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    Overclocking Memory voltage on M17x R2

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by kenichols29, May 28, 2010.

  1. kenichols29

    kenichols29 Notebook Evangelist

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    Recently i was messing around in the bios of my M17x and noticed that you can overclock the voltage of the memory. It can be volted at 1.5, 1.6, and 1.7. What would be the advantage of increasing my voltage to 1.6 or 1.7? will there be any increases in performance.
     
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    There will not be any increase in performance. But because the core i7s overclock memory too, you need more voltage for better stability when increasing the BCLK. Especially using the 1333MHz RAM.
     
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    kenichols29 Notebook Evangelist

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    So it will help if im using a core i7 quad and 1333 Mhz memory
     
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    It can help when increasing the BCLK as that increases the memory speed too. You can only increase the BCLK with the 920XM from the bios. I do not recommend the memory dell provides, go for HyperX if you plan on using 1333.
     
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    thanks. that was really helpful.
     
    kenichols29, May 28, 2010
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