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December 5th, 2018 17:00

Which msata ssd for Alienware14 model

HI Guys,

I own a Alienware 14 laptop (2013 model) with 16GB RAM, i7 4th gen, 765M graphics card. Due to its HDD configuration, I am very much feeling like its performance has slowed down and decided to upgrade it to a SSD.

Browsing through the internet, I found that a vacant msata ssd slot is available for the chipset by default apart from the regular 2.5 inch internal HDD/SSD slot.

Can someone please confirm me if this model supports just the regular msata III ssd or the m.2 ssd configuration too?

Thanks in Advance.

  • JOcean

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    Posted December 6th, 2018 06:00

    From the Dell support page. And this is mSATA not M.2.

    Type
    SATA
    Interface
    SATA 2.0 (3 Gb/s) or SATA 3.0 (6 Gb/s)
    mSATA
    Number of hard drives
    (maximum)
    Three
    Hard drives
    One mSATA Solid-State Drive
    Up to two Hard Drives or Solid-State Drives
    NOTE
    : The second Hard Drive/Solid-State
    Drive is optional and is located in the optical
    drive bay
    Support for Intel Smart Response Technology
    and RAID
     
    Also a Youtube video showing the installation of an mSATA drive in your model.
     
     

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