SSD boot drive upgrade for XPS 8500

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  I want to upgrade the video card in my XPS 8500 (currently a 7570). I searched around and literally impossible to find a simple confirmation of a card that suit and will work (not to mention that the other a Dell offers, 7770, I think that it is). I would really fall into a 6850 6870 or 7850 (in the order of less for the most favorite). I found lots of info on cards that work with the old 8300, XPS, which uses the same power supply as the 8500 according to me. However, I'm not sure if the limitations of the space are the same in the case of XPS 8500 compared to the 8300.

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  Why is it not possible? As far as I know Toshiba proposes some models of the Portege with SSD and SATA drives.
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  I am a happy owner of a XPS 8500, in which I have recently updated the GT 640 stock to a 760 GTX graphics card.  Today make a Support Dell driver update inspection and I remembered that my PC is a 'first version 2012 '.  As a guy who is used to look at the new cars every 2 years, I do with my Dells.

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  If you do not have an SSD, look by adding a. It will make a huge difference.

  The 760 GTX is good, but really it's just OK. (I'm a so I'm not bagging on yours) a upgrade to a GTX 970 would be noticeable if you game.

  Next gen on the horizon Intel chips are Broadwell and Skylake. Read about them. Mon.02 is later in 2015 or 2016 at first there may be a few desktop computers that are really a step above what came out today.

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  It can be mounted vertically or stand flat on the motherboard (MB).

  M2 the drive is much faster than an SATA 3 SSD.  You may not be happy with this change if you bought a SATA 3 SSD. You might be better off going to a 512 GB m2 if the MB supports. I noticed that the m2 drive runs closer to the rated speed when using a k i7 - 5930 or an i7-5960 x due to the track of 40 PCIe bus as opposed to 28 tracks on the i7-5820 k.

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  This CPU does support your laptop?
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  Download, run this tool to know the SATA HDD type:
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  SSD now on the market is of SATA3 (6Gbps), it'll work in your laptop your model SATA connector to be I, II or III. They are compatible with reverse.
  
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