- Jan 17, 2016
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Hello everyone. New to post here, but not new to browse. I will be getting an Asus ROG G751JY laptop soon and I had a few questions. It will come with Windows 10, Intel i7 4720HQ, 16GB DDR3, GTX980M 4GB, 128GB SSD and 1TB HDD. I'm getting it at a decent price and was wondering about upgrading both storage mediums. I read briefly on this site that 128GB SSD should be fine for a boot drive, but I am considering bumping it to an M.2 version. So switching my SSD to M.2 and switching HDD to 2TB.
My first question: If upgrading to M.2 for boot drive, should I just keep the capacity at 128GB or will I see any significant gains from making it 256GB?
My second question(combo): During the installation process, how should I go about it? I know the OS will be on one or the other drives. Should I move it between drives and change drives one by one? Should I load the OS to a USB drive and switch both SSD and HDD out and then boot from the USB to install everything?
I am a newbie in this particular subject and have never tried making a USB drive the boot drive for this kind of operation. Also I have read that the G751 can utilize M.2. Does the M.2 come with the appropriate mounting bracket or do I need to buy that separately?
Thanks for any assistance you can provide me.
I know while it might seem like just buying a laptop with these things already handled would be simpler, I was able to find this laptop for a good price [cheaper than a World of Warcraft capable laptop from 10 years ago or so(256MB VRAM days)]. My issue is when I look for what this G751JY has plus the M.2 and 2TB HDD, the price skyrockets. Also websites where I could come close either drop the CPU down to 4710HQ or the GPU to a GTX 960M/970M. There were even websites where the configure tab didn't actually have more than 1 GPU or CPU option.
My first question: If upgrading to M.2 for boot drive, should I just keep the capacity at 128GB or will I see any significant gains from making it 256GB?
My second question(combo): During the installation process, how should I go about it? I know the OS will be on one or the other drives. Should I move it between drives and change drives one by one? Should I load the OS to a USB drive and switch both SSD and HDD out and then boot from the USB to install everything?
I am a newbie in this particular subject and have never tried making a USB drive the boot drive for this kind of operation. Also I have read that the G751 can utilize M.2. Does the M.2 come with the appropriate mounting bracket or do I need to buy that separately?
Thanks for any assistance you can provide me.
I know while it might seem like just buying a laptop with these things already handled would be simpler, I was able to find this laptop for a good price [cheaper than a World of Warcraft capable laptop from 10 years ago or so(256MB VRAM days)]. My issue is when I look for what this G751JY has plus the M.2 and 2TB HDD, the price skyrockets. Also websites where I could come close either drop the CPU down to 4710HQ or the GPU to a GTX 960M/970M. There were even websites where the configure tab didn't actually have more than 1 GPU or CPU option.
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