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    A09 vs A08

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Vinir, Mar 10, 2012.

  1. Vinir

    Vinir Newbie

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    A09 & A08

    I've been searching and haven't found a straight forward answer yet :(. Can anyone tell me the differences in some detail?

    Thanks
     
    Vinir, Mar 10, 2012
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  2. widezu69

    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    The only difference is that Dell tries to stabalise the Sata performance. The result is that they downclock all Sata ports to Sata 3GB/s, stick to A08 mate.
     
    widezu69, Mar 10, 2012
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  3. Vinir

    Vinir Newbie

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    Alright thanks. I think I'm on A09 now since it came this way. Guess I have to get A08
     
    Vinir, Mar 10, 2012
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  4. insertcreativity

    insertcreativity Notebook Guru

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    if you don't use SSD you wont notice any difference in A08 to A09.

    and if you do use SSD put it in second HDD port and there is no difference.

    I'm on A09 with sata3 on my M4 ssd but its only in port1 and have stock hdd in port0
     
    insertcreativity, Mar 10, 2012
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  5. widezu69

    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    Are you sure it's SATA 3? Because SATA 3 = SATA 6GB/s where as SATA 3GB/s = SATA 2

    Best way to check is to do a CrystalDisk Benchmark. If your sequential reads are more than 400MB/s you are set, if not, the it isn't SATA 3.
     
    widezu69, Mar 10, 2012
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  6. SlickDude80

    SlickDude80 Notebook Prophet

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    it isn't SATA3...if insertcreativity is on A09, its SATA2
     
    SlickDude80, Mar 11, 2012
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