Storage Upgrade on Asus K501U

[NoLoMo]

Hello so I was considering of expanding the storage on my laptop, it comes with a SSD  so I am looking to add a 2TB HDD. Any recommendation as to a brand or will any laptop HDD do?

[slightlyjaded]

Just now, NoLoMo said:

Hello so I was considering of expanding the storage on my laptop, it comes with a SSD  so I am looking to add a 2TB HDD. Any recommendation as to a brand or will any laptop HDD do?

check compatibility, as some laptop manufacturer's are enormous douche's when is comes to upgrade *cough..hp..*cough...

 

check form factor. most but not all use a 2.5" form factor, you might also have compatibility for a Msata drive (not to be confused with M.2, despite wiki's arguements they are not the same) What you can fit determines what upgrades you can use.

[Guest]

12 minutes ago, NoLoMo said:

Hello so I was considering of expanding the storage on my laptop, it comes with a SSD  so I am looking to add a 2TB HDD. Any recommendation as to a brand or will any laptop HDD do?

Get a 2.5" hdd. Wd or seagate should do 

[NoLoMo]

25 minutes ago, slightlyjaded said:

check compatibility, as some laptop manufacturer's are enormous douche's when is comes to upgrade *cough..hp..*cough...

 

check form factor. most but not all use a 2.5" form factor, you might also have compatibility for a Msata drive (not to be confused with M.2, despite wiki's arguements they are not the same) What you can fit determines what upgrades you can use.

Yea thats what I figured, that's why i decided to run it by the community before hand. PCpartpicker will be my go to as far as compatibility is concerned right?

[slightlyjaded]

Just now, NoLoMo said:

Yea thats what I figured, that's why i decided to run it by the community before hand. PCpartpicker will be my go to as far as compatibility is concerned right?

I find pcpartpicker rather limited. they do well on the bulk of compatibility but not so well on specifics.

 

For bleeding edge I use ramcity( I'm Australian) They earned my loyalty when M.2 was about a month till release and they called to see if I had a motherboard compatible with the samsung xp941 I had just ordered.

[NoLoMo]

4 minutes ago, slightlyjaded said:

I find pcpartpicker rather limited. they do well on the bulk of compatibility but not so well on specifics.

 

For bleeding edge I use ramcity( I'm Australian) They earned my loyalty when M.2 was about a month till release and they called to see if I had a motherboard compatible with the samsung xp941 I had just ordered.

Alright, thanks.

[Pendragon]

pretty sure the only 2tb 2.5in slim 9.5mm laptop drive is the samsung spinpoint. everyone else just rebrands this drive. its the only option no? its also 5400rpm.