OUCH - it’s half height mSATA! Half height comes in much worse capacities (relative to full size mSATA, which is the size of a industry standard WWAN card) so your options are limited here. Asus probably intended it be used for a 16-32GB caching SSD since they used the crappy version.
Unless you have an oddly specific need, stick to using 2.5” SATA in this and consider the mSATA dead end unless you want a 250GB boot SSD at most - and even then it’s a matter of when those stop getting produced and go up in price, at which point the mSATA option is dead. The other issue is half height drives are hard to come by (relative to full height), so drives aren’t as available - for less capacity to make the situation worse.
You got burned with this laptop. Even my E6540 used full mSATA, despite the standard being thoroughly obsolete in 2013 because they didn’t implement M.2 2880 when that was the defacto standard when that laptop was released.[br]
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You got burned with this laptop. Even my E6540 used full mSATA since Dell wired it up for both WWAN and mSATA, despite the standard being thoroughly obsolete in 2013 because they didn’t implement M.2 2880 when that was the defacto standard when that laptop was released.[br]
Hopefully you’re okay with spending [https://www.amazon.com/KingSpec-512GB-mSATA-Internal-S550CM/dp/B07XG4GWZ5/|$116] for a drive with a reduced write lifetime compared to mSATA (which is already worse then 2.5” SATA) AND paying about as much as we did for 256GB drives just 3-4 years ago. Compare that to a [https://www.amazon.com/Silicon-Power-Performance-Internal-SP512GBSS3A55S25/dp/B07997QV4Z/|2.5” 512GB SSD (Silicon Power)] and you’ll see the problem.
OUCH - it’s half height mSATA! Half height comes in much worse capacities (relative to full size mSATA, which is the size of a common WWAN card) so your options are limited here. Asus probably intended it be used for a 16-32GB caching SSD since they used the crappy version.
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OUCH - it’s half height mSATA! Half height comes in much worse capacities (relative to full size mSATA, which is the size of a industry standard WWAN card) so your options are limited here. Asus probably intended it be used for a 16-32GB caching SSD since they used the crappy version.
Unless you have an oddly specific need, stick to using 2.5” SATA in this and consider the mSATA dead end unless you want a 250GB boot SSD at most - and even then it’s a matter of when those stop getting produced and go up in price, at which point the mSATA option is dead. The other issue is half height drives are hard to come by (relative to full height), so drives aren’t as available - for less capacity to make the situation worse.
You got burned with this laptop. Even my E6540 used full mSATA, despite the standard being thoroughly obsolete in 2013 because they didn’t implement M.2 2880 when that was the defacto standard when that laptop was released.[br]
Hopefully you’re okay with spending [https://www.amazon.com/KingSpec-512GB-mSATA-Internal-S550CM/dp/B07XG4GWZ5/|$116] for a drive with a reduced write lifetime compared to mSATA (which is already worse then 2.5” SATA) AND paying about as much as we did for 256GB drives just 3-4 years ago. Compare that to a [https://www.amazon.com/Silicon-Power-Performance-Internal-SP512GBSS3A55S25/dp/B07997QV4Z/|2.5” 512GB SSD (Silicon Power)] and you’ll see the problem.
OUCH - it’s half height mSATA! Half height comes in much worse capacities (relative to full size mSATA, which is the size of a common WWAN card) so your options are limited here. Asus probably intended it be used for a 16-32GB caching SSD since they used the crappy version.
Unless you have an oddly specific need, stick to using 2.5” SATA in this and consider the mSATA dead end unless you want a 250GB boot SSD at most - and even then it’s a matter of when those stop getting produced and go up in price, at which point the mSATA option is dead. The other issue is half height drives are hard to come by (relative to full height), so drives aren’t as available - for less capacity to make the situation worse.
You got burned with this laptop. Even my E6540 used full mSATA, despite the standard being thoroughly obsolete in 2013 because they didn’t implement M.2 2880 when that was the defacto standard when that laptop was released.[br]
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Hopefully you’re okay with spending [https://www.amazon.com/KingSpec-512GB-mSATA-Internal-S550CM/dp/B07XG4GWZ5/|$116] for a drive with a reduced write lifetime compared to mSATA (which is already worse then 2.5” SATA) AND paying about as much as we did for 256GB drives just 3-4 years ago. Compare that to a [https://www.amazon.com/Silicon-Power-Performance-Internal-SP512GBSS3A55S25/dp/B07997QV4Z/|2.5” 512GB SSD (Silicon Power)] and you’ll see why these half heights are beyond hopeless.
