XPS 8500 upgrade to SSD

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• XPS 8500 with full SSD

  I have a XPS 8500 I bought in January of 2013.

  It has a 256 GB Samsung SSD, which is almost full.

  It also has a 2 TB HDD which has plenty of room.

  I get an error message all the time telling me that my SSD or startup disk runs out of space.

  How to free up space on the SSD? I can't find very many programs that take up a lot of space and can not figure out how to clean this drive to make it have more space. I guess that all programs must be installed on the C drive working correctly? Should I uninstall programs have and see if I can install it on the D drive, with more space? I store all my files, such as music and images and documents on the D.

  Any advice here? There are probably 1 million ways to do it better.

  Thanks in advance!

  Version of Windows?

  Is it really to store anything on this great hard drive?

  What generally happens is that Windows stores everything in the 'default' files (for example, Documents, photos, music, etc.) on the same drive where Windows is installed. In your case on the SSD. Then he filled up quickly, but the other disk is empty.

  I recently had a similar problem with a laptop running Win 8.1. Everything was stored on the SSD and the 1 t HARD drive has been entirely unused.  I followed the instructions here to move these files to the 1 t by car and who installs all files and now everything is automatically saved to disk rather than on the SSD and hard.

  The key is that you must create records of 'destination' on the hard disk before tell you Windows to redirect them to this another drive. And don't store everything in the directory root hard disk or you will have a mess.

  In my case, I created folders D:\Documents, D:\Photos D:\Music; D:\Downloads, etc. on the hard drive that has been assigned the drive letter D: by Windows when the operating system has been installed. Then I followed the instructions to move the (SSD) folders from C: to D:.

  Now my 256 GB SSD is less than 1/4 full and all my files are stored on the hard drive. Problem solved!

• SSD boot drive upgrade for XPS 8500

  I want to add a new SSD 128 GB as boot on my XPS 8500 drive when using my original 1 TB hard drive as a data reader.  Questions: Is there a set of instructions on how to better fulfill the new OS install and configure both hard drives?  Can I do a clean install of Win 7 using the Dell XPS 8500 Windows reinstall DVD on the new SSD? The XPS 8500 supports SATA III drives?  Thanks for any help on this.

  An additional question: the processor can be upgraded (from i5 to i7) using the motherboard the original XPS 8500?

  Hi DoctorDED,

  8 GB of memory is sufficient for a machine dedicated to the photo or video editing. However, if you run multiple applications with a lot of resources at the same time especially treatment image or video, CAD or 3D modeling (for example, Premiere Pro, Photoshop and After Effects), then you will surely be benefited by 16 GB of RAM. With more than 8 GB also comes in handy if you make heavy use of virtualization such as Microsoft Hyper-V or VMWare Workstaton tools, especially if you are running multiple operating systems simultaneously.

  Answer please if you have any other questions.

• XPS 8500 - replacement HDD and SSD

  I'm looking to upgrade of storage on my my Dell XPS 8500... My question here is twofold:

  1. I want to replace my current 2 TB HDD (disk storage) with a 4 TB or 5 TB of HARD drive. I will be able to use and see the full 4-5 to? Or is this a case where I will not be able to use the entire disk or will need to score? Y at - it an update of the BIOS that will allow me full access to training?
  2. I am also looking to replace my mSATA 256GB SSD (boot drive) with a 500 GB mSATA SSD... will it be any problem read this disk after installation (plan to do a clean install of Windows and reload my programs)?

  Thanks for your help. Hoping to update soon, but did not buy until I knew what I was getting myself into.

  Its a fairly recent machine with a UEFI BIOS, so it should be good... If you have already upgraded to Windows 10 then your system is already a unit of 10 windows and you should be able to clean the Windows 10 installation on the new SSD. If you haven't you should upgrade now as free upgrade expires tomorrow. #

  You must use the SATA AHCI operation. I assume you have your system already set up this way as you already have a 256 GB mSATA.

• Is an upgrade to XPS 8500 to 8700 worth?

  Salvation;

  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.

