XPS 8700 SSD upgrade

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• Problems with the new XPS 8700 and upgrades...

  Hello

  I need help!

  I just bought an XPS 8700 a week ago (maybe more).

  It came with: pre installed with Windows 7 Pro, installation / upgrade disc for Windows 8 Pro

  (Pentium 4790 16 GB RAM 4 GB Nvidia GTS 745 VC)

  A few days after I ordered an ssd of m Cruscial 480 GB for her, with a WD 1 TB HARD drive.

  My problem is centered around the M SSD.

  The Crucial SSD of M IS compatible with this system?

  I try to set it up and the system hangs.

  I can't use ready boost, or it will be BSOD.

  I want to load the OS on the SSD m and use the other 2 HDD as data drives.

  JD

  JDclsuter13x

  My other question is: System running Windows 7, but comes with a Win 8 restore disc?

  Its rights to licensed Windows Pro 8.1 with downgrade to Windows 7 Professional. You will need make the recovery using Dell backup media and restore your original disc. Theres no need to change the BIOS settings earlier.

  After that, remove your hard drive and insert your mSATA SSD. Use the Dell backup and recovery USB to reinstall Windows on the mSATA SSD. Once you are satisfied with the installation of Windows on the drive mSATA remove it and insert the HARD drive, use DISKPART OWN while using your DVD of Windows 8.1. Then insert the mSATA SSD, Windows 7 starter and initialize the HARD disk, implemented as a data reader.

• XPS 8700 MEMORY UPGRADE TO 16 GB

  I NEED TO ADD 8 GB OF MEMORY (2 X 4 GB DIMMS) TO MY NEW XPS 8700. I HAVE 8 GB (2X4GB).  ARE THERE SUFFICIENT EMPTY LOCATIONS TO ACCOMMODATE THE UPGRADE?

  RONFOSS

  I NEED TO ADD 8 GB OF MEMORY (2 X 4 GB DIMMS) TO MY NEW XPS 8700. I HAVE 8 GB (2X4GB).  ARE THERE SUFFICIENT EMPTY LOCATIONS TO ACCOMMODATE THE UPGRADE?

   
  RONFOSS
   
  Yes, the XPS has 8700 4 locations.
     
  FTP://FTP.Dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_xps_desktop/XPS-8700_Owner%27s%20Manual_en-us.PDF
   
  Bev.

• XPS 8700 GPU upgrade

  My PC is the 8700 XPS, described in my GIS unit. Non-SE.

  Double boots both Windows 7 Pro and 8, secure boot disabled.

  Current GPU is the AMD Radeon 7570 (OEM) that comes with it. I see this same pattern can also run the NVIDIA Geforce GTX 645 (OEM). It's basically a quick replacement? Obviously, the PSU is OK, as the POWER 460 block is the same in all models.

  Will be one of the 6 pins that is not in use, it will take if yes, is it important that we? I noticed that they are numbered differently, probably just to label a connection. I found them hidden behind the other sons.

  Finally, if everything is compatible, should I use the current Dell supplied drivers for the stability of the system (all the installed drivers are provided Dell), or I let NVIDIA auto detect & install?

  This has been a great PC for me, the XPS 8700 packs a lot of power in a mid-size Tower. Just, I want better video & don't want to deal with swaps of power supply, which could void my warranty.

  Thank you very much for any help given.

  CAT

  Unfortunately, you will need to move to a GTX 660 to get a display port.  I'd go with the HD 7770 HERE that is actually better than the GTX 650 for about the same cost.

• XPS 8700 RAM upgrade - do not use full capacity

  I decided to get max out my RAM on my XPS 8700 to 32 GB. After booting, I am only using one half of the total. I checked the system settings to see if there is something that needs to be defined, but I don't see anything that will help.

  Is there a material DIM switch or something of RAM is correctly adjusted? I looked in the user guide but cannot see how to swap the RAM modules.

  If you have windows 7 home, your authorized max is memory 16 GB.  If you have Pro, you can go up to 192 GB.  Windows 8 and higher increased the memory limit.

  If it does not, you may have some bad RAM.

• XPS 8700 SSD Boot - make it stick

  My 8700 XPS came with Win 7 Pro preloaded on the hard drive and a red recovery disk media 8.1. Successfully, I installed a Samsung EVO 250 GB HD, connected to the SATA 0 and installed 8.1 on it. This works.

  However, I can't the BIOS to use the SSD drive under the 1st boot device. Unless I press the F12 key during startup and then select the SSD drive, by default it keeps looking for the hard drive.  The SATA operation mode is "AHCI" (which has been set by default already).

  How can I get the BIOS to recognize and use the SSD as default boot device?  Thank you!

