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    my m14x with SSD seems to have Sata-III support

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Kinegos, Jun 24, 2011.

  1. Kinegos

    Kinegos Newbie

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    I'm not that technical about benchmarking or anything, but I wanted to check my SSD performance after finishing windows install and getting all current windows updates completed. I ran AS SSD Benchmark and this is what I got:

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    My HWiNFO64 shows this:

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    Clearing showin Sata-3 at 6 Gb/s.

    And, finally, my Windows Experience Score also shows the hard drive performance:

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    I was very happily surprised to see this kind of performance after having seen so much documentation that the m14x Bios was limiting the primary disk to Sata-II.

    Has anyone else observed this to date? Did I just luck out?
     
    Kinegos, Jun 24, 2011
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  2. Dukien

    Dukien Notebook Geek

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    Dukien, Jun 24, 2011
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    Arganon Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am also getting SATA 3 performance only because I dont have the Intel RST installed.
     
    Arganon, Jun 26, 2011
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    So is it worth it to fork out 50 extra bucks for an elmcrest ssd? I was gonna purchase it, but i heard that it wasnt taking advantage of the sata III 6 gb/s, so the read and write speeds were that of the older series of intel ssd's.
     
    niko2021, Jun 27, 2011
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    @Kinegos - did you get a good deal on your Sata 3 SSD? I have a sata 2 SSD and pondering upgrading.
     
    Lancer91, Jun 27, 2011
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  6. Kinegos

    Kinegos Newbie

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    @Lancer - I paid $215 for it at my local micro center and I felt that was a good value.
     
    Kinegos, Jun 28, 2011
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    I think you either got extremely lucky or Alienware started incompletely addressing this problem somehow. I got mine delivered 3 days ago, and I have been testing it with my OCZ 3 and OWC Extreme Pro 6G, and I only get SATA 2 speeds. So disappointing....
     
    mikeymc, Jul 3, 2011
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    mojorific Notebook Consultant

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    Try removing the Intel Rapid Storage Technology software. That addressed the problems i was having with my SSD. I'm using an OCZ Vertex 2 with the latest firmware.
     
    mojorific, Jul 11, 2011
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    Brand-new M14x owner here. I'm getting 6Gb/s speeds with my 64GB Crucial - RST is installed.
     
    Cuddlesy, Jul 12, 2011
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    Dukien Notebook Geek

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    Yeah, like everyone does .. after a while it get "cloaked" down.
     
    Dukien, Jul 12, 2011
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  11. mikeymc

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    never had rst in the first place. alienware support is a joke. they just simply won't address this issue. i think i'm done with this bull$hit. no more dell or alienware for me
     
    mikeymc, Jul 14, 2011
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  12. M14xKing

    M14xKing Notebook Enthusiast

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    What graphics card do you have I have the 555m but my windows rating is only 5.9
     
    M14xKing, Jul 14, 2011
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  13. saturnotaku

    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    All M14x models have a 555M. The WEI rating is probably reflecting the Intel GPU. No need to worry about it. WEI is pretty meaningless.
     
    saturnotaku, Jul 14, 2011
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  14. M14xKing

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    Ok thanks :)
     
    M14xKing, Jul 14, 2011
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