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XPS 8700 motherboard and mSATA SSD
Are there any differences in the motherboards between the regular XPS 8700 and the Special Edition 8700? Or all the differences in the configurations of the add-on hardware (memory, hard disk, graphics card, SSD, etc.)?
If I purchase a non-special edition 8700, and I want to add a mSATA SSD, are there any particular brands or specifications I need to consider for the SSD to be compatible?
I appreciate any help you can provide.
David
dal_4
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September 6th, 2013 17:00
Here is the information you requested: Manufacturer=Dell Inc. Product= 0KWVT8 Version=A00
I would expect you too could install larger hard drives.
David
Reverend Truth
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September 6th, 2013 18:00
Awesome! Thanks.
It looks the info from the Dell Liaison Andrew F was completely wrong.
I thought a 2TB limit was pretty small for a current machine.
AvinashGanne
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October 2nd, 2013 14:00
Hi All,
I bought Dell XPS 8700 with 16GB RAM(4 * 4GB) Hynix 1600. Can I remove all those 4 *4 GB slots and replace with 4 * 8GB or 4 * 16GB RAM with 1600? Does the mother board support 64 GB?
Appreciate your inputs
ryokan78
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October 14th, 2013 19:00
One question that would help XPS 8700 owners: The BIOS of my standard (non SE) does not have the IRST selection available. Only RAID and AHCI. The question: Can the standard XPS 8700 BIOS be flashed with a version that supports IRST so that the mSATA SSD can be used for IRST cache. I have installed an mSATA SSD (128 Gb) and can use it as a standard disk but the IRST driver app does not have the "accellerate" button active. This seems to point to a BIOS difference in the standard and SE editions. Can the standard XPS 8700 mSATA SSD be set up for cache like the SE edition?
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DELL-Amogh G
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October 17th, 2013 02:00
Hi ryokan78,
You may accelerate the mSATA drive by setting up RAID between the system hard drive and the mSATA drive.
I would suggest you to uninstall the IRST application from the system and then configure it with RAID. You may follow the steps below:
*Note: Back up any important data before entering the RAID mode. The RAID configuration procedure can result in loss of all data from the hard drives.
Now try to install ISRT application on the system and you should be able to get the option of enabling the acceleration.
Hope this helps. Feel free to reply for any further assistance.
catilley1092
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January 9th, 2014 10:00
No, the XPS 8700 doesn't support 64GB RAM in either configuration (SE or non-SE). That would require a MB upgrade.
Mine is the non-SE & shipped with 12GB RAM (4GB x2 & 2GB x2). The Crucial tool that I ran says that my XPS 8700 as configured supports up to 32GB RAM.
There is a mSATA port to install that type of SSD, though I haven't tried it yet. I would like to my next upgrade cycle, as well as the GPU.
My system was purchased from Costco for an unreal price of $699 ($350 instant savings).
i7-4770
12GB DDR3 1600 MHz RAM
1TB Seagate HDD
AMD Radeon 7570 GPU
Since then, I've installed Windows 7 Pro on a 128GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD & it Rocks! Initially cloned Windows 8 to it, but not the speed I expected, Windows 7 Pro boots 2x faster, seldom do I see the Dell splash screen go by, it boots directly to Windows. I sign in, click the browser on the Taskbar & it opens w/out hesitation.
Regardless, 32GB is the max that the XPS 8700 will run. If the installed version of Windows 7 is Home Premium, it can only use 16GB of it. I don't know if this is the case with Windows 8 non-Pro version (the OEM supplied OS).
Cat
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January 27th, 2014 11:00
Yeah , I talked to Dell technical support and they said the XPS 8700 was expandable to 32 gigs. I had 8 gigs and expanded it to 24 and it recognized it fine.
Farmer Klink
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February 1st, 2014 15:00
What you said about the ssd and Graphics card was not true I have recently Put an Evga Gtx 760 SC in my pc and it runs quite nicely and I also added a Crucial M500 120 gig ssd it runs fine to also I added a Corsair GS800 psu
fenoywb
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February 2nd, 2014 05:00
The non-SE version of the 8700 with Windows 8 (non-pro version) runs 32 GB of RAM just fine.
Farmer Klink
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February 2nd, 2014 08:00
It does Nice Thanks so much!
rosspest
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February 12th, 2014 20:00
Farmer Klink
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February 13th, 2014 07:00
Complexity
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June 23rd, 2014 09:00
erley
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June 24th, 2014 12:00
ola andrew beleza? entao vi q vc entende bem sobre pc e eu gostaria de saber se vc pode me dizer se a placa mae DELL KWVT8 é boa? e se vc tem em base o valor dela?
IrvSp
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June 25th, 2014 06:00
I've got the 'Standard' XPS 8700, NOT the SE edition.
The 'My Dell' tool states it can use up to 32GB's of RAM. The Toshiba drive is the 1TB that was in the machine and I added the WD 1TB as a second mechanical drive and the SanDisk SSD which I cloned Win 8.1 too from the original drive (and now use it for data).
The My Dell also states my Motherboard is 0KWVT8 for the part number. It has 2 4GB RAM sticks from Hynix/Hyundai, HMT451U6AFR8C-PB part number.
It IS fast and boots within 15 seconds.
I think the SE versions basic difference is besides faster video and more RAM is that the mSATA SDD is included and used a cache for the OS basically. The video card and mSata drive is not an option on the Standard Edition.