  Hi Monkuboy,

  I am pleased to hear that the installation went well. In the BIOS there should be a section that defines your system boot devices. This is where you define the SSD as drive bootable. If you use UEFI, then of course you must select to start in UEFI from Windows, and you can set this option.

  Generally, I recommend that you set the system drive as the second boot device and chip set USB as the first.

• Dell XPS 8700 GPU Upgrade

  Hello.

  I recently got the XPS8700 with Intel Core i7 3.4 GHz, 24 GB Ram, GeForce GT GPU 635.

  The PC works fine, however, I really want to upgrade graphics card, to get the best experience.

  I was looking at the GPU was the Radeon R9290.

  I realized that my diet was not strong enough to provide this GPU.

  -The power supply I wanted to get was a series of Builder CX750W link or http://www.corsair.com/en/power-supply-units/cx-series-psu/cx750-80-plus-bronze-certified-power-supply.html-

  -The link of the GPU or http://rog.asus.com/269042013/graphics-cards-2/the-asus-r9-290-graphics-card/

  My questions are, PSU, I want to get compatible with the GPU, is my PC big enough to keep the GPU is compatible with my motherboard GPU.

  Thank you.

  To answer your question, yes the 290 r9 will start.  Its a fit tight, but it will fit in there which is great.  How can I know what... Well I have one on my 8700 :) and I would not recommend anything less the 750 watt for a power supply when executing this GPU.

• Edition special XPS 8700, SSD question, where is it?

  my new PC is supposed to have a 2 to 7200 RPM disk hard + 256 GB mSATA Solid State Drive, I only see the 1 disc which is a 2 TB hard drive, it is a hybrid car or Dell trying to pull a fast one on me? Laughing out loud

  

  It's an mSATA card plugged into a slot on the system board.

• Dell XPS 8700 replace / add mSATA SSD

  I have a new Dell xps 8700 and I put in an mSata 500 GB SSD, planned on getting 2 TB hard drive and simply run the pc of the ssd. My problem is the operating system. I have the recovery disk and the disk from Dell drivers. the pc came with Windows 8.1, I upgraded to 8.1 Pro with Media Player. I don't think that the Dell disk will do a clean install of OS 8.1, and I'm not sure to recover the operating system and disk set, since I upgraded to 8.1 PRO. I don't really have a problem with just the Windows 8.1, and then do the upgrade again. I think maybe even the simplest would be to try Windows 10 on it, I ran beta Windows on other computers. My Question is that I have upgraded to Windows Pro 8.1, I'll be able to get the full version if I try to recover / and with the correct product key. or do I use the recovery disk, and then try to make the OS drive / and collect the key?

  If you create recovery discs using Dell software, it will install windows 8.1 as if you bought the computer fresh from the factory with all the software that Dell gave you etc.  You then upgrade to windows 8.1 pro via the same method as you have done before, however if they gave you a product key, you should be able to just pop that in and make the upgrade.  You could make an image of your HARD drive, then run everything on the SSD by cloning the drive for the SSD.

• Including 32 upgrade of RAM for Dell XPS 8700 8700-3312BLK X

  Could someone give me some specific links, perferalby on amazon, I need to upgrade my current computer Dell XPS 8700 8700-3312BLK Desktp X, which has 16 in 4 locations (of course) to 32 ewes?

  I want to do it as cheap as possible.

  Thank you!

  Nancy

  nancygail

  Could someone give me some specific links, perferalby on amazon, I need to upgrade my current computer Dell XPS 8700 8700-3312BLK Desktp X, which has 16 in 4 locations (of course) to 32 ewes?

  I want to do it as cheap as possible.

  Thank you!

  Nancy

  nancygail

  http://promotions.Newegg.com/NEPRO/14-2242/index.html?name=memory-Finder#oufDS360hVJAAAD

  http://www.Newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=9SIA2F845P4509&cm_mmc=CNETFindMEMUS-_-9SIA2F845P4509-_-na-_-na

  https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=ct2k102464bd160b&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=91429747109&hvpos=1t2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9577659747743147828&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9027686&hvtargid=kwd-192362093332&ref=pd_sl_18culcequ2_b

  Bev.

• Upgrade GPU for XPS 8700

  As the title says, I have a question about the Dell XPS 8700. I wanted to update the graphics card and after browsing through the forum, I think I already know the answer, but would have an EVGA GeForce GTX 960 to adapt and be compatible.

  The dimensions of the GPU are 4.38 inches x 10.1 inches x 2 inches with a request for a power of 400 W.

  There is an entire thread dedicated to the XPS 8700 / nVidia GTX upgrade.

  http://en.community.Dell.com/support-forums/desktop/f/3515/t/19611037

  you don't need to upgrade the power supply for a GTX 960, and most will fit.

