Does the NP700Z5A-A01DX have ExpressCache?

[Jickarnik]

I can't find information about which models have the 8 gigs Express Cache memory, and which do not. Does anyone know if this model (A01DX) in particular has it?

[susliks]

According to this Ad it should have
http://www.exacteditions.com/exact/d...1&term=&size=3

ExpressCache™ technology is available on Series 7 CHRONOS NP700Z5A-A01DX, NP700Z5A-S02UK and NP700Z5A-S01UK models

If not then bring them to court

[Jickarnik]

I got this model now, no ExpressCache menu appearing in Easy Settings...
The advertised HDD works at 7200 RPM, however my laptop has "SAMSUNG HN-M750MBB" which appears to work at 5400 RPM.
Kinda misleading with those ads...

[spincel]

I got this model now, no ExpressCache menu appearing in Easy Settings...
The advertised HDD works at 7200 RPM, however my laptop has "SAMSUNG HN-M750MBB" which appears to work at 5400 RPM.
Kinda misleading with those ads...

Are you sure it does not have EC? I check the support page and find out that this model does have driver for EC. Better go to Disk Management or Device to look up the iSSD. Also, only version that has 500GB or 750GB can be 7200 RPM, the one with 1TB would have only 5400 RPM.

[Jickarnik]

The A01DX model has a 750GB hard drive.
SAMSUNG HN-M750MBB is the name appearing in the device manager. A quick google search shows a few online stores that sell this hard drive, and they all state it works at 5400RPM.

In the Disk Drives tab this hard drive is the only device shown. Also in Disk Management i can only see this drive and the DVD device.

Easy Software Manager does not show Express Cache driver at all.

I have sent an email from the Samsung support web page, asking to confirm if this model has these features, however it will probably take weeks for them to respond (if they ever do).
I'm starting to question my purchase now... Is it worth installing an OCZ Agility 3 SSD on this laptop (I have this drive on my desktop computer and i'm pretty happy with it)?

[spincel]

The A01DX model has a 750GB hard drive.
SAMSUNG HN-M750MBB is the name appearing in the device manager. A quick google search shows a few online stores that sell this hard drive, and they all state it works at 5400RPM.

In the Disk Drives tab this hard drive is the only device shown. Also in Disk Management i can only see this drive and the DVD device.

Easy Software Manager does not show Express Cache driver at all.

I have sent an email from the Samsung support web page, asking to confirm if this model has these features, however it will probably take weeks for them to respond (if they ever do).
I'm starting to question my purchase now... Is it worth installing an OCZ Agility 3 SSD on this laptop (I have this drive on my desktop computer and i'm pretty happy with it)?

Get an 128GB SSD and put it on. You won't regret about that. Without the EC, everything is much easy because you don't have to mess with that. However, there is a tradeoff. With only 128, you will need some tweaks to have most space available. Some guides suggest that turn off pagefile, but also there is a tradeoff for that. Some applications could fail because of that, so having EC is not really bad at all as you can use EC as pagefile drive. If you have more than 128, that won't be an issue at all. I just installed mine m4 and speed is incredible.

[John Ratsey]

I would have doubts whether the A01DX has the ExpressCache, given it's pricing.

John

[susliks]

Samsung downloads lists expresscache driver so it should have it installed - NP700Z5AI

Are there any options under BIOS settings regarding Expresscache?
What model number is on back side of the notebook?

[Jickarnik]

The model on the back is exactly as I posted it here NP700Z5A-A01DX.
I can't see any options for expresscache in BIOS.
I took a few pictures so you can have a look if you want:

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In Samsung's website the ExpressCache driver is listed, however when you hover the mouse over the little blue question mark underneath, it says this driver may not be appropriate depending on the notebook model. I still cannot find a table of some sort comparing the features of all the series 7 models...

As for what spincel said, I am not worried about space at all. I will use my laptop for work/study so it will have more than enough space to hold the software i need. At home I use my desktop PC which has bigger hard drives for storage. I can also put the HDD I take out in a case and use it as an external one...

I am just not sure if doing all of this is worth it, as this would increase the final price of my laptop with about £100.

[spincel]

The model on the back is exactly as I posted it here NP700Z5A-A01DX.
I can't see any options for expresscache in BIOS.
I took a few pictures so you can have a look if you want:

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image3
image4
image5

In Samsung's website the ExpressCache driver is listed, however when you hover the mouse over the little blue question mark underneath, it says this driver may not be appropriate depending on the notebook model. I still cannot find a table of some sort comparing the features of all the series 7 models...

As for what spincel said, I am not worried about space at all. I will use my laptop for work/study so it will have more than enough space to hold the software i need. At home I use my desktop PC which has bigger hard drives for storage. I can also put the HDD I take out in a case and use it as an external one...

I am just not sure if doing all of this is worth it, as this would increase the final price of my laptop with about £100.

You can wait for SSD price to drop, but since there is at $1/GB, I doubt that it would be lower like 0.7$/GB, but it could happen when holiday shopping. Puting SSD is more reliable than HDD and you have the fast incredible boot and application startup. I'm really happy that I put mine despite that I only have left 80GB on that . It's up to you to decide, but I think SSD now become more and more standard for notebook.

About the SSD, did you try to install the driver from the support? If you not sure that would help, I guess wait for Samsung reply is more appropriate.