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    W860CU - refresh and upgrade

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by L0l1t0, Oct 13, 2013.

  1. L0l1t0

    L0l1t0 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Since I am reading this forum for the last week, I get more and more confused by different information different people provided in various topics for W860CU.

    Let's cut to the chase...

    I have a Devil 9700 DTX (Clevo W860CU) with ATI HD 5870. LINK to review

    My budget is 170 EUR. It would be 240, if 16GB RAM upgrade is possible. (Price for 16GB ~140E)

    Upgrade:

    *RAM from 4GB to 16GB: It seems that only 8GB 1333MHz is possible. (Price for 8GB ~70E)

    *HD to SSD: I have no clue what to buy, I do read a lot about SSD, but have no experience with them. (Price for 120GB or more 70~100E)

    Please help me end this confusion. I would like to make the purchase ASAP.
     
    L0l1t0, Oct 13, 2013
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  2. L0l1t0

    L0l1t0 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Can someone please end my confusion.

    Is it possible to upgrade this with 16GB or not?
    I am looking at this... Corsair Vengeance SO-DIMM Kit 16GB with timings: CL10-10-10-28

    If not... these are the options:

    * Corsair ValueSelect SO-DIMM Kit 8GB, DDR3-1333 with CL9 timings
    * Corsair Vengeance SO-DIMM Kit 8GB, DDR3-1600 with CL9-9-9-24 timings

    And what type of SSD you recommend? These three cought my eye:
    * Crucial m4 SSD with 128GB
    * Kingston SSDNow V300 with 120GB
    * Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB
     
    L0l1t0, Oct 14, 2013
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  3. Prostar Computer

    Prostar Computer Company Representative

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    To the best of my memory, 8 GB is the max amount of memory supported on this system. As far as SSDs go, the Crucial M4 is not bad but had a history of some buggy firmware updates. If you're on a budget, then SanDisk is not a bad option, though not quite as fast as the competition. Samsung and Intel are the leaders in the SSD market as far as reliability.
     
    Prostar Computer, Oct 14, 2013
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  4. L0l1t0

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    Instead of opening up a new thread, could someone answer me here.

    It seems that the drivers for the card reader are not installed or the card reader is not working anymore. How could I check this? How could I update the drivers?
     
    L0l1t0, Nov 25, 2013
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  6. L0l1t0

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    I installed everything fine. I found out there is a problem with the reader. It is visible for some minutes and then disappears.
     
    L0l1t0, Sep 28, 2014
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  7. Meaker@Sager

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    Thanks for letting us know, I think you get the reward for longest gap from a new poster who posts the cause of their issue.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Sep 28, 2014
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