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    XPS 13 (2015) SSD upgrade, any performance difference?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by davidkwan, Jul 24, 2015.

  1. davidkwan

    davidkwan Notebook Consultant

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    Hello guys,

    Does anyone upgrade your 2015 XPS 13 from stock SSD (256GB Samsung PM851 M.2) to some faster SSD (e.g. Samsung EVO850 and Crucial MX200) and done any boot time comparison?

    Thank you!
     
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    davidkwan, Jul 24, 2015
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  2. kent1146

    kent1146 Notebook Prophet

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    I have done it with this laptop, but I've done it in the past. You won't notice a real-world difference.

    The jump from mechanical HDD is huge. The jump from one SSD to another is so small you'll never notice it.
     
    kent1146, Jul 24, 2015
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  3. Ben REIMEU

    Ben REIMEU Notebook Guru

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    Apparently jumping from a SATA ssd to a NVMe ssd makes a noticable difference...
    The only question is, is the XPS13 supports NVMe ? At this point, we're not even sure it supports 4X Pcie ssd ...... :(
    Or rather, we're sure actually it doesn't, we're not even sure one day it will (physically wired in 2x or possibly BIOS activatable)
     
    Ben REIMEU, Jul 24, 2015
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    davidkwan Notebook Consultant

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    I'm tempted in upgrading a faster and higher capacity SSD, and wondering how much the boot time and daily windows session speed could be increase
     
    davidkwan, Jul 25, 2015
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