Advice on memory

Hi folks as the title sais im looking to get the corsair veng 16g for my x4 is there different types to go for or what do folk recommend as in speeds etc as you can guess im not too clued up on this kind of thing so any help would be grateful thanks also ive had my laptop for about two months now and without wanting to tempt fate as ive read a few horrible stories about new broken lappys bad cs and the rest of it i can say ive not had any issues with my alienware at all (apart from dumb operator syndrome) and i love this machine when i first opened it i just sat looking at it for an hour amazed at the build quality as it was sitting next to my pile of junk toshiba it was like megan fox sitting next to suebo anyway sorry to ramble on any advice would be appreciated

 

Ideally you need just any brand 1600mhz ram, if your thinking of keeping the included ram, you need to know that the speed of the ram will be locked to the slowest ram sticks which are the included hynix ram 1600mhz but CL11, ideally tou need somehting like 1600mhz and cl10 or cl9. Tbh it wont make a big difference unless your maxing your ram out.

Ideally I would get 2x8gb sticks. Avoid 4x4gb sticks are 2 of 4 slots are awkward to get to.

 

Thanks Deniz i want to remove the included ram as i have read that it would effect the new stuff i put in if i didnt remove but it was the thought of taking the keyboard off that kinda scared me but i know there are vids about that show how to do it so i guess ill just have to do it that way thanks again

 

On my M17x R4, I have 6gb of RAM on it but its located under the keyboard. Is it easy to access that spot? And will I void my warranty if I attempt to remove the 6gb of RAM and add my own RAM?

 

Under the keyboard requires a bit of dissassembly, its not hard, just takes a while. I'd just leave it in if its under the keyboard, and put your new sticks in, the lower speed won't make any difference tbh.

 

Here is how you get there.

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