  Regarding the power supply, I went with Seasonic X - 650 s and they are a little longer than the original but adapt easily.

• Clarity on a Dell XPS 8700 with 2 TB SATA + Intel® SRT 32 GB SSD Cache harddrive

  Hello

  I am buying a Dell XPS 8700 with a SATA hard drive with a 32 GB SSD cache. I want to know if the SSD is a separate physical disk SATA hard disk, it will be the M.SATA chip on the motherboard.

  Please it is confirmed; I can by adding a larger 256 GB internal SSD, with the o/s re installed on the SSD with HDD as storage of 2 TB.

  Best regards & Thanks Sean

  Hi Sean,.

  Yes, it's an mSATA SSD and scalable. You have the option to install the OS on a bigger mSATA SSD if you choose to do.

• XPS 8700 swapping HDD to SSD

  Just received new XPS 8700 and swap wanted immediately to the factory installed 1 TB of HDD to a new Samsung 256 GB SSD. Given that Dell did not provide a Windows backup a DVD, I removed the HARD drive and tried to clone for SSD by using another computer running Windows 8. However, neither software Samsung SSD or EASEUS Todo Backup Free would allow me to clone the whole HARD disk, the SSD is smaller.

  EASEUS has the possibility of reducing a selected partition so I could try to clone only the system partition main which is 940 GB but contains only 40 GB of data, mainly from windows and other software drivers, but I'm afraid that if I clone the other partitions, including the recovery of those, I will not be able to restore the system in the future.

  Technician Dell told me to use an OEM Windows 8 drive for a clean install on the SSD, but I did not and fear may lose everything that Dell has installed on the HARD drive.

  Should I continue the cloning attempts to use other software that allows to shrink the partitions if they contain no data - which one? Or XPS from the startup HARD drive as it is, make a record of system backup/image then, restore it to the SSD?

  Help will be very appreciated!

  The Dell recovery partition can be easily removed without rendering the system unbootable, so my suggestion would be to leave them alone.

• XPS 8700: Upgrade CPU cooler

  Hello

  I have a Dell XPS 8700 and I am facing some problems to find a cooler to replace the original one.

  It came with a modified version in stock intel cooler. Is essentially the same heatsink (not high quality metal) and a 80mm fan (4-pin).

  The problem is that the holes just let me install a chiller that uses screws. I can't put coolers that use this model clip or PIN (as we see in Stock Intel) and I'm afraid to buy new and it cannot install due to the incompatibility of holes in backplate.

  Someone here has already improved the CPU cooler? If someone has already done so, could you please tell me the name of the model of cooler?

  Thank you.

  Here are a few threads.

  This one down a 8700 transplanted in a new folder.

  http://en.community.Dell.com/support-forums/desktop/f/3514/t/19587289?pi21953=2

  It is a water cooler on a 8700 with a processor upgrade:

  http://en.community.Dell.com/support-forums/desktop/f/3514/t/19648355

  and the other.

  en.Community.Dell.com/.../19625539

• XPS * 700 new ssd upgrade

  XPS 8700. A new machine with Win 8.1 installed. Updated to win 10 without any problem.

  The intention is to change the supplied 25Gb msata player with a new crucial mSata of 250 GB SSD SSD and use it for programs and the 2 TB drive for storage. I confirmed that the Bios is up to date and that Win10 is enabled.

  Change BIOS - boot > F12 > advanced > onboard driver config > Sata mode.  Change the AHCl

  1st boot device tab USB Disk 3

  F10 and save the new settings in the Bios.

  Media creation using Win10 Microsoft Win10 home 64 on new USB download tool. 3 stick of memory of 16 GB. Download verified by Microsoft.

  On the motherboard replace 32 GB mSataSSD with a new problem of number of SSD 250 GB mSata. Unplug the drive 2 TB memory stick Insert in a USB3 socket.

  Starts.

  Put Windows in place in housing starts.

  Keyboard language/time screen.

  Next

  Install now

  Implementation is underway

  Required product key

  Jump - as already active win10 and I don't have a product key.

  Screen of the license - accept the terms

  Custom installation.

  Where do you want to install Windows.

  Disk 0 Partition 1 16 MB MSR reserved

  Disk 0 Partition 2 232 primary MB

  Click on partition 2

  We could not create a new partition or locate an existing one. For more information, see Set log file.

  And that's all. Don't know where the log file will be and can not get away, all I can do is turn off the power.

  Any help and advice would be welcome.

  Thank you.

  Rob B.

  Sorted. Delete all and new partition on unallocated. Now, any attempt to Windows Setup