Dell XPS 13 9350 (i7-6560U, QHD+) Ultrabook Review

[benjiboy]

hi,

May i know how long is the battery life for the FHD non-touch xps 13 with intel iris 540 graphics card in terms of  web browsing and watching movies. Would it be in the same range as the 520 graphic card or will there be a vast difference.

thanks in advance, :)

[GnarlyCharlie]

Was content adaptive brightness control (CABC/DBC) disabled before performing the calibration on the display panel? There is no mention of this at all in the article, if it was not disabled using the software provided by Dell then the ICC file provided is completely inaccurate.

[brian]

For any purchasers, open it up, remove heat-sink, clean both CPU & heatsink and put some good paste like AS5 or better and you will see far better temps and thus much more consistent Turbo. Don't know what "paste" Dell uses but they cheapened out.

My own 9333 with 4650U used to hit over 90C all the time, now it barely hits 80C! Or push long-term Turbo to 20W (or 25 ;) and then it may hit 90C.

(Done the same to Lenovo Carbon X1 and that worked fantastic too!)

If you buy the 9350 then sell the cheap PM951 and buy either an SM951 or Pro 950 and then let it fly.

hey Adrian, I own the dell xps 13 9350 16GB internal memory/ram, 512GB SSD, i7-6560U intel iris 540 (fully-loaded version, I paid $1500 for this laptop)

what is this "cheap PM951" your talking about replacing? I'm interested in upgrading the xps 13 in anyway possible to make it run better and more efficiently, I need to take it in somewhere to have the pasting done, cause I have no idea on how to do so myself, but I am good with my hands, but I don't know if I want to try it myself until I see it done at-least. but anyway, I was wondering what you meant by "if you buy the dell xps13, get rid of the cheap pm951 and get pro 950". is this a component inside the laptop I can buy and replace to make it run better? please explain, email me if possible! thanks Adrian for your time!

my email - [email protected]

[bleve]

refers to SSD drive:

Model    Capacity    Read max.    Write max.    Starting price
Samsung SSD 950 Pro        256 GB    2200 MB/s    900 MB/s    for $189 on Amazon
512 GB    2500 MB/s    1500 MB/s    for $319 on Amazon
Samsung SSD SM951      256 GB    2150 MB/s    1260 MB/s    for $167 on Amazon
512 GB    2150 MB/s    1550 MB/s    for $289 on Amazon
Samsung SSD PM951    256 GB    1000 MB/s    280 MB/s    for $109 on Amazon
512 GB    1050 MB/s    560 MB/s    for $179 on Amazon
Toshiba OCZ RD400    256 GB    2600 MB/s    1150 MB/s    for $174 on Amazon
512 GB    2600 MB/s    1600 MB/s    for $329 on Amazon
1 TB    2600 MB/s    1550 MB/s    for $769 on Amazon
HP Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro    256 GB    2150 MB/s    1260 MB/s    for $477 on Amazon
512 GB    2150 MB/s    1550 MB/s    for $649 on Amazon

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