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Hopefully you’re okay with spending [https://www.amazon.com/KingSpec-512GB-mSATA-Internal-S550CM/dp/B07XG4GWZ5/|$116] for a drive with a reduced write lifetime compared to mSATA (which is already worse then 2.5” SATA) AND paying about as much as we did for 256GB drives just 3-4 years ago. Compare that to a [https://www.amazon.com/Silicon-Power-Performance-Internal-SP512GBSS3A55S25/dp/B07997QV4Z/|2.5” 512GB SSD (Silicon Power)] and you’ll see the problem.
OUCH. That’s the one you DON’T want. What you need is a half height mSATA - which usually comes in much worse capacities then the full height ones that match the older PCIe wireless cards and WWAN cards.
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OUCH - it’s half height mSATA! Half height comes in much worse capacities (relative to full size mSATA, which is the size of a common WWAN card) so your options are limited here. Asus probably intended it be used for a 16-32GB caching SSD since they used the crappy version.
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Stick to using 2.5” SATA in this and consider the mSATA dead end unless you want a 250GB boot SSD at most. The half height drives are hard to come by and when you do, come in low capacities at often double the price of a full height mSATA.
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Unless you have an oddly specific need, stick to using 2.5” SATA in this and consider the mSATA dead end unless you want a 250GB boot SSD at most - and even then it’s a matter of when those stop getting produced and go up in price, at which point the mSATA option is dead. The other issue is half height drives are hard to come by (relative to full height), so drives aren’t as available - for less capacity to make the situation worse.
You got burned with this laptop. Even my E6540 was good enough to use full mSATA, despite the standard being thoroughly obsolete in 2013 - when it should have been a M.2 2880 AHCI setup.[br]
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You got burned with this laptop. Even my E6540 used full mSATA, despite the standard being thoroughly obsolete in 2013 because they didn’t implement M.2 2880 when that was the defacto standard when that laptop was released.[br]
Hopefully you’re okay with spending [https://www.amazon.com/KingSpec-512GB-mSATA-Internal-S550CM/dp/B07XG4GWZ5/|$116] for a drive with a reduced write lifetime compared to mSATA (which is already worse then 2.5” SATA) AND paying about as much as we did for 256GB drives just 3-4 years ago. Compare that to a [https://www.amazon.com/Silicon-Power-Performance-Internal-SP512GBSS3A55S25/dp/B07997QV4Z/|2.5” 512GB SSD (Silicon Power)] and you’ll see why these half heights are beyond hopeless.
OUCH. That’s the one you DON’T want. What you need is a half height mSATA - which usually comes in much worse capacities then the full height ones that match the older PCIe wireless cards and WWAN cards.
Stick to using 2.5” SATA in this and consider the mSATA dead end unless you want a 250GB boot SSD at most. The half height drives are hard to come by and when you do, come in low capacities at often double the price of a full height mSATA.
You got burned with this laptop. Even my E6540 was good enough to use full mSATA, despite the standard being thoroughly obsolete in 2013 - when it should have been a M.2 2880 AHCI setup.[br]
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Hopefully you’re okay with spending [https://www.amazon.com/KingSpec-512GB-mSATA-Internal-S550CM/dp/B07XG4GWZ5/|$116] for a drive with less life then a normal mSATA (which is already worse then 2.5” SATA) SSD AND paying about as much as we did for 256GB drives just 3-4 years ago. Compare that to a [https://www.amazon.com/Silicon-Power-Performance-Internal-SP512GBSS3A55S25/dp/B07997QV4Z/|2.5” 512GB SSD (Silicon Power)] and you’ll see why these half heights are beyond hopeless.
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Hopefully you’re okay with spending [https://www.amazon.com/KingSpec-512GB-mSATA-Internal-S550CM/dp/B07XG4GWZ5/|$116] for a drive with a reduced write lifetime compared to mSATA (which is already worse then 2.5” SATA) AND paying about as much as we did for 256GB drives just 3-4 years ago. Compare that to a [https://www.amazon.com/Silicon-Power-Performance-Internal-SP512GBSS3A55S25/dp/B07997QV4Z/|2.5” 512GB SSD (Silicon Power)] and you’ll see why these half heights are beyond hopeless.
