Precision 7530 & Precision 7730 owner's thread

Click the "Download tool now" button here:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
The tool will create a Windows 10 installer flash drive or DVD for you. You can boot from the media to start your fresh install.

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I also recommend setting the Windows Update channel to "Semi-Annual Channel" (not "Targeted") after the install is done. This is under Windows Update advanced options. This will delay Windows 10 major upgrades by about three months — you will get version 1809 for example in January instead of October — so hopefully you get to skip some of the bigger issues at roll-out (you still get security updates in the meantime).

 

In your sig, you went with the Win 10 Enterprise. Do you notice any difference over the Pro?

 

lol 鸡血which is chicken blood is a slang in Chinese which close to "On steroids" . They just inject chicken blood instead of steroid.

 

Agreed. I would like to see an explanation for this (and a consequent change in either their marketing or a firmware update to up power limits).

By the way, @yrekabakery, how much faster do you think the 1792 cores of the P3200 will be if they were allowed to draw, say 100 W, and with an ideal memory OC to 8 GHz?

 

Somewhere between a desktop 1060 FE (13K) and 1070 Max-Q 80W (14K+) in FS Graphics.

 

No. We have a volume license agreement with Microsoft at work so all of our workstations have Enterprise Windows. This was more important back when we were still on Windows 7, where Enterprise had BitLocker support but Pro did not. (Windows 10 supports BitLocker with both Pro and Enterprise.) I think Enterprise lets you disable some of the Windows 10 telemetry stuff more easily through group policy? Our AD guys manage that. You can check online and find some obscure features that Enterprise has but Pro does not. Nothing that matters to me for day-to-day use, and there is no performance difference, it is exactly the same code running with some different feature flags turned on.

 

Which must be referring to "turbo boost"

Cool, from now, I should say my CPU has 'X' GHz with chicken blood.

 

Actually the "Chicken Blood" test in that post is just a test to show the PL1 and PL2 of the CPU. I have read that post (I'm a Chinese and can understand it) and figured out that PL1 is 80w with 28 second time limit. PL2 is 60w which can be sustained in a stress test.

 

Cool. So an m.2 SATA SSD (not nvme) costs less than half of what a same capacity PCIe nvme SSD costs. Would be really interesting to see a slower SATA boot ssd WITH supplemental optane SSD perform as fast or nearly as fast as a much more expensive PCIe SSD.

Someone test that please! Also, can optane be used in earlier gen precision like 7710, anyone know?

 

I think this info will answer your questions

From Intel's Website:

What is the complete list of software and hardware requirements for the Intel Optane memory series for system acceleration?

The SATA boot drive you're accelerating must contain:

• GPT partition
• 512B Sector format
• Windows® 10 64-bit operating system with at least 5 MB of continuous unallocated space at the end of the boot volume

Note

• PCIe* NVMe* drives aren't supported for system acceleration
• Secondary/Data drives are supported for system acceleration with software version 16.0.2.1086 or later only. For more information, see here.
• A single SATA drive with multiple operating systems isn't supported with system acceleration. We don't recommend this use, and we don't guarantee results. See the full requirements in the User and Installation Guide.
• Dual OS Boot systems--systems with more than one storage drive, each containing an OS--aren't supported and results can't be guaranteed.

Will Intel Optane memory also accelerate an SSD? If so how much?
Yes. You can get Intel Optane memory to accelerate any type of SATA-based storage media, including SATA SSDs. However, performance benefits of adding Intel® Optane™ memory are greater on slower storage devices like an HDD, versus a faster storage device like a SATA-SSD.

Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready Motherboards

For a system to support system acceleration with Intel® Optane™ memory, specific support is required in the system BIOS.

Motherboards and systems that are enabled with this support will be listed as Intel® Optane™ memory ready.

Note

• Inclusion on the hardware list or referenced here is not an endorsement by Intel.
• Not every available configuration has been tested.
• We make no claims about hardware components not on the list.
• Some of the motherboards referenced were available before the launch of Intel® Optane™ memory. Your system BIOS may require an update for proper system acceleration support. Work with your motherboard vendor to acquire the proper version and steps to update.