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    Dell Latitude E6320 SATA II? I need to upgrade to SATA III, other options ?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Rixsta, Jan 20, 2014.

  1. Rixsta

    Rixsta Notebook Guru

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    Hi, I have a Dell E6320

    IM not sure if its a SATA II or III Machine but I was wondering if there is any other way to get SATA III Speeds on this machine.
    I only need about 32gb to 64gb which is enough for the operating system, its only the programs and operating system I would like to run at those full speeds.



    Dell E6320
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    Intel Core i5
    Intel QM67
    4gb ram
    1 Express Card 34mm (I could use this to get USB3 Speeds for my external drives)
    1 eSata
    DVD +/- RW Double Layer ( drive can be taken out and fitted with a caddy for another HDD, my choice!)

    Once this machine arrives I will find out if it can do 6Gbps Speeds, I think not sadly.

    Thanks for any help
     
    Rixsta, Jan 20, 2014
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  2. Rixsta

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    Rixsta, Jan 20, 2014
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    Do you have it? Or, are you getting it?

    I do think it is fully SATAIII compliant though (at least for the main drive bay). I'd be very surprised if it's not.

    Good luck.
     
    tilleroftheearth, Jan 20, 2014
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  4. Rixsta

    Rixsta Notebook Guru

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    hey Thanks for the Info, yes its on its way in the next 2 or 3 days, this one has an SSD in already I found out so thats good.

    Cheers
     
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    With an SSD, even if you get stuck with SATAII speeds - you should still be very, very happy with the system (responsiveness-wise).


    Cheers!
     
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    You'd be hard-pressed to tell the difference between SATA II and III unless you do some specialized work that depends on constant read/write speeds - in which case I'd imagine you use something more powerful than an E6320.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Jan 20, 2014
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    I agree with tiller and Charles on the SSD. The important thing with SSDs are the random access times and random I/O, not the sequential read/write. And in random access and I/O, SSDs >> HDDs all the time, any time.

    Hell, I can certainly tell the difference between SSD/HDD in my X61t, which is limited to SATA I! Can't tell much of a difference between that and my W520's (SATAIII) SSD, though most of the time I use my laptops, I'm not transferring large files (GB size) between similar SSDs or within the same SSD (which is where seq read/write come into importance).
     
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    Not with the Middleton's BIOS that's on it...:hi2:
     
    ajkula66, Jan 20, 2014
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    Cool!!!

    That Middleton's BIOS is also for the X61t though?
     
    tilleroftheearth, Jan 20, 2014
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    Oh yeah, forgot about the Middleton BIOS. :p
     
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    Hi, Thanks for all your help

    The Laptop Arrived and has a SATA 6Gbps SSD inside, Hd Tune tested speeds around 300mbps I think, So I presume that's not the full speed of the SSD
    Of course like mentioned this speed is fast enough and perhaps Speed is not an issue :D

    The Bios mode is set to RAID.

    Cheers
    Riki
     
    Rixsta, Jan 25, 2014
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    Hi, Thanks for all your help

    The Laptop Arrived and has a SATA 6Gbps SSD inside, Hd Tune tested speeds around 300mbps I think, So I presume that's not the full speed of the SSD
    Of course like mentioned this speed is fast enough and perhaps Speed is not an issue :D

    The Bios mode is set to RAID.

    Cheers
    Riki
     
    Rixsta, Jan 25, 2014
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