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Precision M6600 hard drive compatibility

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by cgidude, Aug 8, 2014.

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  1. cgidude

    cgidude Notebook Enthusiast

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    i have a Dell M6600 with factory WD7500BPKT hard drive (sata 3Gb/s).

    will the newer WD7500BPKX (sata 6Gb/s) work in this laptop..? if so any speed advantage..? i'm thinking of doing a fresh install of windows & keeping the older drive as a backup or 2nd internal drive.

    thanks in advance :)
     
    cgidude, Aug 8, 2014
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    It will work at SATA II speeds. The spec is backwards compatible.
     
    alexhawker, Aug 8, 2014
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    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    There won't be any speed advantage... the drive itself is the bottleneck, not the SATA interface. If you really want a speed bump get an SSD.
     
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