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    OCing HyperX memory questions.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by clienterror, Jun 30, 2011.

  1. clienterror

    clienterror Notebook Consultant

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    Hey all, just a couple quick questions about HyperX memory. I upgraded to 8 gigs of Kingston HyperX 1600 memory, I went to Bios to play with it a little and I got some weird results. It wont get past post with either XMP profiles selected or custom but I can OC it all the way to 2133 mhz stable on the default settings. Is this normal or is this just a really set of ram? I'd think if it couldn't get any tighter settings it surly wouldn't OC like that, but I'm kinda noob with OCed ram. Any suggestions or comments are really appreciated. Thanks!

    PS it was kind of interesting as well because the 2 sticks of ram from dell weren't even the same brand lol.
     
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    obc993 Notebook Consultant

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    What i7 do u have?
     
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    clienterror Notebook Consultant

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    It's the 2630QM. I just looked at CPUZ also and it says I'm still running at 1600mhz even though my BIOS shows 2133....kinda weird.
     
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