I bought this laptop a few months ago at CompUSA, and so far I've been mostly satisfied with it. However, I do have a lot of games, apps, media files, etc., that use up a lot of space, on the order of at least several terabytes+. I use external HDDs to store most of it, but lately I've been finding myself wanting to replace the default internal HDD with something that meets the specs detailed in the topic title. To me, more space is better. I haven't had any issues finding a 1 TB drive, with the exception that everything available all seem to be only 5400 RPM. I've noticed that the default drive provided by ASUS is 7200 RPM yet only 750 GB, and I would prefer not to take the speed hit if it is avoidable. I did notice a Seagate Constellation (I think that's what it's called) that meets my expectations, except it seems to be much taller in height than the bays will allow (and it also seems to be an enterprise-level drive, obviously designed to be optimized for that purpose, not gaming, etc). I could probably perform drastic surgery on the bays/internal framework with some power tools I have and make it fit that way, but don't want to take any chances.
My plan is to buy a SSD soon, and cash is no issue for me so cost is irrelevant. However, I would also like a regular HDD to go in the 2nd (or whatever) slot/bay, with the SSD in the other to hold Windows, etc, with most other data being offloaded to the HDD except for some high-performance/demand apps that will remain on SSD so as to benefit from its' speed. I will also be using a combination of encryption, as well as NTFS junctions/symbolic links, and Registry edits to entirely relocate the Program Files/Program Files (x86)/ProgramData/Users directories from the C drive to another drive/partition, in addition to installing some flavor of Linux.
I've been wondering if such a drive exists at all, have looked for it exhaustively and am having a hard time finding anything of this spec that can fit in the G75VW.
Also, what is the tallest drive the G75VW is capable of holding? Is it possible to find a non-standard sized mounting frame (not sure what else it would be called) so as to fit a taller drive, and if so, where? what else should I look for in a drive, like for instance what is the optimal cache size, SATA mode (2, 3, etc), Gb/s, etc. Anything else I should look for/know?
Well, thanks for any help!
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