M6600 Owner's Review - Warning - Large pics - Personal Opinions

Hi bryon123 - I use that RAM and it is fine, in fact I am very pleased with it. Be sure to run a memtest+ when you first get it to make sure they are all working properly etc.

With RAM, the CL is one of the most important things to consider and the RAM you mention is CL9 which is fine. Enjoy.

 

The PC3 number indicates the clock speed the RAM modules are max. clocked with:
PC3-8500 = 1066 MHz
PC3-10600 = 1333 MHz
PC3-12800 = 1666 MHz
PC3-14900 = 1866 MHz

DDR3 SDRAM - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Any chances of M4600/6600 being compatible with Ivy Bridge?

 

Thankyou slim, when the ram gets here i will ask you how to do that.

 

I've read all 25 pages of this thread but I'm still not quite sure what hard drive would be better for the mpcie slot used for the mSata drive.

If I order the "128GB (SATA3) Mobility Solid State Drive" for +$100 from Dell.ca will it be a mSata SDD? Or should I order a MyDigital BulletProof 128G or another model like a Renice? I'd like to be able to boot from it..

EDIT: I confirm that the "128GB (SATA3) Mobility Solid State Drive" for +$100 from Dell.ca is a standard 2.5" and WON'T fit in the mSATA port. I'll order a MyDigital BulletProof since it seems to be fast and reliable..

 

The Intel ssdmaemc080g2 , otherwise known as the "Intel Solid-State Drive 310 Series - Solid state drive - 80 GB - internal - PCI Express Mini Card" works well and I have personally tested it. It is not quite as fast as the Samsung drive that Dell sells the M6600 with, but it is faster than a platter drive. It is faster than 2 platter drives in Raid 0.

Micron is now shipping the C400 mSATA SSD at 128MB. It seems to be a very good performer.

Intel is getting ready to roll out the 330 Series of SSD drives. Maybe an mSATA will be among them.

 

Nice pictures of the insides; I will have to return to this when I do my upgrades.

 

I have ordered a refurb m6600 (2820qm/8900m/500GB/8G/Blu-ray) and have one question (think i read most pages here but can't find answer to this): If i get an mSATA SSD (Kingston SSDNow mS100 64GB mSATA Internal Solid State Drive SMS100S2/64G) and put it in, would i be able to use it as my boot/apps drive?

 

Yes you can. You can use any of the the 3 hard drives as the primary boot drive. I got that info from reading this entire thread so I cannot take credit for that information. 64GB is going to be very close for Windows and your apps. Formatted capacity will be in the 55GB range before you install anything. Hope you do not have many apps. I would go with a 128GB if it were me.

 

That's great! Any tips on how can i easily "clone" my factory boot drive to mSATA so that i don't have to install OS/drivers manually?