SSD Testing

Question

Hello

I would like to know what are the SSD brand used by Dell in our Alienware like Area51m or similar ?

What models have been tested or what models of high perfomance like the 970 Evo or WD Black SN750 NVMe SSD could work on our system for sure? , has anyone tested any of those ?

Thanks.

U2CAMEB4ME · Answer

Welcome to the Dell Community @salva72

A good place to start is the Alienware Area-51m driver support page.

There you can find firmware updates for Serial ATA drives installed in your system at the factory.

If you have one of Toshiba SSD's installed, I would do the firmware update "ASAP"

As your system will begin to show signs of:

1. Blue screen issues that occur during Modern Standby power mode.

2. Error messages occur when the drive is not detected.

A good place for adding or upgrading is Crucial.

https://www.crucial.com/usa/en/compatible-upgrade-for/Alienware/alienware-area-51m

Best regards,

U2

salva72 · Answer

Thanks for the advice.   Has anyone tested the Samsung  970 Evo or WD Black SN750 NVMe SSD on our systems ? ,

DELL-Cares · Answer

We haven't heard of any alerts being raised with the 970 EVO. Although we did have some slight incompatibility issues with the 960. However, we have had a higher usage acceptance with the WD SSDs.

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