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Dual Drive Bays

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  • 21-10-2015 5:04pm
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    Gadgetman496
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    Is there any 15" laptops on the market now that have 2 hard drive bays?

    Don't want the option to replace DVD drive with adapter as DVD drives are fast becoming non existent on newer models anyway.

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



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    ressem
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    Do you want them both to be SATA (for RAID)?

    Or would one SATA, + one M.2 of B or M type. or mSata or some similar config suit?


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    Gadgetman496
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    ressem wrote: »
    Do you want them both to be SATA (for RAID)?

    Or would one SATA, + one M.2 of B or M type. or mSata or some similar config suit?

    Ideally I would like both to be SATA but from what I can find they only appear to be on the 17" & high end models. Even at that the online sites don't seem to include any Info on how many drives a particular model has or can hold, you've got to dig deep online to get that Info.

    I'm flexible if I have to be in so far as I do not want anything 17" as it defeats the whole potability factor of a lappy IMO so I'd consider the mixed option too I guess.

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



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    ressem
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    If your goal is capacity, then it wouldn't help much.

    Only a handful of heavy 15" gaming laptops will have 2 x Sata.
    Easiest search term for laptops is RAID 0 to identify dual sata bays.

    Like
    http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/cosmosIII-15/

    A number of the Lenovos can accept a tiny 42mm long M.2 2242 form factor in the internal slot where they offer to fit a measly 16GB cache SSD or 3G WWAN card. Buying a third party 128 GB could take it's place.

    As for Dells; if you google the name of the laptop + "service manual" it'll usually give the manual for the internals. One of Dell's last redeeming features.

    The 15" Alienware has larger 2 x M.2 slots and the sata bay beside each other.

    Dell Precision M4800 one internal 2.5 inch SATA HDD/SSD (SATA3) + one mSATA SSD (SATA2)
    (with swapable DVD / hard drive bay also)


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    Gadgetman496
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    Capacity would be the priority over raid. Pity the manufactures don't make use of the space normally occupied by the media drive on machines coming without them and slap a second SATA bay in there instead.

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



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    ressem
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    Just in case you're looking at those pc specialist ones,
    confirm with the detailed spec tab on each page.
    that one linked earlier requires swapping out the DVD.

    Another
    http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/defianceII-15/
    has the dual 7mm high Sata + dual M.2 2280's

    or
    http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/octaneII-15/
    has dual 9.5mm high for the larger sata drives + dual M.2 2280's

    Pricy games oriented machines though.


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