its true looks like its more white now when its on a white background compare to the previous LL7 rom

Get from Sammobile.com
It is a firmware.

You can flash to any version.
I'm SME unit as well and using Thai firmware.

I am using a SME set and now using the Thai DMA5. If you look carefully even our DLL7 also is the same with Thai, Phillipines, Vitenam. Singapore and other Asean region...

IINM...to add to your confusion   

Firmware includes the WHOLE package of PDA, CSC. Modem and bootloader. Depending on the update that Samsung decides to push, you may get any, all or some of the above in the package.

Unzipping the TAR will show you. If you have flashed hundreds of other roms it's the same principle.

I think that you may have confuse with some of my posts before. Ok I will explain the whole situation.

When I first bought my Note 2, I was on stock unrooted for more than a month, maybe almost two months, just to see how well the stock rom was. Then when the Exynos exploit was discovered and Chainfire released his ExynosAbuse app, I decided to root using this method as this the easiest way to do it.

My flash counter did not trip and maintain as 0 and the download mode was still flagged as Official but the system status was flagged as Modified. I bought Triangle Away and and run an option set the system status to be Normal again. Then DLL7 was released and I know that I can't get an OTA update so I bought Mobile Odon Pro to flash the new released DLL7 to maintain root. So I flashed and the flash counter was tripped an by using TA I managed to reset the counter, as well as the system status remains Normal.

Then our beloved joytest posted an app called Orange Backup which can do a nandroid backup without rebooting to recovery. So I decide to try it knowing it that it would trip the counter but I took the plunge. The OB managed to make all of my nandroid partitions with no problem but it tripped the counter like what I suspected. I was unable to reset the counter by using the latesr TA 2.60 and fortunately joytest had suggested to use the older TA 2.37 to reset the counter and it was a success but the system status remains as Modified. So install TA 2.60 to make my system status to Normal back gain.

So just coincidentally the DMA5 was released and I used this opportunity to flash the DMA5 with Mobile Odin Pro to retain root and getting back the system status to Normal. When I flashed the DMA5 the flash counter remains 0 and download mode status remains as Official....

hope that this will help you to understand....what a long story...  

Later early in the morning gotta go to salon, forced by mum.

I was so reluctant because I thought of going only on 1st during FT Day. Then I started to give all sorts of excuses and she just threw me with one statement: "You won't be bored because you have your phone. Since your phone is so smart, you can online and watch dramas while waiting to get your hair done."

She is right, I almost forgot that I can do so many things on my Note II.

Bro, even with an SME set, you will still need to fork out that money coz NOBODY provides warranty for a cracked screen.

I know most people dont give that much attention and weightage on benchmark tests..
But this test I did. My score was way above note 2 and slightly lower than optimum g..