  Apart from a system with a new guarantee, what improvements are there between the 8500 and 8700?  Looking at the specs, I have trouble seeing what is really better.  Of course after looking at the new Chevy I would always wander on to the Buick.  The new Area-51 is something to see!

  Is it fair to ask this question: is there a XPS 8800 just around the corner?

  It depends on who you 8500. If it's a core i7 3770, then in my opinion, not worth the upgrade. the 4770 is faster and the 4790 slightly faster than the 4770 again, but is probably not noticeable to most of the work.

  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.

  All that being said, if you have need for speed CPU now, build a K 4790 and overclock.

• XPS 8500 card video, power, upgrades

  I see several threads looking for upgrades XPS 8500 graphics card that can be used with the stock PSU 460w or improved power supply.   However, in upgrading the GPU for this machine, there are a few cards that are not compatible and will result in a black screen.    Even with a correct video card installation, an appropriate power supply and/or upgrade video card fans are going to work, but there is no video.   The problem lies in the BIOS to 8500 XPS motherboard does not recognize the video card and it is a known issue that has carried over from the XPS 8300 to the current XPS 8500.

  There was a video BIOS updates of some card manufacturers to fix this problem for some cards, but there are many old maps that do not work.  The safest bet would be to use a new card with the PCI 3.0 specifications.

  In the sticky in this forum, a link to the current Dell drivers shows the following video cards that support drivers for Windows 8:

  Video

  GeForce GT 545 | GTX660 | GTX555 | GeForce GTS450 | GeForce GTX 590 | GeForce GTX 460 | GTX680 | GeForce GTX 580. GeForce GTX 560 Ti | GTX 480 | GTX690 http://downloads-us.dell.com/FOLDER00753042M/3

  GeForce GT 620 | GeForce GT640 | nVidia http://downloads-us.dell.com/FOLDER00736734M/3 GT640

  AMD HD7570 http://downloads-us.dell.com/FOLDER00746666M/6/

  Radeon HD 6990 | Radeon HD7870 | Radeon HD 6950 | Radeon HD 5870 | Radeon HD 6770 | Radeon HD 5970. Radeon HD7770 | Radeon HD 5770 | Radeon HD 6870 | Radeon HD7950 http://downloads-us.dell.com/FOLDER00749652M/3

  Since it's cards Dell OEM that are supported, there are also specific questions from manufacturer where a given video card model may or may not work according to its configuration.  Considering that an XFX HD 6870 will work in the XPS 8500, the same map made by another manufacturer may not work.

  Please consider this when you do upgrades of the PSU and GPU and, hopefully, BIOS upgrades in the future will answer these questions.

  It would be useful if you have a SPECIFIC card that does or does not, to indicate the manufacturer and the model number full in this thread.

  Operating system information and the Bios would be also useful, and if you use the power SUPPLY Dell or a block upgrade of power.  Specific model please!

  Edit:

  Please include following and other useful information

  Manufacturer number and model of graphics card:

  BIOS:

  Operating system:

  Power supply manufacturer otherwise Dell 460w PSU:

  Compatible: Yes or no

  Original card with the system that has worked:

  I just installed a GTX 970 in my Dell XPS 8500 with questions for the first time.

  It's pieces:

  • Updated my XPS 8500 Motherboard Bios to version "A12" while you wait for my parts arrive
  • EVGA NVIDIA GTX 970 Superclocked Graphics Card (EVGA 04 G-2974-KR)
  • EVGA SuperNOVA 750B 1 750W power supply (PSU) (110-B1-0750-VR)

  Note that I have chosen the 'Return of the fan' version of the card, rather than the version dual fan ATX 2.0.  This is because the design of the housing of the 8500 XPS is not 'Great' traffic.   The style of 'Référence' (shell solid video card with a single fan - which pulls air from the case in... and vents at the rear of the PC) is better suited to the XPS.

