M14x Removal of Optical drives and replaced with.......

lol i cant even find my other hard drive in bios, never mind raid 0 them

be interesting to get some benchmarks from your m4 against my vertex 3

they are very close specs

 

Atm the Sata III isn't activated, the m14x support it but it's not availlable, so you'll get the same speed as a SATA II SSD.

 

Not 100% true. You can achieve sata III speeds if you do a fresh windows install and dont install the chipset or rapid storage drivers. I experimented with my own M4 and m14x.I got sata 3 speeds if i didnt install the chipset/intel storage drivers, but lost them when i installed those drivers. I tried to uninstall them but it didn't help. Not until i did another fresh install was i able to regain SATA 6/gbps speeds.

 

Weird but thanks for the information.

 

Dont even dream of swiping your DVD driver lol

You will get lowest experience >> correct me if I am wrong

Best you can do, is Sdd or momentus on C driver Y PUNTO BASTA!

Left overs go no were Thanks to DELL OK

 

Hehe, figured as much but I had to ask

And absolutely, as soon as it arrives (hopefully soon) I'll clone it to the SSD and start benchmarking. Unfortunately (for me) I think the Vertex 3 is faster in nearly all areas. The m4 is more similar to the Intel 510 series with a Marvell controller that isn't quite as capable as SandForce' latest offerings.

Speaking of which, does anyone know precisely what SSD Dell is shipping with the M14x? I've heard it's a Samsung but not the model name. It is supposedly a SATA 3 drive.

 

Are you using drivers from Dell's or Intel's site? I am curious if maybe the drivers Dell offers are bad or old.

 

It's funny because with dell's drivers the drive is recognized as a SATA II and operates at sata II speeeds. With intel drivers (from the intel site) the drive was recognized as sata III but still operated at sata II speeds. I duno what happened because they look like they are the exact same drivers, but i still recommend not installing ANY chipset drivers.

 

I know this thread is a month and a half old but I thought I thought I'd post my 0.02 for people still reading it (if not posting in it).

My setup (once my m14x arrives) will be to replace HDD with a SSD I already have (OCZ Vertex 2, 240GB) and place the 500GB HDD that is coming with it in an external USB 3.0 caddy ($15, eBay). With the improved bandwidth in the 3.0 specification, I *theoretically* will get about the same speeds as if it were connected to a SATA port. So I'll place some less-often used games and media on the external drive, as well as a booting copy of Ubuntu.

For me, this setup means;

Less heat (internal SSD).
Better battery life when not using HDD (SSD uses less power than HDD).
The option to install a BD drive in the future (if a 9.5mm slot-in BD drive becomes available).

 

thats exactly what i did.

I wanted to keep the DVD driver so i just swap the Momentus Segat 750 GB that came on it with an Intel SSD 160 GB and i connected the Segat to usb3 and it works very fast.

and for the battery consumption I did not knowdest much difference !

 

That actually was something I was wondering about, and wondered why I hadn't seen any threads in the forum about people swapping out for a BD drive.

So... a slot loading 9.5mm BD drive is currently non-existent?

 

Panasonic made a prototype one a couple years ago but other than that - no. There is a tray-loading 9.5mm blu ray but no slot-loading...

I am hoping one comes out soon!

 

Correct.

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Do you think it is pretty close to being as fast as when connected via SATA?

 

Guys i found this website that is selling USB 3 blu-ray burner. I wanted to get some feedback before i go ahead and place an order.

Slim USB3.0 Blu-ray Burner EBR253 Nu USB3.0 Blu ray Burner EBR253 [9EBR253G001] - $199.99 : Nu Inc: Waterproof Headphones, Sport Earphone, iPad Cases, Waterproof mp3 players, Waterproof Headphones, Simply better

Just spoke with NU tech csr he said they are using Pioneer model BDR-TD03.