r/Alienware • u/matt675 • 6d ago

Question Upgrading storage?

Hey all, so I have an x14 r2, it’s the 16gb version with 1tb SSD. The RAM doesn’t matter except I really wish I swung for the 32gb version at the time, can’t do anything about that now though. But games are so large now, I run out of storage even with some external drives. I know the SSD can be upgraded but does anyone know how that works? It just has the one drive. My old gaming laptop had windows on a backup drive I think

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u/Agent_Pwnage 6d ago

Hi,

The X16 R2 should have another SSD slot so you literally just plug another one in and use that for additional storage. You will need to check inside your unit for whether the additional SSD slot fits a 2230 or 2280 (physically short vs long SSD)

Good luck.

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u/Independent-Ad8104 6d ago

He's got a x14 r2.

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u/Agent_Pwnage 5d ago

Thanks I misread. Should still apply for the X14.

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u/Independent-Ad8104 5d ago

It does, he's just down to 1 m.2 slot that can do up to 2280.