Dell Precision M6700 Owners Thread

Unlikely. Then again, a year ago there was question whether 1866 was compatible. It is. And very satisfactorily.

 

And, is there any limitation on which RAM cards can I install together? As in I have two 4gb 1600mhz, can I install two other 4gb 1866mhz, or would I need to buy a whole pack?

 

The faster ram should downclock to match the slower sticks.


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This.

But even so, I still prefer to by all the same ram from the same manufacturer as further guard against any stability/continuity issues, and to provide maximum performance. The choice is yours.

 

You can mix 1600 MHz and 1866 MHz RAM modules, as long as all modules are DDR3L (1.35V) unbuffered non-ECC.

The chipset will determine a clock frequency that is sported by all RAM modules and run all modules at the same frequency.

This means that the 1866 MHz modules will probably run at 1600 MHz, but in worst case all 4 modules could be down-clocked to a lower frequency.

 

BIOS Configuration Question

What's you adjustment?

Mine is the same as it was when I bought it. Always heard people talking about this and meant to get into it one day but never did. Of course it works fine but if there's a better, more productive configuration I'd certainly like to know about it. Any advice?

 

Legacy mode
Virtualization enabled
Battery mode set to adaptive
The rest is pretty much default

 

I was expecting something more exotic, but that's about my configuration, save the visualization. Anyway, I guess I'm good then unless something changes.

BTW, how's you battery doing so far on adoptive? I chose this state since my machine spends most of the time tethered anyway. After more than a year, mine still registers at 100%! I think I've used the Slice 4 times (once during a blackout) since I've had it.

 

Looking at purchasing a M6700 for a client's video editing workstation. Wanting to upgrade the hard drives to a Samsung EVO 840 mSATA as the primary and 2x 1TB Hybrid Drives in RAID 1 as the secondary drives. Does anyone have any experience with setting this up in BIOS? Are there any special requirements that are needed for having the mSATA drive as the primary?

 

Nope, just set it as the boot drive and you're good. Do note that the mSATA is only on a SATA II port, so you won't get the same performance that you'd get if it were in any of the two drive bays. However, if you need the storage space, even on SATA II, a SSD i still pretty darn fast.