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XPS 13 (9343) and Samsung XP941 SSD
I am considering installing a 512GB Samsung XP941 in my Dell XPS 13 (9343) and have several questions for those of you that have already done that:
- What issues did you experience and what did you do to overcome them?
- Have you run benchmarks and if so, what performance are you seeing with this SSD?
Thanks in advance for taking the time to answer these questions.
dtupperjr
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March 9th, 2015 10:00
No issues, but I didn't do a new clean install and instead restored from a backup using recovery usb boot and then a recovery of the full system from another storage device. By not doing a new clean install, I had to "fix" the boot record, boot into safe mode 1 time, and then reboot again.
bwentzel13
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March 9th, 2015 11:00
Thanks for the information. It doesn't sound too problematic and you got a nice performance boost.
ssmakris
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May 15th, 2015 17:00
Hello,
What model XP941 did you buy? I bought one that has only one notch in it. The PM851 that I removed has two notches.
klim123123
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July 5th, 2015 04:00
Hi,
Did you find out which version of PM851is fit for xps 13 9333 ?
Thank you
klim123123
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July 26th, 2015 17:00
You can buy one notch or two notches, both works. I just tested.
XP941- 1 notch - tested works 100%
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JOSM3TK
850 EVO - 2 notches - tested works 100%
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TGIW1XG
moheban79
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March 11th, 2017 07:00
So the 9343 xps 13 is compatible with both 1 notch and 2 notch m.2 drives?
Thanks
Saltgrass
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March 11th, 2017 08:00
The manuals on the system never state it is compatible with PCIe systems. If it doesn't have a Bios to support a PCIe drive, such a drive might work as SATA. I do not own the system so I cannot test to confirm.
From the picture in the manual it does not look like the system is set up to install a heatsink. A PCIe drive may need one.
PCIe drives a more expensive for the same storage. From where I stand, it may be a better way to go to just use a SATA drive, even in one of the systems which does support PCIe NVMe but has to use the Microsoft driver..