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Hello everyone, I just purchased the aurora r7 and I noticed there are 2 open bays at the bottom. I am assuming these are 2.5 slots. I wanted to get more space so I bought the WD passport 1tb external hard drive for games. The information on the net says this method works fine as many ppl are playing games straight from it. I can’t seem to find a 2.5 solid state drive, 2, where I could put them in the desktop and go from there. Does anyone use the external hard drive method for gaming? Any advice would be deeply appreciated as well as the information. I guess what I really need to know is if the 2 open slots in the desktop are 2.5 spaces? Thank you all for your help
@Toshiden wrote:
I just purchased the aurora r7 and I noticed there are 2 open bays at the bottom.
1. I am assuming these are 2.5 slots.
2. I wanted to get more space so I bought the WD passport 1tb external hard drive for games. The information on the net says this method works fine as many ppl are playing games straight from it.
1. Right. I suggest you get the PDF manuals.
2. No one really does that because (external) USB-3 is very slow compared to an internal drive.
You should probably re-evaluate your storage. Something like this is better:
C: Internal SSD for Windows and all programs/apps
D: Internal (spinning) HDD (or large SSD) for games
E: External USB-3 WD Passport 1tb external hard drive for backups or large data/media fileshttps://www.dell.com/community/XPS-Desktops/XPS-8900-running-out-of-space-GPU-upgrade/td-p/6178033
and recently
https://www.dell.com/community/Alienware-Desktops/Aurora-R6-HD-Upgrade-Question/m-p/6223896#M6944
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https://topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/alienware-aurora-r7-desktop_service-manual_en-us.pdf
Bottom bays by the slots are 2.5 inch
https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/alienware-aurora-r7-desktop/alienware-aurora-r7-sm/procedure?guid=guid-fc0d4ee8-9c5c-4209-a107-5f46af5c5472&lang=en-us
Single Bay behind power supply is 3.5
https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/alienware-aurora-r7-desktop/alienware-aurora-r7-sm/procedure?guid=guid-3183b5fa-e844-46c0-8742-66da8b3463cc&lang=en-us