If I want to buy an additional SSD to add onto this laptop, what SATA drive do I buy, a 2.5 or 1.8 inch?
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Hi, for all Sony Vaio computer, it uses 2.5" SSD, which means your SATA drive should be 2.5". -Ely
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SSD's are available as 2.5 inches for laptops and 3.5 inches for desktops. This case features drive bays of 3.5 inch and 5.25 inch. I did notice an MATX desktop case (Roswill, I think it was) while I was browsing last week, which also accomodated the smaller 2.5 drives in addition to 3.5, and 5.25.
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For the solid state drive I use Samsung 840 EVO 2.5 inch 250 GB.Works wonderful!
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I think it might be difficult to have two 3.5 drives in this case. I have one 3.5" 3TB Drive and two 2.5" drives. One is the boot SSD and the second is a notebook drive. The 2.5" drives are sitting where the DID would go which I don't have installed.
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The Intel SSD HD can replace any 3.5 or 2.5 SATA drive (there is an adapter to fix in space for the HD 3.5 inch). I prefer to reinstall the software on the new HD. My desktop was very fast.
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IF you want to add an SSD to a desktop look for a 2.5 inch SSD with an adapter kit to fit a 3.5 inch drive bay. 2.5 inch drives are normal for laptops, 3.5 are normal for desktop. This product, an MSATA card, is a specialty product for laptops that have an MSATA port. It has only 4 channels vs. 8 on a typical SSD of 2.5 inches, so you would not use this unless you absolutely needed the MSATA form factor.
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The Samsung 840 EVO SSD comes in different packages (basic, desktop, laptop). I think you'll need the plastic spacer that you find only in the "laptop kit" package, because the disk is 7mm thick and your laptop hd compartment is probably 9.5mm, which was the standard size a few years back.
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I cannot find the specs on your current Optical Disk drive. Check and see if it has a mini-sata connector on the back (http://www.ixbt.com/editorial/idf7p/d0/k18.jpg). And if it does measure how tall the drive is with a millimeter ruler. That should allow you determine whether or not this is right for you. Also the Asus website says your laptop already supports two hard drives.
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If you are referring to drive connectors then it has 6, you can use SATA drives but for 2.5" you'll need a tray adapter.
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I haven't done that so I can't completely answer but really any SSD should work in it. This laptop really boots up fast compared to a regular HD. I suspect it is one of the new hybrids.
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As said earlier, that's your 2nd hard drive. Whether it is an SSD, traditional or hybrid does not matter.
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You could use a drive like this but what's the point - since the laptop already has a hybrid SSD/HDD set up. Additionally, I found this laptop to be slow and unresponsive until I installed an SSD drive (Samsung 840). I'd recommend just going with the largest SSD you can afford because it will really allow to use the rest of the laptop to its full potential. FInally, that particular drive is too thick at 9.5mm - there are mods to take some of these drives down to the required thickness of 7mm but again, what's the point - just get an SSD if anything.
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SATA 3. Checkout the review at Tom' Hardware. This is NOT the fastest SSD, but it gets my Server2008r2 up and running in half the time of a WD Enterprise drive.
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1st make sure those are 2.5" slots, SSD size slots, and not 3.5". If they are 3.5" you'll need the SSD adapter to make it bigger and fit the slot. You will need to buy a cable, if you do not already have one. You'll need it for a SATA connection. The drives I got were barebones and just contained the drives and a few documents and nothing else.
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It's a 2.5" drive. I replaced the drive in mine with this: Samsung Electronics 840 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Notebook Kit Version Internal Solid State Drive MZ-7TE500LW.
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The sata connection should be the same but you will need adapter to hold the 2.5 drive in place.
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I bought a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter from Amazon for 8 bucks. "Silverstone Tek 3.5-Inch to 2 X 2.5-Inch Hard Drive HDD SSD Bay Converter, Black (SDP08B)". Works great!