  

  Put a new power supply in a Dell XPS 8500 is a little something.   All ATX power supplies were about the same height and width (150mm or 5.09 ") and (86mm or 3.38").    The problem is the depth.   How deep into your PC can reach (extending to the back of your CD/DVD).   Don't forget, you have this tiny USB/headphone jack thing sunk to half way:

  

  I did some steps and realized that MAX PSU depth that would work would be approximately 165mm or about 6.5 ".     It's difficult because I wanted a 750w power supply more power and its REALLY, REALLY hard to find good food slot with less than (180 mm/7.09 "").   And who didn't come home.

  I have scoured every Watt 700 +, 80 + certified PSU carried by Newegg (from 01/12/2014).   Then, I checked cross the specs from newegg for each prospect with the manufacter to audit Web site.  I focused only on PSU at least 8 comments and then only if they have averaged a 3.5 rating (unless the low notes were for trivial things like discount).

  After having looked up the plug on more than 200 of the PSU (over a period of 5 hours), I only came with 5 potential:

  • EVGA SuperNOVA 750B 1 $69.99
  • MARINE RX-1000AE 1000W $119.99
  • SeaSonic SS - 750KM 3 750W $139.99
  • CORSAIR AX series AX760 $159.99
  • Coolmax 1200W ZPG-1200 b $282,35

  I also want to remind the reason why you MUST make sure that your power supply is 165mm or less in depth, and you can't say anything by looking at a a particular series.   Many unique models factory in a series which is just 'smaller '.   You have to look at the specifications of each individual model.

  For example, all except a psu on 700 wats EVGA are (180 mm/7.09 po).  Only 750B 1 is about 165mm.   You will also see that he is a 'Bronze' rather than 'Gold' or 'Platinum' unit 80 +.    I suspect it's "BRONZE" side has something to do with the size.   I they omitted huge heat sinks and a little efficiency to achieve the reduction of 15mm in size.   The quality of the PSU is always more than enough for my needs, and the price can not be beat.

  Now for the installation.   I won't say it was EASY to get the power supply into the case.  I had to unplug all my SATA power supply and cables.  I had to bend the cables on top of ATX case a little, and I had to be very patient reconnection.

  I also had to reroute the wire connecting the top of the case to the Mini PCI (?) card slot.   I didn't honestly it only those who were (they sit behind the rear USB sockets on the motherboard), and they snap on with small quotes as the clichés about the Jeans.  I tried to not interrupt them (because they look fragile), but I accidentally their popped.   Thank God they fix on.  There are even small arrows above each terminal (a black solid, outline to indicate white) so get back you them on in the right order.

  I found it very convenient for stuff a lot of cables in the vacuum "floppy" spot below the CD player.   I also found that I had to plug in the cables in a certain order - because some cables blocked the access to the terminals for others.   (SATA/Power to the CD player, for example is right behind UAP.  I had to do these first, because I would never get my fingers here if I saved that for the end).

  Now for the pre-installation preparation.   I updated the BIOS to A12 and downloaded the installer for the GeForce drivers before moving on my hardware.

  Driver Bios A12 two years ago, but they allowed detection of my GTX 970.  Someone asked me for the version of the drivers, so this is:

  Dell XPS 8500 / Vostro 470 system BIOS
  A12. EXE
  Release date October 29, 2013
  Last updated October 31, 2013
  Version A12

  As I said at the beginning, I was on the A09, but A12 is cumulative and takes you all the way (including all versions in the meantime).

  I uninstalled all my old ATI drivers until I stopped the first time.  I did install the Geforce drivers until after I went on my hardware.  (I wanted just the installer on my desktop - ready and waiting).

  Overall - it worked.  The map spans 2-4 "later in the case, but it fits.  The power supply is approximately 4 "away from the back of the CD, but it fits.   And it starts.

  I just finished playing "Far Cry 4' on the Nvidia setting 2560 x 1080.   The new parameter (beyond ultimate) appeared after I plugged on the map.  I also played Assassins Creed Unity (which is what I chose as my free with the card game - since I already had 4 Far Cry).   The two seem to play 60 fps with no problems.

  Because of the fan on the power SUPPLY and the evacuation from the rear video card, my machine works currently more cool now.

