Remove blu ray drive and add a hdd bay possible?

[kennyreid95]

I own Asus G551VW FY212T. It is a real pain in the ass how laptops have limited space for storage. I can't add a hdd & ssd in laptop unless I remove the blu ray drive. I can't stand the slow storage speeds from the seagate hybrid drive. The seagate hybrid drive is just too slow I'm not pleased How can I add hdd bay on this laptop?

 

[Elixer]

You would need some kind of a caddy...
For example this one: (note, I have no idea if this will actually fit your unit...)
https://hddcaddy.eu/asus-g551vw-hdd-caddy/

Though, I would replace the hybrid with an actual SSD, and move the hybrid to the caddy.

 

[ch33zw1z]

You can also just get a big ssd, depending on your budget.

And get an external enclosure for the 1tb.

You got options, just depends on what you needm

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Don't know if this situation has changed, but I had swapped out a 500GB WD Blue 2.5" from my older laptop and replaced it with an MX100 512GB. I hadn't paid attention to the electrical specs.

That SSD -- not very old, either -- consumed as much as double the wattage of a lappie spinner. It explained the life of my batter charge when the lappie was unplugged.

I replaced the SSD with a 1TB HGST 2.5". Sold the MX100 to a friend.

. . And I just added a 2TB MX300 to my desktop. That's a whol different ball-game.

 

[kennyreid95]

You would need some kind of a caddy...
For example this one: (note, I have no idea if this will actually fit your unit...)
https://hddcaddy.eu/asus-g551vw-hdd-caddy/

Though, I would replace the hybrid with an actual SSD, and move the hybrid to the caddy.

Thanks man I ordered this caddy. Yes smart idea I will move the hybrid drive to the caddy

 

[Elixer]

Don't know if this situation has changed, but I had swapped out a 500GB WD Blue 2.5" from my older laptop and replaced it with an MX100 512GB. I hadn't paid attention to the electrical specs.

That SSD -- not very old, either -- consumed as much as double the wattage of a lappie spinner. It explained the life of my batter charge when the lappie was unplugged.

The MX100 has lower power usage than the HGST... http://www.storagereview.com/crucial_mx100_ssd_review

Power consumption:

• Idle: 100mW
• Active Average: 150mW

That is .1W & .15W respectively.
The HD: http://www.storagereview.com/hgst_travelstar_7k1000_review

Power

• Requirement: Start-up (W, peak, max) 5.5
• Requirement: Read/Write (W, avg) 1.8
• Requirement: Low power idle (W, avg) 0.8
• Requirement: Standby (W, avg) 0.2
• Dissipation: Seek (W, Avg) 2.1
• Dissipation: Active Idle (W, Avg) 1.0
• Performance Idle 1.7
• Sleep (W) 0.1

So, how exactly did the MX100 use double the power?

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I'll have to recheck that, but the difference was clear on the labels I compared. A retired Electron-Tech friend tipped me about it. The way I have that old lappie set up, though, there's no degradation to performance with the HDD replacement, and of course -- more space.

If I said "double," it was either an exaggeration or a number I pulled out of the air for my recollection.

I could sort through all this and get to the bottom of it. It was just my memory of things -- no attempt to mislead.