppose it because its an early board? i did come accross this dont know if something like that would work? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...m_re=mini_pcie_ssd-_-9SIA86V3E15875-_-Product

orthis? http://www.hwtools.net/Adapter/PM1061.html

 

[SWAT_Glock]

orthis? http://www.hwtools.net/Adapter/PM1061.html

That's neat. It might work.