  Hope that helps.   My total cost was about $435.  $349 for the card and $69 for the power supply (taxes extra).

  Sincere greetings,

  Andrew Russell

  P.S. If you have questions about this weird brace to the right of the PSU...   I added a 3rd hard drive under the CD player.  There is only the 'Front holes' so I'm a little creative and put up one of the "PCI mounting plates" from an old ATX case.   I folded the right-hand curve and he the perfect length to attach as a cross tube to keep the hard drive in place.

• XPS 8500, GeForce GTX 970, power supply upgrades

  Alright Hey guys, so I did a little research, talked to a few friends and others and came to the conclusion that the upgrade of my gpu will be a good call! in any case after talking to a few people and a few computer experts I have been proposed to upgrade my gpu for a gtx 970 which I think will be great! The other question that I fell or not was the power supply will be able to handle this kind of upgrade. So after through suggestions from some other people and see what others who have improved their xps 8500 I suggested me to go with the power of 750W EVGA supernova 750 B 1 did supply (PSU) (110-B1-0750-VR) the reason behind this was expressly that he was quite a bit smaller in length to the tern I would be able to ride in the tour and that's what other people have used when starting to level of their xps 8500. Anyway sorry this is long but I assure you it is a good idea, if everything fits correctly and any other thank you GENERALS!

  EVGA is a brand, and they have power supplies are built by different manufacturers.

  the key is the letters B1 and G1, G2 or GS

  B1/G1 are built by the FSP (OK, but not great)

  Seasonic GS. (but not the best that Seasonic can build)

  Superflower G2 (and it's getting good reviews.

  the best is the G2.

  The G2 will be good, but be very tight.

  Keep in mind that you need not 750W to add a GTX 970. 550 W of the kind of clean energy is ample. 650w is also good, but I would highly recommend a high quality PSU, and I do not include the B1 or G1 in this category.

  The 8500 and the 8700 are PSU even better I can tell and there are several described in this thread.

  en.Community.Dell.com/.../19611037

• A confirmed upgrades to the video card for XPS 8500?

  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.

  Would appreciate any info. Thank you!

  I don't see why not.  I just installed a R9 Sapphire x 280 in my XPS8500, I have an OC of HD7850 Sapphire.   This card is crazy for a long time.

  

  

• XPS 8500 SSD

  Hello

  I recently bought a refurbished XPS 8500 SE, which came with a 2 TB HARD drive and a 256GB SSD installed. However, it doesn't seem like the operating system is installed on the SSD, so it starts at a speed of HARD drive enough average, which is not what I expected.

  I'm not an expert but I looked around and gleaned that the 8500's SSD is configured to be used as a cache, which is not how I want to use mainly, I prefer to use the SSD as a real SSD drive, so that I can have a fast startup time and also to install important and active applications to it for quick recovery.

  Hey, Osprey,.

  No, Dell did put the score out there, there are a few other threads where to tell the guys at Dell, and it came in the box with this partition on the SSD drive. He has been blocked so that it could not be easily erased.

  But I managed to delete the partition without formatting the drive. I messed with the permissions up to what I've managed to delete and then expanded the other partition on the SSD so that now I have a literally 100% available 2 TB drive and 256 GB SSD is only occupied by all 60gbs. Thanks for your help though.

• Dell XPS 8500 PSU upgrade needed?

  Hello

  I would like to know if its possible to use this card graph (Asus Nvidia GTX 660 TI)

  with 8500 XPS system that got a POWER 450 W PSU.

  The manufacturer (Asus) advises a block of POWER W 550 while Nvidia defines minimum 450 W PSU.

  What do you think? Should I try it with the power supply 450 internal or should I switch to a 600 W or

  POWER SUPPLY 700?

  

  The XPS 8500 has a 460 watt unit.  Others fled with the help of technology of GTX 660 on the power supply. So, I would not bother with any upgrade of the power supply. Note that when these larger maps, you may need more long SATA cables to your optical or HARD drive.    Also, the XPS 8500 is found to have problems with capacity with some brands.  I prefer the brand EVGA, but it is up to you.

