Dell Precision M6700 Owners Thread

I believe you are correct, from what I read, it is 4 external and the fifth is the laptop display.

 

Actually, it should match the 675MX performance level with proper drivers (675M is an older Fermi core).

 

Is there any way through a custom BIOS to support the 39xx XM multiplier unlocking?

Downloaded the Intel(R) Extreme Tuning Utility but can only change the Turbo speed and not the base clock speed

 

I wouldn't mess with the BCLK if I were you, especially on sandy and ivy, it is the base clock for much more than just the CPU. Usually, the xms are OC'ed by increasing the max multiplier and setting the TDP (well can't really call it TDP at that point, more maximum allowed thermal power) higher so that it can support those multis.

On another note, so I remember a few things mentioned a while ago. I finally took the time to do a true eSATA vs USB3.0 comparison of throughput with a 128 GB SSD on the M6700 under Windows 8. The results are in the picture attached below. It seems USB3.0 affords slightly faster sequential performance, but at the cost of 4K randoms so depending on what you do with your SSD you will want to go with eSATA or USB3.0. Note that that point is moot for a regular HDD since the HDD will be the bottleneck. Flash drives on the other hand are rather variable, especially when it comes to random performance.



For those that wonder how I got eSATA to work with Intel RST and Windows 8, I grabbed the latest version for Intel desktop boards (this one: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/De...eng&OSVersion= &DownloadType=) and it worked. I used the F6 driver and installed through device manager by the way. Everything works just fine, but now Windows Update wants me to install the previous version instead of the one I have, probably because it was meant for desktop boards only. Krane has a USB 3.0 flash drive on USB 3.0 somewhere as well.

 

New NVIDIA Quadro drivers available today, version 311.50.
NVIDIA DRIVERS 311.50WHQL

 

Why do solid-state devices wear out? (Page 6)

I was curious about the TBW for my new SSD and an internet search returned this within the results. From Dell - 1.5 pages, big text

 

What no cliffs? What say we make a general rule to at least include the gist of the article?

 

I'm confused that you're upset. Didn't it get you there and then go to page 6? Or was it dumb and uninteresting?
Simply a link with some condensed info and includes several terms that are useful to understand.

I'll crawl back into my cave now. Good thing I have a new SSD to reimage to keep myself busy.

 

Not upset, you did good. But the topping adds a special touch and creates more interest/desire. With or without the cherry its still a sundae!

 

Here's a rather long read that may give you the cherry: Solid-state revolution: in-depth on how SSDs really work | Ars Technica There is a lot of technical mojo in there at some point though, things like the inner workings of NAND and NOR memory, etc. Check out the references at the end too.