can I install a msata ssd directly onto the motherboard and how easy is it to access the ram?
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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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I haven't messed with the hdd yet, so I don't know about installing a ssd. The 2 blank memory slots are very easy to access and you can quickly plug in more RAM.
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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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Although they both have the SATA 3 6GBs header, you can actually fit an SSD into the taller case. Not much point, though, with a 250GB mSATA main drive already there, unless you've got some other mini SATA device. It's never going to be a speed rig with a 15W TDP processor, so halving the SSD response delay by using a RAID0 won't help much, and it's got 4X USB 3 ports for data. The Intel HD Graphics 5000 is stunning. I heartily recommend this machine.
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I'm using a "Crucial M500 M.2 2280 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CT120M500SSD4 " that I caught on sale for $46 for boot and antivirus, with a 500GB ssd for pgms and a 1TB for snapshots and data. No problems with install from optical disk, no problems running Win7. Not any faster than a standard ssd. Consider what you will do when the M.2 ssd fails, do you have a back up replacement ready to go? Or will you revert to a standard ssd?
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RAM on this unit is soldered to the motherboard. No user upgrade possible. But you could upgrade the drive (SSD).
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External? If you mean esata or USB than no. As for an internal sata SSD, M.2's may cost more and could be suseptable to heat in poorly cooled cases. Depending on your motherboard, using the M.2 interface may disable from one to four sata ports and thus may limit the number of drives that can be installed. Check the motherboard's manual if you're concerned. Used as the boot debice, they're blazingly fast.
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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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It is but you won't be able to use the 6gb sata port because it will cover it up. This will only be a problem if you want to use an ssd for your system drive because ssd's should only be used on a 6gb port.
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Don't know because each PC has different motherboard and even if it has a mini SATA (msata) connector you'll need to find out if it will boot from that port. Seems like the newest PCs are much more likely to have an msata slot but even when it does, it may not be useable for installing and O.S. I got 2 of these SSDs and most of the PCs I tried it with won't boot from there so I couldn't load Windows and use the other drive for storage as I planned.
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I have not done it yet myself, but upgrading RAM and hard drives are both possible on this machine. A good place to see what is compatible is www.crucial.com.
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I purchased a Crucial M500 240GB mSATA SSD and 2x4GB of Crucial DDR3-1600 CL11 1.35V RAM. They all work great. You are limited in performance RAM due to the 1.35V and SO-DIMM restrictions of the motherboard. There are only two DIMM slots, so the only way to upgrade later is to replace them with two new modules.
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Hello Pedro, you can install any current SSD size, I would recommend 128 or 256 GB better, thanks.
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The item is a barebone, it does not include system memory or storage. Please note, the system will not accept a 2.5" form factor SSD. Instead, mSata SSD must be used.
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It should work....depends somewhat on what your motherboard setup is like. The SSD is 2.5" so if it going in a laptop should most likely slip right in. If its going in a desktop, will probably need an adapter to get it properly attached. Depending on the speed of your SATA on the motherboard you might not get the full speed benefit from this drive......but no doubt it will be a lot faster than a mechanical drive. Need to be sure your board is SATA so power and data fittings are same compatible between the board and drive
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External? If you mean esata or USB than no. As for an internal sata SSD, M.2's may cost more and could be suseptable to heat in poorly cooled cases. Depending on your motherboard, using the M.2 interface may disable from one to four sata ports and thus may limit the number of drives that can be installed. Check the motherboard's manual if you're concerned.Used as the boot debice, they're blazingly fast.
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Pretty easy to do I placed Ina 128 sad from Kingston ... I believe any ssd on the market is compatible
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If the slot you have is for "mSATA" then this card will work. If it has what is called a "M.2" slot then that requires a different type of SSD card since the connector size is different. Best to refer to your motherboard manual just to be sure since not all motherboards have support for these.