• cache on xps 8500 mSATA ssd drive

  I had to reinstall windows on an XPS 8500 8.  2 TB disk and disk 32 GB mSATA SSD hidden.  Installed Intel SRT but no option to speed up the drive.  How can I be sure that the SSD is used as a cache drive?

  I have the same situation as you. a cache ssd 64 GB mSATA but no CURRENT ACCELERATION button. My OS is win8.

• Internal XPS 8500 with 1 TB Mini-SATA SSD mSATA

  Hello

  I have a Dell XPS 8500.

  I read the manual and it says that this device can take a drive internal mSATA.

  But, the manual don't did me not all sizes.

  Can I install an mSATA SAMSUNG 850 EVO 1 TB Mini-SATA (mSATA)?

  Thank you!

  Hi nohelphiccup,

  Yes, they all have the same configuration. See this nice thread for installation tips.

• XPS 8500 RAM UPGRADE

  My 8500 XPS came with 4 x 2 GB of ram [total 8 gb] I wanted to update and seen many things on 2 x 8 GB modules.

  When it happens, should I remove the 4 x 2 GB and replace the 2 x 8 GB, or can I let 2 of them in place send me a 20 GB total?

  Assuming that the answer is Yes, are there any order, should I install the new ram, that is to say 1 and 2 housing, or is - this not important?  Also I am on windows 8, I tell him to use more ram?

  s thank you for any help with this.

  According to the data sheet for the XPS 8500, the configs of RAM supported are: 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 32 GB.

  Assuming that is correct, you will need to remove all four 2 GB modules and install only the two new modules 8 GB for a total of 16 GB.  2 x 8 GB modules must be installed in accommodation for motherboard 1 and 2.

  According to the owner's manual, the slot 1 is SECOND of CPU and slot 2 is FORTH of CPU and their retention fees must be the same color.

  Assuming that the BIOS recognises the new RAM, Windows should know how to use it.

• Dell XPS 8500 - memory upgrade problems

  I bought a Dell XPS 8500 nine a couple of years.  It came with 8 GB of memory (2-4 GB DDR 3 1600).  Recently, I picked up two sticks of 8 GB, DDR-3 new, 1600.  In total, this should give me 24 GB of memory.

  Currently, housing 1 and 3 are using 4 GB sticks and slot 4 has a key of 8 GB.  If I try to stick the other stick in slot 2, the system does not start.  I assumed it was because a bad stick, so I went back to the store and I replaced it, but the problem persists.  I can get a total of 16 GB, which is recognized in the system.  According to Dell, and Crucial, this system should support up to 32 GB.

  This system only supports the memory to some total amounts, as the 16/08/32?  I checked my BIOS is updated as well.

  I'd appreciate any comments on it.  Thank you!

  If you consult the technical data sheet, the only supported RAM configs are: 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 32 GB.

  Read this.

  EDIT: And modules are best installed in pairs, so 2 x 4 GB + 1x8GB is not an optimal config.

• Adding disk (XPS 8500)

  Hello, I am looking for the Dell XPS 8500, and it comes with an SSD of 32 GB and 2 TB HARD drive and I was wondering if it is possible to add a hard drive of 1 to 3 rd.

  That is right.

  If you want Dell to set up the machine and then control the machine with 256 GB SSD that will have the OS already installed + 2 TB hard drive. . Plug and play with full support on their installation.

  There are a few changes, you need to do in the BIOS in the different stages of a plant itself and a search of this site has them in detail.  If you feel challenged, better to leave Dell to do.

  However, if you choose to do it yourself, you can buy the machine without the msata SSD 32 GB, just buy the disk of 1 TB or 2 TB when you order the machine.  The DVAR would be the Crucial CT256M4SSD3.  You will need a few screw M2 x 3mm mounting which may or may not come with the drive.  It will take place at the 6 GB/s specified.   CT256M4SSD3 and CT3256232 (XPS 8500 recommended upgrade) are the same drive, if you see in searches on the web.