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SurferInTx
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September 5th, 2017 19:00
Aurora R6 recommended ssd?
Ok so I just bought the Aurora R6 with a 250gb ssd and 1tb hd with windows loaded on the ssd. My question is if I wanted to add another ssd, I'm thinking 500-1tb, is there any recommend ones or will any work. This is my first pc in a long time been using a Mac for about 10 years so I'm out of the loop on upgrades.. Sata or pcie will either work? Thinking of throwing a 2-4tb regular hd in as well for pics and such but I figure any hd will work for that. I searched for an answer before posting so my appologies if it's been asked already.
1. if I wanted to add another ssd, I'm thinking 500-1tb, is there any recommend ones or will any work.
2. This is my first pc in a long time been using a Mac for about 10 years so I'm out of the loop on upgrades.. Sata or pcie will either work?
3. Thinking of throwing a 2-4tb regular hd in as well for pics and such but I figure any hd will work for that. I searched for an answer before posting so my apologies if it's been asked already.
1. Hopefully, your 256gb bootable SSD is the PCIe/NVMe (M.2 slot on motherboard) and I'm guessing you are keeping that installed. It should be able to do around 3000/1500 r/w easy.
I like top tier SSDs (Samsung, Intel, Kingston) but the "pro models" with the more durable MLC memory and better warranties.
2. Additional 2.5inch SATA-3/600 SSDs work for sure. I don't see why a PCIe based NVMe SSD would not work in an Add-in card-slot, but can't say I've ever heard of anyone actually trying it on Aurora-R6.
3. Well, get a good one (top tier) if your data is important to you. When those large spinners fail, that is a lot of stuff to lose all at once. I tend to use USB-3 externals or NAS if for backups or archive media. Remember to keep at least 2 copies of anything important. You can also pay monthly for cloud storage instead.
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Posted September 24th, 2017 13:00
Appreciate it mine came with a normal sata 250gb ssd that is the boot drive with Windows on it... I ended up getting a 500gb Samsung 850evo couldnt really justify spending the extra on a pro. So now I'm thinking since it did not come with a pcie ssd I could add another 500gb if I wanted down the line at some point.
SurferInTx
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Posted September 24th, 2017 13:00
Thanks Eimy went with the 2.5 500gb Samsung 850 evo and it works great for all my games and vr content.
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Posted September 7th, 2017 07:00
Hi SurferInTx,
The following table shows the hard-drive options available in Alienware Aurora R6.
And these are some of the SSD part numbers that we have for this system:
NPFCP: SSDR,1TB,P34,80D3,TOSHIBA,XG4
YR3K3: SSDR,1TB,P34,80D3,LITEON,CX2A
D8DTJ: SSDR,1TB,P34,80D3,HYNIX,PC300
66H10: SSDR,1TB,P34,80S3,SAMSUNG,PM961
RDHKG: SSDR,1TB,P34,80D3,TOSHIBA,XG3N
512N6: SSDR,1TB,P34,80D3,LITEON,CX2
R3K96: SSDR,512,S3,80S3,HYNIX,SC311
X8V6H: SSDR,512,S3,80S3,INTEL,PRO5400
726CJ: SSDR,512G,S3,80S3,LITEON,CV5
94XPK: SSDR,512G,P34,80S3,SANDISK,A400
PW87C: SSDR,512G,P34,80S3,LITEON,CX2
3WF8W: SSDR,512G,P34,80S3,SAMSUNG,PM951