Dell XPS 1330 ???

Fatloss08

thinking of buying one of these

anybody used them yet ??? any good

thinking of 4gb ram

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T9300 (2.50 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 6 MB L2 cache)

Jonathan

great.

Fatloss08

jmccrohan wrote: »

great.

care to elaborate GREAT

Voodu Child

They seem to have a high failure rate (the models with 8400M graphics card). I owned one when they came out with no problems, but in hindsight I would be hesitant to buy one now. If you do, probably would be a good idea to get an extended warranty.

Alanstrainor

They are also getting on a bit now, ~2 years old at this stage, with replacements on the way. Just something to keep in mind. As well as their tendency to fail with Nvidia chips.

Fatloss08

ok so what would you advise i go for ???

4gb ram and alot of hard drive space and fast

copacetic

have been very happy with mine, never had an issue..

kaizersoze

copacetic wrote: »

have been very happy with mine, never had an issue..

+1

Dartz

They have been replaced by the Studio XPS 13... which is a much better machine.

TestTransmission

copacetic wrote: »

have been very happy with mine, never had an issue..

+1,looks the business too

Sherifu

Had the motherboard replaced once thanks to nvidia's incompetence. Very happy with mine, does the job nicely and is a looker.

leninbenjamin

the 8400M GS is an awful card, i've been using it in my current laptop for over a year now and with a 2.0Ghz Core2Duo and 3GB RAM, the GPU is really the bottle neck of the whole system. plus the with the high failure rate i would say stay the **** away.

if buying an XPS, the studio 13 is probably the best bet. However, it's relatively new and reviews of it are hard to come by, so nobody really knows what the story is with it yet.

machalla

Sherifu wrote: »

Had the motherboard replaced once thanks to nvidia's incompetence. Very happy with mine, does the job nicely and is a looker.

I had the motherboard and processor on mine replaced last week due to nvidia heat problem. I did the copper mod on it then and its overall running a lot cooler and more stable. At least you can play CIV IV on it now anyway which used to keel it over all the time.

I'd certainly be wary of Dell machines after my m1330 experience.

Sherifu

machalla wrote: »

I had the motherboard and processor on mine replaced last week due to nvidia heat problem. I did the copper mod on it then and its overall running a lot cooler and more stable. At least you can play CIV IV on it now anyway which used to keel it over all the time.

I'd certainly be wary of Dell machines after my m1330 experience.

I was thinking about doing the copper mod on mine but I put it off at the time. Any chance of a link to the copper you used?

To be honest I blame nvidia first and foremost. I hope Dell are royally screwing them for every single replacement job.

machalla

Sherifu wrote: »

I was thinking about doing the copper mod on mine but I put it off at the time. Any chance of a link to the copper you used?

http://myworld.ebay.ie/metaloffcuts

Using this guide.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=268081

Its fairly easy overall. I got all the other bits I needed in Peats in town (artic silver 5, thermal compound remover). The only things you need to do are clean off the thermal paste from cpu and adhesive from gpu. Then lather on the thermal paste on both of them. Place copper piece where the blue thermal pad had been then close it all up. I left it overnight to dry out a little bit, by the morning the gpu was running 10-15 degrees cooler. Cpu was a few degrees cooler. Hottest I've seen the gpu now is 71 degrees. Previously it was running at that when idle!

Voodu Child

machalla wrote: »

Then lather on the thermal paste on both of them. Place copper piece where the blue thermal pad had been then close it all up.

Don't forget you'll need thermal compound on both sides of the copper shim (that's all it is; a shim to account for the height of the removed thermal pad). And 'lather' isn't the word i'd use when talking about applying it :pac:

machalla

voodoo_child wrote: »

Don't forget you'll need thermal compound on both sides of the copper shim (that's all it is; a shim to account for the height of the removed thermal pad). And 'lather' isn't the word i'd use when talking about applying it :pac:

Yes probably a bit over enthusiastic there in my description

The guide covers it all pretty well though so you can't go far wrong with that.

Sherifu

That looks like the guide I was looking at at the time. I should really do this as I had the motherboard replaced recently.

Dartz

71 degree's is safe enough. That shouldn't give you any problems. I've been hearing that newer 1330's run cooler than old mind you, but I can't quite remember where I heard that.

I wouldn't buy a 1330 meself though, mostly because I'm not too sure about that, and I tend to load the GPU on this pretty constantly.

Garth

Dartz wrote: »

71 degree's is safe enough. That shouldn't give you any problems. I've been hearing that newer 1330's run cooler than old mind you, but I can't quite remember where I heard that.

I have a 1330 which I adore and the only issue I've had is the power cable fell apart (they replaced it quickly enough!) 11 months after I bought it.

The new bios fixed a few weird things and my computer runs quieter and cooler since I updated it. I've never had an issue with the nvidia card. The network card (draft n) gives some trouble in ubuntu but it's sortable.

Umiq88

I have the Vostro 1310 which is basically the same as the 1330.

Also did the copper mod and my GPU now idles at 59C

One of the best things you can do and it wont void your warrenty is to undervolt the CPU. Mine was running at 100c under 100% stress test.

I undervolted it and the highest i got was 65C and it now idles at 33C.

This has taken alot of heat off the copper pipe and alow the GPU to cool better.

Theres a guide on notebook review as well