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    17 R4 upgrade advice

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by Shozuki, Jan 14, 2018.

  1. Shozuki

    Shozuki Notebook Consultant

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    Hey all,

    want to upgrade my 17 R4 in terms of RAM and SSD but should I go for and how much of improvement is it actually going to make a substantial difference for what I use my laptop for...

    so it's basically a gaming/internet machine

    Is it worth going for an MVMe drive? if so brands/models

    Is it worth upgrading from 16GB 2400 to 32GB?

    I'm definitely getting rid of the mechanical drive and probably sticking in something like Samsung 850 2TB

    Thanks guys.
     
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    No MVMe will show no speed difference in real world usage.

    Amount of RAM depends on amount of multitasking for your purposes. Most likely no difference unless you Game + Stream + Web-surf multiple tabs all at the same time.
     
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    Thanks for the info guys, I think based on that the 256GB NVMe drive that's in here and use that as the windows drive it might not be fastest or whatever but based on what you're saying there seems little point in shelling out for that. I'll just change the mechanical drive for a 2TB 850 and call it a day, use the money instead for additional memory.

    Thanks guys
     
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    Ok I assume you would have watched the rest of the video. Loading a game and getting into the map is over twice as fast is still irrelevant? I.e. 11 seconds Vs 25 seconds

    That's not irrelevant for me...

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    I suppose the best answer then is to do your own research for what drive you want/need

    I personally don't value that difference at approx $100 over the example mx300 drive. They could have gotten a 850 Evo for the same price as a mx300 and closed the gap by a decent amount too.
     
    ThatOldGuy, Jan 17, 2018
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