Dell XPS 9350/9550 owners - poor writing performance with PM951 SSD?

I'm not sure but I believe both Dell XPS Skylake models have all same Samsung PM951 SSDs.
I just hope we don't have the same problem as those guys with MS Surface Book.
Can you guys post some SSD scores from "AS SSD Benchmark" or "Crystal DiskMark"?

This can't be real or is it?
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Posted on page 2 by imbrahimkhanjadoon:
....But, actually, there are some serious issues going on with the SSDs and it looks like hardware. The short version is that all of you have Samsung SSDs, the TLC-based PM951 drive. It's a really weak drive in terms of writes, especially the 128GB model. A spinning hard disk writes faster than the PM951 128GB--it's not software. Samsung rates it at only 150MB/s sequential writes......

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Alienware 17 60Hz GTX980m upgrade

hey,
So i upgrade my alienware 60Hz to gtx 980m. As i'm in exams period, a video tutorial will be available here and youtube when i will finish this sessions.
So here a tuto in sentence how i did it:

FOR 60Hz Alienware!!! I think it's the same for 120HZ..

-Have a 3pipe heatsink for 100W or mod a old one from previous alienware AND 240W ac not 180W.
- gtx980m from upgrademonkey saying it was for my p375sm clevo, he thanksfully fit a xbracket but it was the kind of present i will pass so i fit this x bracket with my alienware and it's work perfectly. And don't forget to put 2 pads for vram down the gpu.

- unmount your old gpu and start the laptop in ipgu mode ( intel gpu obviously) and uninstall nvidia driver with DDU v13.

-shut down and change bios like this:
Secure boot disabled, some have let with enabled. i like to disable everything
legacy disabled
uefi enabled, we can't disable this one
OS is Windows 8.1 x64 to not forgive

-After booting laptop and seeing everythings still works, shut it down, remove battery and push power button, like you will did to instal new gpu.

-Now, boot your laptop and maybe it will freeze like me, he will restart alone and immediately boot on windows. From here, we gonna disable driver signature. there are lot of tutorial easy to find, too long to write
-DOne, next is the pre-best: you instal driver .inf mod, i use from eurocom as i didn't have lot of time to test others or mod myself.

Driver for gtx980m update to 347.52, better but no OC available.
my .inf mod file: http://ift.tt/1QfJruD

Driver or 980m update 347.88, Overclocking enabled
my .inf mod file: http://ift.tt/1LRuICX

DRIVER better and OC on: 352.86 file for gtx980m:
http://ift.tt/1QfJp60

Driver 353.30 For windows 10 x64 GTX980m in optimus mode (both intel and nvidia working )
Download driver from nvidia then replace this file as usual location and boot in Disable Driver signature= f7:
http://ift.tt/1LRuID1

-Enjoy your new beast!
The only way i found to monitory temp as hwinfo didnt wnted to list my gpu, it was with gpuz sensor monitoring. My temp were from 45 idle to 71. i use my mod heatsink but i think it's a crap as some people were only at 68. i use ic diamonds as thermal paste.

Hope it will be usefull to some people and if you're patient for price dropping and video tutorial, wait a bit

UPDATE: VIDEO TUTORIAL OUT

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XPS 15 (9550) - Battery life only 2.5 - 4 hrs!? (at 50% bright and "power savings")

Just got the Microsoft "signature edition" i7 with 16GB, 4k screen, and 84 WH battery. When I'm in power saving mode, with the screen at 50% brightness, my battery life estimate is only about 4 hours!!! (and the discharge rate on battery bar is about 20W).

What's worse is that at full brightness, and "balanced" mode, the power consumption goes up to about 26-30W, and the battery life estimate drops to about 2.5 hrs.

And this is just with web browsing over wifi.

This is terrible battery life.

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**Official Clevo P770ZM / Sager NP9772 and P770ZM-G / Sager NP9773 Owner's Lounge**

Specs and images below for this desktop CPU based 17" laptop beast!

