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    8GB Kingston HyperX VS 16GB Corsair Vengeance in M17x R2

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by flingin, Jul 24, 2013.

  1. flingin

    flingin M17x R2 Mafia

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    Just sharing the results.

    16GB of ram feels like nice refreshment....

    Quick and easy test shows there is almost no difference between those 2 memory modules.

    Corsair CMSX16GX3M2A1600C10 Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1600 Mhz CL10 Enthusiast Notebook Memory Kit
    Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Laptop Memory Model KHX1600 C9S3K2/8GX

    I know, i know, no details about the memory timings and so on, who needs it anyways, just see the RAW performance results.

    This was NOT supposed to be IN-DEPTH test :) Kingston VS Corsair.jpg
     
  2. sangemaru

    sangemaru Notebook Deity

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    Not to be a bubble-burster, but:

    In the m17x-R2, the chips won't be running at DDR3-1600 speeds. They'll be running at their specified JEDEC timings for 1333MHz speeds.
    16GB vs 8GB is only useful if you actually make use of all those extra 8GB (which is highly unlikely for most applications).
    They're both high-performance products - performance differences will be slight to non-existent.

    That being said, I'd still love those 16GB for future-proof reasons as well as bragging rights :D
     
  3. flingin

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    yep, i know all that :)
     
  4. James D

    James D Notebook Prophet

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    Speaking very calmly. Then why did you post this comparison without even mention of that? Somebody here finds interesting threads searching "New posts" including myself. So when you see HyperX vs Vengeance nobody by any means will doublecheck if both sticks will work a the appropriate frequency. Especially when you noted read latency of one of them because at 1333MHz timings should be about the same.
     
  5. flingin

    flingin M17x R2 Mafia

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    Speaking very calmly....well, i think everybody knows that as well :)