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    m18x R2 - max ram?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by anarky321, Apr 13, 2021.

  1. anarky321

    anarky321 Notebook Deity

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    can you go as high as 48gb? or is 32gb the max on these? trying to figure out before buying modules

    thanks
     
    anarky321, Apr 13, 2021
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  2. M18x-oldie

    M18x-oldie Notebook Evangelist

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    I think nobody had tried that yet going beyond 32 GB
     
    M18x-oldie, Apr 13, 2021
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  3. Tenoroon

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    I think the max is 32gb as the memory controller on Sandybridge through Haswell only supports 32gb.
     
    Tenoroon, Apr 13, 2021
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  4. Reciever

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    Only 5th gen desktops were able to use specific 16GB DIMMs, otherwise your max is going to be 32GB total.
     
    Reciever, Apr 13, 2021
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    Ditto on the 32GB max. that's what i am running in my M18X R2... I never max it out, and it fully supports the 32GB.
     
    HPDV6700, Apr 13, 2021
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    64GB was tried using 16GB sticks. Did not work.

    32GB is the max for these.
     
    ssj92, Apr 19, 2021
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