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Aurora R6, M.2 SSD boot drive
I have an Alienware Aurora R6 with current (original) configuration of 256GB M.2 PCIe SSD (Boot) + 1 TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s (Storage). I'd like to image/clone the boot drive and replace it with a 2 TB M.2 drive, but it appears that only a 1TB M.2 drive is supported in the R6: https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/alienware-aurora-r6-desktop/alienware-aurora-r6-setupandspecs/storage?guid=guid-82e792d2-68b5-499b-b237-da10638473e1&lang=en-us
Is this correct? Any way around this? Either way, suggestions for the best replacement drive (I would go with 1 TB if 2 TB won't work)? I plan to keep the 1 TB HDD.
r72019
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January 24th, 2021 11:00
You can install a 2tb drive. 1tb is just the max it was offered for sale and validated with by Dell. Other configurations are supported, there's no software or hardware limitation for 1tb. Keep in mind when this model was sold new 1tb was large for an m2 pcie drive and 2tb was really expensive.
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January 24th, 2021 11:00
Thanks! That is what I was hoping. I was looking at the Samsung 970. I assume there is no point in getting a PCIe 4.0 drive.
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January 24th, 2021 11:00
Alienware Aurora R6 with current (original) configuration of 256GB M.2 PCIe SSD (Boot) + 1 TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s (Storage)
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Yeah, 256gb is a bit small (for Windows and main Apps). If you would have gotten a 512gb originally ... you would likely be fine still.
I suggest:
C - 512gb-1000gb M.2/PCIe/NVMe SSD (much cheaper)
D - 1tb HDD 7200rpm spinner (media and data files)
E - 1tb-2tb 2.5inch SATA-3/600 SSD (for games)
You can even just remove HDD spinner and use it somewhere else.
r72019
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January 24th, 2021 11:00
The Samsung evo lineup is pretty popular but they don't have any good sales going right now. The 2tb evo plus 970 m2 nvme was going for $249 from nov through early January but the price recently bumped.
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January 24th, 2021 13:00
Yeah, also, pcie 4.0 transfer speed isn't supported on the R6 so something like the 980 pro would work at pcie 3.0. You'd be paying a premium for a feature you couldn't utilize in this pc.