Precision M6800 questions and upgrades

[Annihilator]

3 hours ago, panda_zzz said:

Don't forget that with this processor, you will be limited to 2 RAM slots and a maximum of 16 gigabytes.

 

and where is the problem? 16GB is more then enough for everything except big photoshop / video files, n for this the supported CPUs r way to slow atm(except i like to wait for hours 😄 ) 

 

 

[AaronD]

11 hours ago, Annihilator said:

and where is the problem? 16GB is more then enough for everything except big photoshop / video files, n for this the supported CPUs r way to slow atm(except i like to wait for hours 😄 ) 

Every once in a while, I use mine for live FHD video.  (cameras, local sources, etc., with production and encoding all in the moment and all "in the box")  That tends to eat RAM.  And CPU cycles, even if it does offload the encoding part to the GPU.

 

It's not the sort of thing that can wait either: each frame *must* finish before the next one starts.  But this 10-year-old design with mostly original parts (all except storage, GPU, and OS) does keep up with it!  32GB and an i7-4940MX.

[Annihilator]

1 hour ago, AaronD said:

Every once in a while, I use mine for live FHD video.  (cameras, local sources, etc., with production and encoding all in the moment and all "in the box")  That tends to eat RAM.  And CPU cycles, even if it does offload the encoding part to the GPU.

 

It's not the sort of thing that can wait either: each frame *must* finish before the next one starts.  But this 10-year-old design with mostly original parts (all except storage, GPU, and OS) does keep up with it!  32GB and an i7-4940MX.

 

ordered a 4930MX, 20 bucks cheaper then the 4940MX(or the 4980HQ) n the OC results for both r the same, so no need to waste money on that 😄 n found another 2x 4GB 1866 mem in a old 2570P here, so could go for 24GB... but will short the battery life, the reson i only will install the 1TB mPCIe SATA SSD, less power using stuff in the system as possible... 

 

now will think about to optimize the heatsinks... sadly is not from the bottom like HP where u can use the bottom plate as huuuuuge heatsink 😄