Precision M4400 Owner's Lounge *Part 2*

Is this ram:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145600

the exact same ram as this? (same manuf.):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...-6400_notebook_ram_8GB-_-20-145-599-_-Product

Price difference so they look the same on the surface or am I missing something?

Also looking at Crucial, Mushkin....something that doesn't run HOT...will take recommendations. I didn't find much on eBay

 

It's the same, just the latter is sold as a paired kit (i.e. they took them both off the production line from the same batch).

To be honest, pretty much all RAM is made by the same few manufacturers in Taiwan. All should come with a lifetime guarantee, so unless you're looking at gaming RAM or the likes, then you can pretty much choose whatever you want.

All equivalent RAM should run about the same temperature, so that shouldn't be a big consideration. Some RAM has heatsinks to cool it, but having upgrading the RAM in my M4400, I honestly don't think the heatsinks would fit, so just choose some stock RAM and be done.

 

Thanks for answering my question!

By the way, this page recommends that for FLUENT CFD (I will be majoring in Aerodynamics and minoring in Propulsion), I will have to go for the m6400. I know that a full flight path calculation for a supersonic aircraft can bring down a supercomputer for four hours (From my Intro to Aero design class. That time would have reduced by now due to hardware advances.) which is why we usually go for a wind tunnel test. So do any of you personally recommend that I go for the m6400?

PS I am posting this in the m6400 thread also. I just want to get some opinions over here before I make the move, considering how expensive the m6400 is.

 

Thanks Jonty....sounds like a plan.... Crucial is cheaper.

 

isnt that CPU intensive rather than anything else? you can get identical CPU's on the m4400 and m6400, so its not really an issue. For both of them the top of the range CPU is the QX9300

the main differences are the M6400 has a more powerful graphics card, and more expandability due to having two hard drive bays, but other than that there isnt really much difference between the two spec wise.

 

don't forget the 16gb RAM max, or 4 x 2gb sticks. Don't know if that makes much of a difference for these calculations though.

 

Do you think I can upgrade the processor from P8700(2.53) to T9900(3.06)? Don't they have the same motherboards?

 

I upgraded from a P8600 to an X9100 and it was fine, can't see why it wouldn't support the T9900 also, especially as it's an oem option now

 

Did you get this upgrade directly from Dell's tech support or from this page?

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/...l=en&s=bsd&cs=04&mfgpid=198272&chassisid=8273

Since the sales rep I talked to said that the Processors are not upgradeable. I am only interested n the Core 2 Duo. The Indian tech guy said that I could buy it from them and do the upgrade myself.

By the way I am Indian and I NEVER had any problems with Indian guys on the phones and I don't get the kind of cr@p that users all over the internet are complaining of. They have always been friendly, polite and helpful.

 

PrecisionUser, I upgraded my M4400 to a quad core (Q9100 ~$250eBay). They are most definitely upgradeable. You could go as high as an extreme core 2 quad (QX9300 ~$500ebay)

The M6400 can hold an extra 8GB of ram (~$350), and dual hard drives which support a RAID0 configuration. Aside from that there's the dual fans and bigger screen...
The RAID0 with dual SSD's (X25-M 80GB ~$260 x 2) and a quad core would be just INSANE.

The M4400 with a quad core and a single SSD wouldn't be that far behind.:yes: That's where I'm at >see sig<

I would think that if you could afford an M6400 but no upgrades, then you could afford an M4400 with a better processor and a single SSD.