new e6400

well first of all i bought this e6400 from the outlet for 655 usd, howd i do?
1 Latitude E6400 Laptop: Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 (2.40GHz, 3M L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB)
1 USB Optical two button mouse
1 8X DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer write capability
1 Intel WiFi Link 5100 802.11a/g/n Draft Mini Card
1 14.1 inch UltraSharp WXGA+ (1440x900) LED Display
1 No Fingerprint Reader
1 80 GB Free Fall Sensor Hard Drive (7200RPM)
1 NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M With PC-Card
1 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz (2 DIMMs)
1 Brushed Metal Black
1 90W AC Adapter
1 NO Intel vPro Secure Advanced Hardware Enabled Systems Management
1 Operating System CD
1 9 Cell Primary Battery
1 Integrated Webcam with digital microphone
1 Genuine Windows XP Pro with Vista Business License
1 Notebook Keyboard

secondly, is there any huge problems with the e6400 that i should be worried about?

third, im going to upgrade the hd and the ram and was wondering which one would be better to do first? and can anyone suggest a pretty quiet 7200 rpm hd for pretty cheap? i dont need a big one but hoping to get like atleast 250 gigs. also should i just buy a 2 gig stick of ram and just have 3 gigs of ram or buy a 2 x 2gig kit and have 4 gigs? also can anyone suggest some decent ram.

and lastly, has anyone overclocked the 160m? and how much did u overclock it?

 

Check out the E6400 owner's lounge here in the Dell forums.

 

You did OK. I like my deal better, though .

Adding RAM is easy and you want to do it first. You can get another 2G for about $20 these days, plus tax.

 

ok thx ill also check out the owners thread but would u say i should upgrade to 3 gigs or just get a 4 g kit? and wat did u get for how much?

 

I have everything you have, except:

Fingerprint sensor
4GB RAM
Backlit keyboard
250GB 7200 rpm HD
Intel 5300 WiFi
ExpressCard

For about $70 more, assuming your price does not include tax. I'm thinking of returning it, though, because I like the Intel graphics better. Much cooler and quieter.

 

I would start with upgrading to 3GB and leave the second 2GB module for later. 4GB will give you a bit more usable memory (which you may not need) and a small improvement in memory bandwidth (full dual channel) which is only detectable using benchmarks.

John