M6800 Owners' Thread

You can do this easily enough with the software RAID included with Windows. You pretty much set up RAID using individual partitions. (Won't work with "hardware"/"firmware" RAID, which requires you to use the whole disk.)

See this link for some info/directions.
How to Create a Software RAID Array in Windows 7

 

I had already forgotten that my statement did not last very long... a couple of years actually, now that I look back on it. I purchased an HP HDX 18t... then an XPS 17 (which was delivered without a processor)... then an HP Envy 17, which I still have and is perhaps my longest running laptop. My wife has the exact same model and they both have performed pretty much flawlessly. There are a couple of things I like about the M6800 over this Envy, but other things I am unsure about until I actually get it in hand. Hopefully it will fit the bill. I have other plans for this laptop.

 

Lenovo gave up on the 17" workstation several years ago and Fujitsu is not available in the US (sorry, I tend to assume) and I don't consider a desktop workstation to be a competitor. So for me anyway, there are two choices.

 

Unfortunately that is the case for mobile workstations. Even when Lenovo made the 17" MWS, it was huge compared to the other models. The only other options are to go with one of the gaming companies, and choose a professional graphics option.

But in recent years, Dell has been pretty good in their business line. You will always hear of horror stories, but that goes with every large distributing company in any field.
But as far as longevity goes, having a little bit of technical expertise in computer hardware goes a long way. As does a color calibrator which I would like to get.
Most systems that I had, all sold years later with no major problems. I had a MB02 laptop that survived 7 years until the screen finally gave out. Unless they are being pushed to their limits daily, (or they have actual defective parts) these systems will go the distance.

 

I think so - but it will perform no better since it is still limited by the bandwidth of the controller and the single SATA interface.

A vanilla re-install may (or may not) help.

Perhaps some benchmarking first to identify the problem ?

 

I already did a fresh install of Win8. using crystal disk mark i get about 405 mb/s read and write.

Does the m6800 support hardware raid? I might jet 2 identical ssds then in that case.

 

For those interested on how a m6800 looks on the inside. The GPU is AMD.

 

Very interesting
So the completely reversed the CPU and GPU locations, while leaving the heatsink locations essentially the same.
Here is the M6700, courtesy of Bokeh as a comparison


I am curious as to how the fan set up works this way. It makes more sense to have the GPU on the larger fan, but if you are running in optimus, I wonder if both fans will now activate to cool the CPU instead of just one as in the previous models

 

I think so... They also make a 'chirp' noise when they first spin up...

 

Yes, it says in the dell promotional m6800 video on youtube that one fan can cool both CPU and GPU, also adding redundancy.