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G74SX: What does this all mean, when running an SSD ?

Boosted_R
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Trying to decide what size HDD to get, but trying to figure out my max total size...

Current Setup:

- Bay 1: 180GB INTEL SSD
- Bay 2: Seagate 750GB
- Optical Bay: WD 160GB <-- Looking to replace this one

ASUS Spec: *1 : dual HDD support up to 1.5TB / Solid State Hybrid drive up to 1TB

With not having a Hybrid drive but a full SSD drive, where do I stand ?

With my current setup I have a total storage of 1090GB (1014GB usable) currently.

Which option falls into Asus Spec:

1) 750GB HDD + 750GB HDD + 180GB SSD (since the SSD is not a hybrid or HDD) = 1.5TB Plus any size SSD ?

2) 750GB HDD + 500GB HDD + 180GB SSD (250GB max SSD size) = Mix of SSD and HDD, but staying within 1.5TB total ?

3) I would think 1TB max doesn't apply since I am already at 1090GB (1014GB usable) ?

4) Does Optical bay storage size matter ?

5) Is the 1.5TB limit for bay 1 and 2 only and the Optical bay (still a SATA port so I assume no) is unlimited ? SSD in bay 1 + 1TB in bay 2 + 1TB+ in bay 3 ?

Sorry for all the questions, but there is a lot of variables and couldn't a lot of info on this subject....
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HTPC MINI-ITX / FRACTAL CORE 500 / GIGABYTE GA-AB350N / GTX 1050 Ti Windforce OC 4G / RYZEN 5 1600 3.9GHz / M.2 960 EVO / G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 3200MHz
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Boosted_R
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http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?51207-G74SX-Confirmed-it-will-handle-more-than-1.5TB-%29&p=...
GL702VSK / GTX 1070 / M.2 960 EVO

HTPC MINI-ITX / FRACTAL CORE 500 / GIGABYTE GA-AB350N / GTX 1050 Ti Windforce OC 4G / RYZEN 5 1600 3.9GHz / M.2 960 EVO / G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 3200MHz
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ASUS G74SX-XC1 / INTEL 7260 AC / Samsung 850 PRO / TUNIQ TX-4 / BIOS 203 / 335.23