Unsolved
This post is more than 5 years old
8 Posts
0
2931
Are the M2 SSD slots in Alienware laptops PCIe Gen3 x4?
I believe there are three M2 slots and one drive bay in the Alienware 15" and 17" laptops. Do all or some of the M2 slots support PCIe Gen3 x4? If only some do, how many, and which ones are they (need to know for drive form factor considerations). Thanks!
Alienware-Eimy
3 Apprentice
3 Apprentice
•
4.4K Posts
2
July 27th, 2017 12:00
Hi zamond,
The computer has 3 pcie M2 port:
2 in size 2280, these two will run at 4x and it also has 1 in size 2242 that runs at 2x.
So if you put one 4x in the 2x one, it will run at 2x.
zamond
8 Posts
1
July 27th, 2017 21:00
Thank you, that's good information to have!
Alienware-Eimy
3 Apprentice
3 Apprentice
•
4.4K Posts
0
July 28th, 2017 15:00
You're welcome!
dj2dmax
1 Message
0
November 30th, 2017 12:00
how about for Alienware 14 is there a slot for M2 so that I can add a M2 msata drive to act as a windows bootable device as my main boot drive for windows 7. Please see specs below if its compatible with Alienware 14, please and thanks.
Alienware-Eimy
3 Apprentice
3 Apprentice
•
4.4K Posts
0
December 1st, 2017 09:00
Hi dj2dmax,
The Alienware 14 R1 is shipped with an optional mSATA solid-state drive. mSATA drives occupy very less space and is best suited for netbooks and notebooks with a thin-chassis. Alienware 14 R1 is shipped with mSATA SSDs in capacities of 32 GB, 64 GB, 256 GB and 512 GB.
Hard Drive
SATA II: 750 GB
SATA III: 1 TB, 750 GB, 500 GB
SATA III Solid-State HDD: 256 GB, 512 GB
mSATA SSD
SATA III: 32 GB, 64 GB, 256 GB or 512 GB