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October 15th, 2021 11:00
Aurora R10, storage limitation, memory upgrade
Hi,
I bought my son this gaming PC last year but think I must of missed adding a hard drive as only has 250GB space. Which on a practical level seem to only allow about 2 games installed before memory almost runs out. So I need to add more for him to save having to delete everything if he wants to add a game. Here is the description. What do I need to buy and is it easy to do myself?
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Doghouse Reilly
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October 15th, 2021 15:00
Easiest solution, buy a 2TB SSD as a storage drive, put all the games on it with room to grow.
Installation is easy, read your manual...
insert SSD into blue holder, slid holder into metal frame, attach two connectors...all finished.
jdubyas
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October 15th, 2021 17:00
You likely have a NVMe drive as your boot drive.
There are 3 types of disk drives you can add:
NVMe (already installed 250gb, fastest, typically 3500 MB/s)
SATA SSD 2.5" (recommended for secondary drives, up to 2TB, fast, typically 550 MB/s)
SATA HDD 3.5" (recommended only for large storage like photos/videos, slow, typically 150-220 MB/s).
I actually have all 3 types in my R10 (i use it primarily as a photo/video editing rig with Ryzen 5600X).
My setup:
Boot: 1TB Samsung 980 NVMe drive
Scratch: 1TB SATA SSD Sandisk SSD Plus
Data: 10TB SATA HDD WD/Hitachi Ultrastar Gold.
You may also need you provide your own SATA cables.
Vanadiel
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October 15th, 2021 18:00
Simply add up to as 2 TB 205 inch SSD.
I have done this on mine, no issues. Takes under 5 minutes to complete.
Complete instructions here: Installing 2.5 " SSD instructions
Ensure to follow these instructions whenever you work inside your computer: Working inside your computer
PCRead
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October 20th, 2021 01:00
I added a 1TB NVMe (Samsung EVO) in a PCIe riser and a2TB (Samsung EVO) SSD.
The original NVMe is the boot, Windows etc, the 1TB is for programs and games, and the SSD is for storage.
GLOTRENDS M.2 PCIe NVMe 4.0/3.0 Adapter with 0.12" M.2 Heatsink for M.2 PCIe SSD (NVMe and AHCI)