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CPU
4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-4790 Processor (3.6GHz), 8MB L3 Cache
4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-4790K Processor (4.0GHz), 8MB L3 Cache
Core Logic
Intel® Z97 Express Chipset
Display
17.3” Full HD (1920x1080) LED-Backlit Display with Matte Finished Surface
Memory
Supports Dual Channel DDR3
Four 204Pin SODIMM sockets, support for DDR3L 1600MHz* (Real operation frequency depends on FSB of processor)
Expandable up to 32GB, depends on 4GB/8GB SODIMM module (32 bit OS editions have a memory limitation of 2.8GB.
Other hardware or application limitations may further prevent use of all installed memory.)
Graphics Processor
NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 970M GPU with 6GB GDDR5 or
NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 980M GPU with 8GB GDDR5
Microsoft® DirectX® 12 Compatible
Support PCIe x16
MXM3.0 Type B
NVIDIA® PhysX® Technology
NVIDIA® CUDA™ Technology
NVIDIA® Quadro™ K1100M GPU with 2GB GDDR5 or
NVIDIA® Quadro™ K3100M GPU with 4GB GDDR5 or
NVIDIA® Quadro™ K5100M GPU with 8GB GDDR5
Microsoft® DirectX® 11.2 Compatible
Support PCIe x16
MXM3.0 Type B
NVIDIA® PhysX® Technology
NVIDIA® CUDA™ Technology
Storage
Two changeable 2.5” 7mm(H)/9.5mm(H) HDD/SSD, SATA interface (RAID 0/1 support)
(Factory Option) Two M.2 2280 SSD (RAID 0/1 support), SATA interface or Two M.2 2280 SSD, PCIe interface
Sound System
High Definition audio interface
S/PDIF digital output
Built-in Array Microphone
Built-in two 2W Onkyo speakers
Sound Blaster™ X-FI® MB3
External 7.1CH audio output supported by headphone, microphone, Line-in and S/PDIF jack
ANSP™ 3D sound technology on headphone output
Keyboard
Full color illuminated full size keyboard with numeric pad and anti-ghost keys
Fully programmable macro capability – customize individual key as hot key / multiple keystrokes in one key
W/A/S/D gaming key
Pointing Device
Integrated touchpad with multi-gesture and scrolling function
I/O Ports
1 HDMI™ output Port (with HDCP)
2 DisplayPort 1.2 output Ports
4 USB 3.0 Ports (1 x powered USB port, AC/DC)
1 eSATA/USB 3.0 combo Port
1 Headphone Jack
1 Microphone Jack
1 Line-in Jack
1 S/PDIF output jack
1 RJ-45 LAN (10/100/1000Mbps)
Slots
6-in-1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD/Mini-SD/SDHC/SDXC)
Three M.2 Card Slots,
- 1st for WLAN Combo M.2 2230 Card with PCIe and USB interface.
- 2nd for SSD M.2 2280 Card with SATA / PCIe x2/x4 interface.
- 3rd for SSD M.2 2280 Card with SATA / PCIe x2 interface.
Communication
Built-in Gigabit Ethernet LAN
Integrated 802.11 b/g/n wireless LAN + Bluetooth™ V4.0 + LE Combo M.2 2230 Card module or
Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 7265, 2x2 AC +BT M.2 2230 (Stone Peak 2) or
Intel® Wireless-N 7265, 2x2 BGN +BT M.2 2230 (Stone Peak 2) or
Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 3160, 1x1 AC +BT M.2 2230 Card modules (Wilkins Peak 1) or
Killer Dual Band Wireless-AC N1525, 2x2 AC + BT M.2 1630 Card modules
Other Features
Rubber Painting
Built-in 2.0M FHD Video Camera
Intel® Rapid Start Technology
Intel® Smart Response Technology
Power
Full Range 230W AC Adapter AC-in 100~240V, 50~60Hz, DC output 19.5V, 11.8A
Removable 8 cell Smart Lithium-Ion battery pack 82WH
Security
Kensington® Lock Integrated
Finger print
OS Support
Windows® 8.1 (64-bit)
Certificate
Windows® 8 (64-bit) Logo
HDMI Logo
Dimension
16.46" (w) x 11.10" (d) x 1.52" (h)
8.6 lbs. including Bare bone and Battery Pack

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Add another Samsung 850 EVO HDD and two 8G DDR4 SDRAM 2133MHz

Is there possible to install an "SAMSUNG 850 EVO M.2 250GB SATA III Internal SSD Single Unit Version MZ-N5E250BW" to an Clevo P670RG-G by myself?

Also, I want to get two "Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 SDRAM PC4-17000 2133 Mhz 288-Pin Desktop Memory Model CT2K8G4DFD8213", upgrade the laptop to 32GB. But I am not sure if this is the right one since it is 288-pin, what's the one that factory original use in P670RG-G?

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Alienware 18 M290X CF cable?

I sold my 7970s and purchased R9 M290Xs for pretty much the same price, but when I went to reuse my M18x crossfire cable....they didn't fit the R9 M290X, and the old one is too big. I tried to cut it up around the connector to get it to fit, but that didn't work either. Looks like there is a different cable in use, so if anybody has an Alienware. 18 with M290X CF, please see if you can disassemble and get me the part number, or if you switched to Nvidia and have leftover parts, please sell me your old cable!

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Pascal: What do we know? Discussion, Latest News & Updates: 1000M Series GPU's

Pascal discussion thread, eh? And so it begins... The technology train can be delayed, it can be diverted, but it can never be stopped.

I think the 3D memory is the greatest leap there, though I do wonder what impact the unified memory will have on console ports from PS4/XBO.

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