At the top of the ad it says 1 TB 5400 RPM drive but in details it says 1TB SSD but also says 5400 rpm. What does it really have in it? Warranty?
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The SSD means it is a solid state drive. The RPM refers to the speed of the drive. Both are correct. We got the extra warranty, Square trade through Amazon because this is not a cheap machine. The absolute best I have ever used - worth every penny. I have paid more in the past for IBM and it's not even close in the feel, functionality and performance.
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It has both - "SuperRAID" which is 3 128GB SSDs in a RAID 0 configuration and a 1TB 5400rpm harddrive (slow to save really big files). The SSD's work well and it is nice have the extra 1 TB of space if you need it. (Good place for movies, photo's, etc)
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It has a 1 tb HD 5400 rpm and 3 ssd drives all in the 130 gb range running in raid for booting. Mine had a 90 day warranty.
338751
It has two drives. The first is a Solid State Drive with 384 G of memory, the second is a TB Serial ATA-600 that runs at 5400 rpm. Refer to the specifications for more information.
338752
It has both but the ssd is 250 gig drive. As for the warranty I forget. I would have to dig out my paperwork. Great laptop though. I use it for gaming and it runs everything I've thrown at it so far.
338753
The drive is a 1 TB Hard Drive and not a Solid State Drive. The Cache is SSD.
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Looks like the size question got answered already, after using it for a few months it seems the C drive is really just supposed to be 100% for your operating system. The system will boot/restart in a matter of seconds. the 1TB 5400RPM Hard Drive has plenty of capacity to store everything else.
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5400 rpm- a weak point for this laptop. However, since this laptop supports up to two 2.5" drives, I recommend getting a decent solid state drive to use as the primary drive and delegate this 1TB drive to storage only.
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I did a lot of research on that before purchasing and found out that the 500GB runs at 7200 RPM while the 1GB runs at 5400RPM.Hope that helps!
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I installed a Samsung 840 1TB SATA and an Atlas 480GB MSATA in mine, myself, giving me 1.5TB of 6GB/sec SSD speed. Yes the laptop is still covered under the warranty, just not the drive(s). FYI its LIGHTNING fast, and VERY easy to install the drives, just remove the bottom (6 torx screws) and 4 screws for the SATA and 1 screw for the MSATA
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There seem to be different versions of the same basic model. Mine came with a 250 gb spinning platter drive. I put a 128 gb ssd in for about 80 bucks. The kit by monster made that super simple and you can reuse the software and cable for other computers. RAM seems to vary as well. I have three of these 1 from work and 2 bought used.
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It's a solid state hardrive. That means that it is much faster than your typical 5400rpm/7200rpm hardrives. Instead of reading your memory off a rotating disk, it uses flash storage similar to your usb keys. the capacity is 1Tb, or 1024 gb of storage
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Thanks for the update. Did you mean the WD 5400 rpm 1tb drive 8 cache.. Can't find it in 7200 rpm. Thanks
1930257
This unit has a 1TB HDD. The 1GB listed is an error. A request has been made to have it corrected.
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The 1TB and 2TB versions of this drive are 7200RPM, the 4TB version is 5900RPM. REF: http://www.seagate.com/www-content/product-content/sshd-fam/desktop-sshd/en-us/docs/100726566c.pdf
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You're right, I did get the 5400 rpm unit. I bought it in April and when I click on the link for the item I bought, it goes directly to the 7200 rpm unit for $98.45.But, the 5400 does just fine and I don't notice it any slower than my older 500 mb, 7200 rpm unit it replaced. WD Blue 1 TB Mobile Hard Drive: 2.5 Inch, 5400 RPM, SATA II, 8 MB Cache (WD10JPVT) (Old Model)
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Thanks for responding to my review. The warranty is 12 Months. Most of the manufacturers are moving to that length.UPDATE: I reread the warranty (very small print). It says that the drive itself is warranted for 2 years, while the "other parts" were warranted for 1 year. What this means is pretty confusing; the warranty statement was obviously not meant for this particular unit - it is a generic statement. I would stick with 1 year as definite, but possibly two years.
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This model has a SSD (Solid State Drive) which does not have any moving parts and hence does not spin. A SSD is MUCH Faster than a 7200 rpm drive
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I have not had any problems with this ssd.And I did research on it as well according to my findings it is the fastest drive for the buck.Check Tom's hardware for the publication.
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Western Digital's support portal doesn't say, and honestly once the drive dies your warranty is forever impacted, as you only have a year from the refurbished drive before it's no longer supported. In the review I didn't clarify the seller, the seller was EOnline. When I ordered it it was posted as a WD1500HLHX, now my review is showing under a 600GB model so perhaps I'm not the only one they were making that mistake with.
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I just had a similar problem. I purchased what was advertised as a new drive and received a drive marked "Recertified". When I when to register this drive I found it only had 3 years remaining on it's warranty. This is my eight WD 4TB Re drive. I'm very happy with them and I have purchased most of them from Amazon. In two other cases I received an OEM drive and had to exchange it. In all the other cases I received what I ordered. Getting an OEM drive or a Recertified derive "by mistake" seems to be a common problem. The warranty is very important to me. I own a total of sixteen HD's on three computers. Over the past 15 years two have failed under warranty and WD replaced them. I just had a similar problem. I purchased what was advertised as a new drive and received a drive marked "Recertified". When I when to register this drive I found it only had 3 years remaining on it's warranty. This is my eight WD 4TB Re drive. I'm very happy with them and I have purchased most of them from Amazon. In two other cases I received an OEM drive and had to exchange it. In all the other cases I received what I ordered. Getting an OEM drive or a Recertified derive "by mistake" seems to be a common problem. The warranty is very important to me. I own a total of... » Read More I just had a similar problem. I purchased what was advertised as a new drive and received a drive marked "Recertified". When I when to register this drive I found it only had 3 years remaining on it's warranty. This is my eight WD 4TB Re drive. I'm very happy with them and I have purchased most of them from Amazon. In two other cases I received an OEM drive and had to exchange it. In all the other cases I received what I ordered. Getting an OEM drive or a Recertified derive "by mistake" seems to be a common problem. The warranty is very important to me. I own a total of sixteen HD's on three computers. Over the past 15 years two have failed under warranty and WD replaced them. « Show Less
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this is not SSD its the usual HDD i.e it spins, there are those with an SSD drive but they cost a lot more close to US$1,000, they are available on amazon