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M6600 and M4600 are coming in Feb.

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by mitchellboy, Feb 11, 2011.

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  1. ksna

    ksna Notebook Evangelist

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    Aren't the 8GB sticks ridiculously expensive? Why not just go for 4x4? Plus you can get 1600mhz ram for that price.
     
    ksna, May 19, 2011
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    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    What's wrong with SATA/300? SSDs don't even saturate SATA/150 for random R/W speeds, which is the most noticeable factor for speeds. Either way, I'd stick a regular HDD for storage in the optical bay.

    There are a few threads in the hardware subforum; however, 8GB SODIMMs are still exorbitantly expensive (several thousand dollars each, actually pretty close to Dell's pricing). If you need 16GB, why not get 4x4GB? It would only cost you a fraction of the cost. Memory speed has no significant benefits for computers now since they are never the bottleneck (especially on systems with a discrete GPU).
     
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    chenxiaolong Notebook Geek

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    sgogeta4: Thanks for the information. I never knew that. Looks like the m4600 is back on my list of laptops to consider :)
     
    chenxiaolong, May 19, 2011
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    cangelly Newbie

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    Thanks ksna and sgogeta4. I've been out of the hardware loop for a while now. One of my colleagues in hardware preferred to have the other two slots available for future expansion. However, neither he nor I realized that 8GB DIMMS carried such a price premium. Thank you for the info, much appreciated.
     
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    One other question. Is there a recommended memory mfg to go with? I've never had a problem with Crucial in our Dell M90, M6400, and M6500 laptops so was going to stick with them on this M6600, but I'm all ears for any better options.
     
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    wkuballa Notebook Enthusiast

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    memory4less.com offers Samsung 8GiB DDR3 modules.

    There are several different part numbers, two could be suitable for the M6600:

    M471B1G73BH0-CMA (1.5V, DDR3-1866)
    M471B1G73BH0-YK0 (1.35V, DDR3-1600)

    They cost $713.45 a piece (they had a special offer on Earth Day for $606.-).

    Who is willing to spend the money, try it out and let us know if it works?

    cheers,
    Werner
     
    wkuballa, May 19, 2011
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  7. cangelly

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    Thanks, good to know but...yeah, that won't fly on the PO..at all. :)
     
    cangelly, May 19, 2011
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    Freelancer27 Notebook Consultant

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    So makes little sense to upgrade to 16GB if you dont use certain programs? I just want to use the notebook for some video editing, office and gaming. So 8GB would be enough?

    @havotex: thx. Helps.
     
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    8GB is plenty for most uses. However, I'm an application architect so I have multiple instances of Visual Studio open, SQL Server Mgmt Studio, terminal service windows to other machines, virtual machines, etc open at the same time for most of each day. The VMs are where it really is beneficial so that you can allocate RAM to them and not hamstring your actual system.
     
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    Yes I think so too. I have a preeinstalled 2GB already in the system. So if I that made me 10GB. Is it a good idea to combine the preinstalled RaM with 2 new ones? What do I have to take care of here? How do I need to install them?
     
    Freelancer27, May 19, 2011
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