ASUS N551JX-CN176H - 2 storage drives support?

[WAFOE]

I'm planning to buy an ASUS N551JX-CN176H laptop. It's on sale for €899, which is a good deal I think. But it only comes with a 1TB SSHD. That just doesn't cut it for me. So my plan was to buy a 850 Evo 250GB and put it inside, with an effective storage of 1250GB with the HDD. But can you even put 2 2,5" drives in this laptop? I googled a bit, but I couldn't find an answer, so I will try it here. Can you even put 2 storage devices in this laptop? Does it fit 1 2,5" and 1 mSATA/M.2 drive? I have no clue!

 

Thanks!

[exercutor5]

I'm planning to buy an ASUS N551JX-CN176H laptop. It's on sale for €899, which is a good deal I think. But it only comes with a 1TB SSHD. That just doesn't cut it for me. So my plan was to buy a 850 Evo 250GB and put it inside, with an effective storage of 1250GB with the HDD. But can you even put 2 2,5" drives in this laptop? I googled a bit, but I couldn't find an answer, so I will try it here. Can you even put 2 storage devices in this laptop? Does it fit 1 2,5" and 1 mSATA/M.2 drive? I have no clue!

 

Thanks!

 

http://www.asus.com/Notebooks/N551JX/specifications/

 

Unfortunately according to the specs from this link it only has space for 1 2.5" 9mm SATA drive. But you have options like getting a WD Black², where it has both a usable 128GB 120GB SSD and a 1TB HDD in one package.

 

[WAFOE]

The Asus page, sadly, displays incorrect data. I've seen other Asus 551JX laptops with other storage configurations, and some comming even with a mSATA SSD and 2,5" HDD. I'm not planning to buy a €250 storage device 

[exercutor5]

I've seen other Asus 551JX laptops with other storage configurations, and some comming even with a mSATA SSD and 2,5" HDD

 

You got a link for this?

 

 

The Asus page, sadly, displays incorrect data.

 

And why would their own page want to display wrong data?

[WAFOE]

You got a link for this?

 

 

 

And why would their own page want to display wrong data?

The Asus N551JX-CN199H, for example, has this configuration. Other than that, the laptop seems exactly the same as the one I have. I don't know why they would, but it happens.

 

Already bought a Crucial MX200 256GB mSATA by the way 

[exercutor5]

The Asus N551JX-CN199H, for example, has this configuration. Other than that, the laptop seems exactly the same as the one I have. I don't know why they would, but it happens.

 

Already bought a Crucial MX200 256GB mSATA by the way 

 

Wait wait wait, you have the machine already?

 

EDIT: And also, I didn't find any evidence that this machine has an extra slot for a SSD. It seem like this machine only has one SATA slot for a 2.5" 9.5mm drive. I believe that this machine with this specification that comes with both the SSD and HDD is something like the WD Black²

[WAFOE]

Wait wait wait, you have the machine already?

 

EDIT: And also, I didn't find any evidence that this machine has an extra slot for a SSD. It seem like this machine only has one SATA slot for a 2.5" 9.5mm drive. I believe that this machine with this specification that comes with both the SSD and HDD is something like the WD Black²

I bought it yesterday and I'm getting both the laptop and the SSD tomorrow. I couldn't find it either, that's why I posted here, trying to find someone with the same laptop. I already found someone on another forum that has one, and he told me it has an extra mSATA slot.

 

Thanks for helping though!

[exercutor5]

I bought it yesterday and I'm getting both the laptop and the SSD tomorrow. I couldn't find it either, that's why I posted here, trying to find someone with the same laptop. I already found someone on another forum that has one, and he told me it has an extra mSATA slot.

 

Thanks for helping though!

 

Alright then, happy to help.

[WAFOE]

Just a update. The MX200 does not fit in my model, only half sized SSD's. I don't know how the person fitted a full sized mSATA SSD in his Asus N551, propably a bit ghetto. So I will have to return my SSD.

 

I can't miss my DVD drive, so I will be replacing the 1TB Seagate SSHD with a Samsung 850 Evo 500 GB.