Precision M4600 Owners Lounge

just a quick post: got my m4600 i7-2720qm , 128gb ssd, 4gb 1600 ram, 1920x1080 FHD anti-glare led, quadro 200m, 9cell battery, 6300wifi, dell hspa+ 5550wwan about 2 weeks ago. so far its a great laptop

battery life is incredible coming from an aging m6300.
managed 9hours ! with screen brightness 1 above the lowest, wifi on, bluetooth off, typing in word, reading pdfs, using the internet occassionally with google chrome.

was going to upgrade the ram. anybody used this ?
Newegg.com - G.SKILL 4GB 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Laptop Memory Model F3-12800CL9S-4GBSQ
was going to get 2 of those ddr3 sticks to get 12gb total.

have got the new modulus caddy http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/2nd-SATA...ge_Internal&hash=item5d2f3628ce#ht_7715wt_905 but wont have time to play with it for the next 3 wks. i'm wondering if i can run 3 hds ! msata, +ssd + 1tb hmm ?!

also awaiting on this : msata ssd to replace the wwan card
Runcore Pro V 6GB mSATAIII 120GB RCP-V-T5028-MC

are there after market power supply for the m4600 that work ? was wanting a 2nd one as the 130w from my old m6300 doens't have enough juice

 

Yes you can.

I agree with you, the battery life is great, I don't get as long as you do with the same specs, but I got the 87wHr 9 cell because it has a three year warranty, am presuming you got the 97wHr?

 

That caddy will not work with your M4600 cause it's not flush and leaves part hanging out and it just doesn't look right

 

Hi there,

could anyone tell me how much the M4600 throttles down when on battery and if Speedstep is still working then? I can handle the fact that these infernal machines cannot run at the same power level on battery than on AC, but if it was as it is on the W520, well...

Another Question: Someone mentioned that Dell locked the overclocking function. This doesn't mean TurboBoost was not working, does it? It just refers to setting the default clock speed manually higher than its supposed speed, right?

 

On battery the lowest speed is 800mhz. If set the power plan to balance mode the highest speed still can reach the maximum depends on the load. If set to maximum battery life, speed is 800mhz fixed.

manual overclocking function is locked, factory default overclocking is working normally. This affects only 2920xm.

 

iieeann, thanks for your clear explanation. After reading 85+ pages I've lost track somehow.

 

Why would you be sending back the OCZ drive? According to the results you listed above, the OCZ is a lot faster than the Intel 510?

 

Not on the Seq Write speeds.

 

I agree... But isn't it mostly the sequential read / write speed that's used under normal windows use?

 

No, random read/write speed is more important.
Sequantial read/write is rarely used for OS except for hibernation, that also is not considered as 'frequently used'.