Is this the Haswell model? If so, why is it a lot cheaper than the one in Dell.com? Does it have the famous coil whine issue?
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Yes...Haswell architecture. I purchased this mid-July from Amazon, and have had zero issues with it, and no coil whine in my unit. Mine is essentially silent, and has run perfectly since day one. Battery life is excellent, and responsiveness with the SSD is fantastic - this does a cold boot in a few seconds, and wakes from sleep almost instantly. Display is the best I've seen, period. Fantastic machine overall.
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There's two systems 4702 or 4712. 2.2Ghz vs 2.3Ghz. The former is $1774 and latter is $2199.$1774 is great price. Price has probably been lowered to clear inventory. It's possible there may be hardware issues with 4702 that we're fixed in 4712 ( just speculation on my part ). $1774 is really good price. I paid $2199 for 4712.
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Sorry, but I just don't know. Maybe you could google that question or even call Dell and ask them :-D
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The one I got booted up fine and was nice and quiet during idle on the desktop. But load up an intensive game, and the fan was very noticeable. I could hear it from outside the room, down the hall, and downstairs. I returned this M12II and got a Seasonic X-850 GOLD Seasonic X-850(SS-850KM3 Active PFC F3) 850W 80 Plus Gold ATX12V/EPS12V Power Supply instead, and have been happy with it for the last 2 years and counting.
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I would suggest checking into the MSI Wind. I personally haven't had the pleasure (or possibly horror, but let us hope not) of using any of these products yet but I am looking into them for the same reason as you. Currently I am leaning towards the Aspire One, but I have gone back and forth with the MSI Wind. The Aspire does offer CF slots which are fairly cheap to expand. Also if you are technically inclined you can replace the hard drive to which it is equipped with an Ipod (ZIF) hard drive. With all of that said rumor has it that the Dell "E" is being released on the 15th of August with a base price of $299 USD. The most important qualities for me are a lengthy battery life (which the aspire does not have with the included 3 cell battery, ~3 hours) and a solid comfortable keyboardfor extended typing sessions. Good luck in your quest!
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I used it as a replacement for a dell studio pc. It is noisier and does not screw into the chassis but works fine.
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Board is very touchy. Several comments on other forums indicate problems. We have tried it in two different Desktops. One worked satisfactorily, one did not. Neither were Dell systems. We found the main issue was power management that disabled the board. This was true even if we unchecked this is the driver. We did find the StarTech has a download to allow power management by the motherboard to be disabled and a new firmware release to be installed. This helped a bit. The main advantage was after the updates we could restore the driver with a warm boot but the system still loses the board on a weekly basis when we do our intensive updates to an external drive we have connected to the card. So I would be cautious. Maybe other products s/b checked out too.
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Yes it has been fixed at least in the one I bought. No whine or any noise for that matter, sometimes I wonder if the fan even works. This is truly the best power supply I have ever owned and it is extremely efficient. I noticed a 32Watt drop in power usage after in installing it. Migrated from a PC-Power & Cooling PS measured by Kill-A-Watt.
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Would love to help you Bill, but the Dell i17r-1316slv computer that I thought I was buying ended up being a completely different computer. In addition, it was not new as stated but refurbished. I am in the process of sending it back for a refund. Good luck!Bonnie
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I have the same version but with a metal chassis and noticed this whine. I'm going to look into a replacement. It makes the noise about 20 seconds after plugging in the power.
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not that I found. My friend had one and I got to play with it. I bought it in June 2013 and I've been extremely happy with it. Although I would get the haswell just to get the better battery life. Although for me I have access to an outlet all the time. So, because of that I decided to save the money and went with this version.
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the Dell M5030 is a terrible machine. read reviews, they all break. mine only lasted a year before the motherboard burnt out. buy HP for laptops, much better
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I don't know specifically, but I do know that another issue to be aware of is the bulky heat sink on one side. It barely fits in my Dell minitower.
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From what I saw, its Dell's standard built in features.....its all built in the Motherboard!
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When I surf the web the laptop is using the 4600 on the cpu and fan is silent. (no heat = no fan)When I play games and use the 780 the fan is on low to med. still quiet the only time it makes a lot of noise is when you hit the fan overdrive button and I only did this to check it out, not because it was needed.
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Your the only one worried about a warranty. It's too cheap to waste time worrying. Pocket change. If you want quality don't buy cheap. Buy the expensive Dell adapter if your this concerned. Mine has been working well and will out live the warranty window.
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Dear Peter, although I'm Not a DELL Fan (as I build my own computers) there are many variables i.e. TYPE of MOBO,etc,etc .I wish, I could answer your question ( I MUST SAY I'M OF NO HELP, SORRY.) Sincerely...Mario
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I ended up ordering mine through Dell for $1382 shipped. You just have to find one of those pesky 15% off electronics and accessories coupons!