M4700 Owners Thread

So I just wanted to jump on here and make an account to let you all know I threw a GTX 965m in to my m4700. Unknown to the bios but I installed the drivers fine and its playing my games and other applications just fine, optimus is working as it should. I can upload some pictures if you guys want some.

 

Did you buy this short 965m form ebay?

 

Yeah, got it for 300. Not cheap. But worth it for me. On the go a lot so my desktop sits quite often.

 

Were did you buy it? Normaly 965m is a MXM type B ... strange case ... cant find much info about this 965m type A card.

 

https://www.ebay.com/p/?iid=1220313...26rvr_id%3D1205805664845&ul_noapp=true&chn=ps

There is the link at the top to one. More than what I paid. They are hard to find.

 

Is HDMI working? Does it work with optimus off?

 

Hi guys,

Quick question - looking for a replacement primary HDD caddy for the M4700.

Do the M4600 and M4700 share the same HDD caddy? I noticed that there are two types of caddy available: PCPR1 (M4600&M6600) vs 794WN (M4700&M6700, and newer) - though some sites suggests PCPR1 works for both.

If I recall- they look a bit different, but I think M4600's will work in M4700 correctly? (e.g. they're cross compatible?)

 

Yes, you can use either caddy in either system. You don't even have to use one from Dell. Any caddy designed to fit a standard 9.5mm optical drive bay will work.
Example: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01JU413O8

[Edit]
Misunderstood, I thought you were talking about the optical drive bay caddy, but I see that you were talking about the primary bay caddy. Ha.
I looked in one of Bokeh's reviews for pictures and found this (source), and he specifically says that you can use M6700 parts in the M6600. The same should be true for the M4X00 series.

 

Thanks - very helpful - only available from Alibaba so I better order now (2 weeks shipping!)

Query - noticed that you've got a M6700 and a 7510 - are there much noticeable difference in speed in normal / non-pro workload? (I assume you've got SSD in both?) Asking as I still use 2nd gen M4600//M6600 quite a bit (still fast - though the small lag is there even with SSD). Saw a fully loaded M4800 today at work (4910QM @2.9Ghz / upto 3.9Ghz Turbo, 512GB SSD) - it just felt super smooth. Have used newer machine e.g. M6800 before and it didn't feel as fast - wasn't sure if it was just placebo effect or it was the fully loaded spec / definitely curious if newer is noticeably faster.

 

I've noticed that the SSD is definitely faster in my 7510. I'd chalk this up to SATA vs NVMe (and also, I've never had a Samsung "Pro" SSD in the M6700, just the consumer/budget ones). I can tell because, I sometimes run software installs or updates simultaneously on both machines, and the 7510 always finishes first. I can also tell that the 7510 is more power efficient than the M6700 -- the battery lasts almost twice as long under light load. I also like the fan behavior of the 7510 much better.... The M6700 really kicks up the fans for a moment when they turn on, but in the 7510 they power up much more gradually so it is much less noticeable.

Aside from that, I haven't noticed much difference between them... CPU performance isn't drastically different, and the GPU can't be compared (I have the most high-end Quadro in the M6700 and the most low-end Quadro in the 7510).