[Novalug] Hello from the newest Newbie to the group, and a question!

Bryan J Smith b.j.smith@ieee.org
Tue Aug 11 11:58:35 EDT 2015


Bryan J Smith wrote:
> Then you may be like me, and the Dell Precision m4600 is a good fit.
> ... VMs are why I have 32GiB RAM.
> Here was my post to my local LUG about buying my "backup" 4600m. [4]
> I just picked up 32GiB (2 kits of 2x8GiB 1R) of Corsair DDR3L-1600 RAM

Correction, Crucial (not Corsair).

> for $156 total ($78 each) from Amazon [5], same price as NewEgg (but I
> have Prime, and Amazon usually tries to match The Egg).
> So I have a notebook for under $500 with a quad-core i7 (8MiB L3),
> 32GiB RAM and a decent, 1080p panel driven by a low-to-mid end (mobile
> GPU-wise) nVidia.  It also has a good, native uEFI implementation, and
> that mSATA slot that doesn't have any compatibility limitations
> (unlike Lenovo).
>
> E.g., I have a 1TB Samsung EVO 840 in my mSATA, and I know the 1TB
> EVO 850 is running about $355 at Amazon today too.

BTW, here's the link for the 1TB EVO 850. [6]

I haven't tried the 850, I have the EVO 840, but Dell has been solid
for universal compatibility (Lenovo, and others, limit mSATA products
in firmware).  But I like to buy the 1TB Samsung units because they
have 1GiB DRAM on-card.  That's some serious buffer/cache.  ;)

You can save some cash by opting for the 250GB unit for under $100,
and I see Amazon just dropped the 500GB unit to $164 in the past day
(was $180-something). [6]

NOTE:  I don't put Windows or Linux swap, /tmp, /var or /home on the
EVO, as the EVO is TLC (3-bit MLC) and won't last as long as the PRO
MLC (2-bit MLC).  There are debates over EVO 840 v. EVO 850, the
former sometimes does better in some benchmarks, but the latter is
usually lower power.

-- bjs

> [4] [GoLugTech] [Hardware] Refurbished Dell notebooks for 50% off
> (plus other discounts)
> - http://lists.golug.org/pipermail/tech/2015-August/031683.html
> [5] Crucial 16GB Kit (8GBx2) DDR3-1600 MT/s (PC3-12800) 204-Pin SODIMM
> Notebook Memory CT2KIT102464BF160B / CT2CP102464BF160B
> - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007B5S52C

[6] http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TGIVRYU/


-- 
Bryan J Smith - http://www.linkedin.com/in/bjsmith



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