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Just got an E6420 Quad w/ nvs4200, need advice to make it optimal

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by Casowen, Aug 28, 2014.

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  1. Casowen

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    Hey everyone.

    I have an E6420 with these specs below the writing.

    I think the Disk score and WEI is a little low for an ssd at 6.9, but is there some reason for this? I have the nvidia gpu and im getting some copper shims, but aside from that does anyone have any advice for making this machine optimal software wise? Im not sure what all of you do to make it run the fastest, but I feel mine could use some links for software.

    Occasionally when I open up a program the screen goes pitch black as if it was turned off, so should I be concerned about this?

    I plan on upgrading the ram soon to 2133mhz at 16gb

    More details about my computer
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    Component Details Subscore Base score
    Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2720QM CPU @ 2.20GHz 7.5 4.9
    Determined by lowest subscore

    Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB 5.9
    Graphics Intel(R) HD Graphics Family 4.9
    Gaming graphics 1696 MB Total available graphics memory 6.5
    Primary hard disk 55GB Free (119GB Total) 6.9
    Windows 7 Professional

    System
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    Manufacturer Dell Inc.
    Model Latitude E6420
    Total amount of system memory 4.00 GB RAM
    System type 64-bit operating system
    Number of processor cores 4

    Storage
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    Total size of hard disk(s) 119 GB
    Disk partition (C 55 GB Free (119 GB Total)
    Media drive (D CD/DVD

    Graphics
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    Display adapter type Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
    Total available graphics memory 1696 MB
    Dedicated graphics memory 64 MB
    Dedicated system memory 0 MB
    Shared system memory 1632 MB
    Display adapter driver version 9.18.13.3788
    Primary monitor resolution 1600x900
    DirectX version DirectX 10

    Network
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    Network Adapter Intel(R) 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection

    OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
    Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
    Other OS Description Not Available
    OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
    System Name DELL-PC
    System Manufacturer Dell Inc.
    System Model Latitude E6420
    System Type x64-based PC
    Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2720QM CPU @ 2.20GHz, 2201 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
    BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. A21, 11/14/2013
    SMBIOS Version 2.6
    Windows Directory C:\Windows
    System Directory C:\Windows\system32
    Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
    Locale United States
    Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7601.17514"
    User Name Dell-PC\Dell
    Time Zone Central Daylight Time
    Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB
    Total Physical Memory 3.88 GB
    Available Physical Memory 1.85 GB
    Total Virtual Memory 7.77 GB
    Available Virtual Memory 5.64 GB
    Page File Space 3.88 GB
    Page File C:\pagefile.sys
     
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