Is this the model that has room for an internal SSD?
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The official website says that it does fit a 2.5" SATA drive. It also shows the bracket mount. Is the model number wrong here?
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What you are looking for is the GB-BXi7H-4500U. Also written as the Gigabyte Brix S (the "H" - high capacity, the "S" - storage). The i3H, i5H and i7H have just started to hit the market. These units are slightly taller than this unit and will fit both a 1.8" mSATA SSD and a 2.5" SATA drive.
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Greetings,The BRIX will support a single mSATA SSD. No other form-factor is compatible (2.5" or 3.5").Best regards,MITXPC
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You need an open bay, or slot to put the drive into. It is well worth the exchange, if there is no other available. Start-up and picture loading becomes closer to instantaneous. The ssd will use less battery, will not get the computer as hot (which always works against speed), and is less delicate.
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Most, if not all laptops are sold with an internal disk drive. On the model I bought, the capacity is 150Gb, but this will vary with each model and individual computer.
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Yes, but you essentially cannot use the SSD drive; it's merely there for faster boot up from what I've heard.
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Yes, SD in drive bay is OK. There is also an mSATA connector on the mother board that can be used for SSD.
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I just opened mine to put 2x4GB SODIMMs into it ... nope. It is NOT user-upgradeable. Memory chips are soldered on. SSD is mSATA so in the future you could presumably upgrade it to 256GB, but the memory is not upgradeable in this at all. Live and learn.
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Steffan is correct. Look up overprovisioning in google. Sandisk and Intel does this for you while companies like Samsung expect you to just partition the drive smaller or use their tool to shrink the drive if you install it using the Max size. You need to over provision an ssd for it to work properly, but some companies want you to see that 256GB on the box and think "Well, that is bigger than 240GB, Ill get the bigger one"
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No idea -- it ships with two SSD drives that equal roughly 250GB of storage. I was wondering that too when I bought it, but it seems that whoever wrote the page made a mistake.
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If I recall correctly, you can install an mSATA SSD into the motherboard, if you are using a standard 2.5" SSD you need to use an adaptor kit to mount it in one of the 3.5" bays.
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i have not, have you looked at the OCZ site for info? http://ocz.com/consumer/ssd-guide
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As far as I different brand... I don't believe so. But u can put a SSD in it.
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I'm not sure... I sold it and shipped it two weeks ago. I don't remember it having SSD specifically
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Sorry I can't say that. I'm using it internally in a Dell E6430 with a SSD and there it fit perfectly.
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Yes those are all pretty universal these days so by all means feel free to upgrade to SSD :) Enjoy :)
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SSD: of course. RAM: dunno at this point. Evidently there is an 8GB version, but they may have soldered onto the motherboard again.
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I installed a Samsung 840 products ssd and it works great. Also, the included ram is inaccessible, however there are 2 empty slots easily accessible to add up to 8 more gb.
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The one we purchased did not have ssd like the one posted, everything else was the same. It's been a great machine.