Hello my friends from TomsHardware, I'm in need of a new laptop for my upcoming year in college (I'll be studying Programing) and my budget is around 1000$.
I saw the laptop ASUS ROG GL551JW-WH71(WX) (link: http/m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=34-232-848) and I simply fell in love with its design and most of it's specs (love that red backlit keyboard).
However, me being a really knitpickig person, didn't enjoy the idea of a 5400 rpm HDD and lack of SSD. Since I have the money, I wanted to know if I could add an additional 8gb ram stick and a SSD, as well as how to install both. I made some research on the Amazon post about this Laptop and found several answers:
-"You can't add a SSD, unless you change it for the HDD".
-"You can add a data SSD".
-"You can't add an SSD at all".
-"You have to replace the disk reader if you want to put a SSD in".
As you can see, all these replys are very confusing, if anyone could clarify it for me it would help me a lot. If you have a short review of the laptop of another suggestion which is similar or better than this laptop I'd love to hear it as well. Thank you!
I saw the laptop ASUS ROG GL551JW-WH71(WX) (link: http/m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=34-232-848) and I simply fell in love with its design and most of it's specs (love that red backlit keyboard).
However, me being a really knitpickig person, didn't enjoy the idea of a 5400 rpm HDD and lack of SSD. Since I have the money, I wanted to know if I could add an additional 8gb ram stick and a SSD, as well as how to install both. I made some research on the Amazon post about this Laptop and found several answers:
-"You can't add a SSD, unless you change it for the HDD".
-"You can add a data SSD".
-"You can't add an SSD at all".
-"You have to replace the disk reader if you want to put a SSD in".
As you can see, all these replys are very confusing, if anyone could clarify it for me it would help me a lot. If you have a short review of the laptop of another suggestion which is similar or better than this laptop I'd love to hear it as well. Thank you!