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    M17x R3 Stock Ram Timings

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by mp5cartman, Nov 26, 2011.

  1. mp5cartman

    mp5cartman Notebook Evangelist

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    My r3 is arriving soon and i just left it at stock 4GB 1600mhz ram Im looking to buy 2x 4GB same speed but not sure about the timing, So my question is does anybody know the timings on stock alienware rams? or does it vary, because I would like to keep the stock 4gb and just add on to it. I did a some research here in the forum majority have 11-11-11-28 stock, with the Intel 2670m.
    Lastly what is ram timings exactly?
     
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    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    9-9-9-27 is what I have with HyperX.
     
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    Do you recommend just taking off the 4GB stock ram and just going with 2x 4GB of HyperX?
     
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    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    Tis what I did.
     
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    One you can just plug and play, the other one you have to go to bios and change the xmp settings.
     
    zoolian982, Nov 26, 2011
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    OR...keep the 1600's you have now, add the 2x4 kingston hyperx's for a total of 12gigs ram
     
    SlickDude80, Nov 26, 2011
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    Is that fine? What if the stock ram's cas latency is 11 and the HyperX Im planning on buying is 9 is that fine to mix them up? Will there be any preformance issues or them not being stable.
     
    mp5cartman, Nov 26, 2011
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