Add another m.2 ssd in msi gt72vr dominator pro

dycegamez

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I just got a msi gt72vr dominator pro and i think it is called a m.2 ssd. It's 256gb I wanna add another one on . How would I go about this? Any help is grateful I'm new to this type of ssd. It looks like I can only have that one chip in but I saw a YouTube video of whatever the piece is called that it plugs into they had 4 inputs on it . Thanks alot
 

TJ Hooker

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dycegamez

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Oh ok thank you, is there any way I can add a card on the m.2 slot to make it more then one ? If that makes sense it looks like it has the room to fit it, just not sure what that connection is called.
 

dycegamez

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TJ heres is the video of the 4 m.2 ssd module that I was talking about. any idea how I can find out more info on that one? to add more cant find out what its called.
 

TJ Hooker

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The laptop in that video is the original MSI GT72 Dominator, you have the GT72VR which is different. Here's a quote from the Notebook Review article I quoted earlier:
There's no denying that the GT72S houses one of the most internal storage options available for a 17.3-inch gaming notebook at 6x storage bays (4x M.2, 1x 2.5-inch SATA III, 1x ODD). Now that the GT72 series is being bumped down to make room for the GT73VR, however, MSI has removed a number of slots so that the GT72VR offers only one M.2 slot, one ODD, and one 2.5-inch SATA III bay with no RAID options.
 

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Did you get yours figured out? I have a GT72-2QE and it actually has 2 x 128GB m.2 2280 in Raid 0 so it appears like 256. It has an adapter that lets you mount 4 (2 on each side). I'm betting you have 2 more open slots, but for the price of 2 more 128's you might be better off getting 1 - 1TB and skip the RAID and still have room for expansion.