OUCH. That’s the one you DON’T want. What you need is a half height mSATA - which usually comes in much worse capacities then the full height ones that match the older PCIe wireless cards and WWAN cards.
Stick to using 2.5” SATA in this and consider the mSATA dead end unless you want a 250GB boot SSD at most. The half height drives are hard to come by and when you do, come in low capacities at often double the price of a full height mSATA.
You got burned with this laptop. Even my E6540 was good enough to use full mSATA, despite the standard being thoroughly obsolete in 2013 - when it should have been a M.2 2880 AHCI setup.[br]
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Hopefully you’re okay with spending [https://www.amazon.com/KingSpec-512GB-mSATA-Internal-S550CM/dp/B07XG4GWZ5/|$116] for a drive with less life then a normal mSATA (which is already worse then 2.5” SATA) SSD AND paying about as much as we did for 256GB drives just 3-4 years ago.
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Hopefully you’re okay with spending [https://www.amazon.com/KingSpec-512GB-mSATA-Internal-S550CM/dp/B07XG4GWZ5/|$116] for a drive with less life then a normal mSATA (which is already worse then 2.5” SATA) SSD AND paying about as much as we did for 256GB drives just 3-4 years ago. Compare that to a [https://www.amazon.com/Silicon-Power-Performance-Internal-SP512GBSS3A55S25/dp/B07997QV4Z/|2.5” 512GB SSD (Silicon Power)] and you’ll see why these half heights are beyond hopeless.
OUCH. That’s the one you DON’T want. What you need is a half height mSATA - which usually comes in much worse capacities then the full height ones that match the older PCIe wireless cards and WWAN cards.
Stick to using 2.5” SATA in this and consider the mSATA dead end unless you want a 250GB boot SSD at most. The half height drives are hard to come by and when you do, come in low capacities at often double the price of a full height mSATA.
You got burned with this laptop. Even my E6540 was good enough to use full mSATA, despite the standard being thoroughly obsolete in 2013 - when it should have been a M.2 2880 AHCI setup.
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You got burned with this laptop. Even my E6540 was good enough to use full mSATA, despite the standard being thoroughly obsolete in 2013 - when it should have been a M.2 2880 AHCI setup.[br]
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Hopefully you’re okay with spending [https://www.amazon.com/KingSpec-512GB-mSATA-Internal-S550CM/dp/B07XG4GWZ5/|$116] for a drive with less life then a normal mSATA (which is already worse then 2.5” SATA) SSD AND paying about as much as we did for 256GB drives just 3-4 years ago.
OUCH. That’s the one you DON’T want. What you need is a half height mSATA - which usually comes in much worse capacities then the full height ones that match the older PCIe wireless cards and WWAN cards.
Stick to using 2.5” SATA in this and consider the mSATA dead end unless you want a 250GB boot SSD at most. The half height drives are hard to come by and when you do, come in low capacities at often double the price of a full height mSATA.
You got burned with this laptop. Even my E6540 was good enough to use full mSATA, despite the standard being thoroughly obsolete in 2013 - when it should have been a M.2 2880 AHCI setup.
OUCH. That’s the one you DON’T want. What you need is a half height mSATA - which usually comes in much worse capacities then the full height ones that match the older PCIe wireless cards and WWAN cards.
Stick to using 2.5” SATA in this and consider the mSATA dead end unless you want a 250GB boot SSD at most. The half height drives are hard to come by and when you do, come in low capacities at often double the price of a full height mSATA.
OUCH. That’s the one you DON’T want. What you need is a half height mSATA - which usually comes in much worse capacities then the full height ones that match the older PCIe wireless cards and WWAN cards.
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Stick to using 2.5” SATA in this and consider the mSATA dead end unless you want a 250GB boot SSD at most.
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Stick to using 2.5” SATA in this and consider the mSATA dead end unless you want a 250GB boot SSD at most. The half height drives are hard to come by and when you do, come in low capacities at often double the price of a full height mSATA.
OUCH. That’s the one you DON’T want. What you need is a half height mSATA - which usually comes in much worse capacities then the full height ones that match the older PCIe wireless cards and WWAN cards.
Stick to using 2.5” SATA in this and consider the mSATA dead end unless you want a 250GB boot SSD at most.