I added a few Samsung SSDs to my R7 without any problems. I just placed them on the bottom of the case in the removable drive brackets. Here is a pic with them.
Doh! Sorry...I didn't remember what cables were provided. I think I just pulled the cables from my old PC that had the drives. Enjoy the R7! I have had mine since last fall and it has been a beast.
No need to remove any drives but I would put your OS on the SSD as well as any games. Relegate all other programs and installs to the hard drive.
Basically yes.
However, I think he has a 512gb SSD. That holds all Windows, all programs, all apps, and a few favorite large games. I would put all data-files and the rest of my large-game installs on secondary drive (ie, spinning-HDD or maybe a second SSD).
I've done the same thing, leaving the factory drives in and adding an SSD to SATA 3 or 4, however for some reason Im not seeing a drive letter associated with them in windows. It does show up istor program though. Any ideas why Im not seeing a drive letter and not having them accessible in windows?
I've done the same thing, leaving the factory drives in and adding an SSD to SATA 3 or 4, however for some reason Im not seeing a drive letter associated with them in windows. It does show up istor program though. Any ideas why Im not seeing a drive letter and not having them accessible in windows?
Once they show in BIOS ...
Go to (Windows) Disk Management and Initialize the drives.
Akimba
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August 27th, 2018 09:00
I added a few Samsung SSDs to my R7 without any problems. I just placed them on the bottom of the case in the removable drive brackets. Here is a pic with them.
Blackbeard-
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August 29th, 2018 17:00
You didn't tell me that I need to buy a Sata cable :(. Now I'll need to wait 2 more days for install :(.
But thank you anyway.
Akimba
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August 29th, 2018 18:00
Doh! Sorry...I didn't remember what cables were provided. I think I just pulled the cables from my old PC that had the drives. Enjoy the R7! I have had mine since last fall and it has been a beast.
Blackbeard-
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August 30th, 2018 20:00
Agree. I have a SSD in my gaming laptop and It runs like a beast. Now My R7 even have an Intel Optane Memory, It's still slow.
Akimba
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August 30th, 2018 20:00
No need to remove any drives but I would put your OS on the SSD as well as any games. Relegate all other programs and installs to the hard drive.
Tesla1856
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August 30th, 2018 20:00
Basically yes.
However, I think he has a 512gb SSD. That holds all Windows, all programs, all apps, and a few favorite large games. I would put all data-files and the rest of my large-game installs on secondary drive (ie, spinning-HDD or maybe a second SSD).
Blackbeard-
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August 30th, 2018 20:00
As I see your computer have 2 SSD, do you removed a HDD?
If you didn't remove, do you think I should remove it?
Blackbeard-
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August 31st, 2018 20:00
Well, I can buy another SSD for storage.
Do you think I should remove my HDD?
BAIHU
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November 27th, 2018 07:00
would you know if samsung 860 evo works with the A7?
Kwik Karl
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December 13th, 2018 07:00
I've done the same thing, leaving the factory drives in and adding an SSD to SATA 3 or 4, however for some reason Im not seeing a drive letter associated with them in windows. It does show up istor program though. Any ideas why Im not seeing a drive letter and not having them accessible in windows?
Tesla1856
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December 13th, 2018 12:00
Once they show in BIOS ...
Go to (Windows) Disk Management and Initialize the drives.
Tesla1856
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February 15th, 2019 14:00
If cloning (without removing old drive):
- Maybe a bad clone
- Often requires more steps
https://www.dell.com/community/Alienware-Desktops/Aurora-R7-M-2-NVMe-bootable-options/m-p/6237224/highlight/true#M7548
SaturatedPhats
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February 15th, 2019 14:00
I’ve just added mine and cloned the drive, but can’t get it to boot into the ssd despite it being available through f12.