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    R2 ram upgrade

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by pathfindercod, Feb 24, 2011.

  1. pathfindercod

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    My suggestion is to buy it. It doesn't matter if you get the 600 or the 660. I paid double that for my 8GB kit only a few months ago, so RAM is getting dirt cheap. You aren't going to notice any performance difference unless you're running VMs, doing video editing, etc.
     
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    pathfindercod Notebook Virtuoso

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    Thanks just noticed the 10666 and the hyperx kingston (1600 or something)... I do some editing and photoshop/lightroom stuff..
     
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    You can't go wrong with 8GB of HyperX. Good choice.
     
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    Thanks for responding to all this.

    Can the R2 actually make use of the 1600 XMP stuff?
     
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    From what I've read, the RAM works but doesn't run at that speed.
     
    TurbodTalon, Feb 24, 2011
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    Max rated ram clock speed in the R2 is 1333MHz. Anything over that will clock down to 1333.
     
    JaiaV, Feb 24, 2011
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    yeah thats just what i bought, i paid $99 for it. 8gb of hyperX kingston
     
    murkr, Feb 25, 2011
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    To the OP, you may wanna move QUICK on this. Its pretty hard to find anywhere afaik, it is the 1600mhz HyperX talked about in the previous posts.

    It was for sale on NewEgg but out of stock now.....I posted this info on another thread today - basically as I had received an email from Buy.com telling me it was back!

    Get your skates on if you want it....wont hang about long I reckon ;)

    Buy.com - Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 SDRAM 1600MHz 204-Pin Laptop Memory

    This WAS the NewEgg one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104230
     
    steviejones133, Feb 25, 2011
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