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    920XM 2nd hand or HyperX ?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by otosan, Nov 30, 2011.

  1. otosan

    otosan Notebook Consultant

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    Hi guys,

    I'm in a bit dilemma to decide which upgrade i should do 1st,
    I got offer for 2nd hand 920XM with good price, on another hand i also considering to buy Kingston HyperX 8Gb kit 1600mhz, which mean at least i can run it on 1333 CL7..

    There is not so much different price between these 2 items,

    What do u think guys, for M15x, which one would give more significant improvement?


    Thx!
     
    otosan, Nov 30, 2011
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  2. Hel20eS

    Hel20eS Notebook Evangelist

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    CPU of course, but just make sure that 2nd hand is in full working condition
     
    Hel20eS, Nov 30, 2011
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  3. Jdpurvis

    Jdpurvis Notebook Evangelist

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    Absolutely, the cpu. It is even hard to measure differences in performance due to increased memory speed, while the increase in performance due to the new cpu will be fairly dramatic. I did a similar upgrade (920xm and 940xm have very similar performance), and am very happy. You will want to learn about Throttlestop (thanks again, UncleWebb), for whis there is a lot of information here.

    Go for it!

    Joe
     
    Jdpurvis, Nov 30, 2011
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  4. t_man

    t_man Notebook Geek

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  5. otosan

    otosan Notebook Consultant

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    Thx for replies guys!

    so CPU should be a btter option then, :)

    as for throttlestop, i'm using it also, hehe
     
    otosan, Nov 30, 2011
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  6. JohnnyFlash

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    Wise choice: 40% vs 1%. :D
     
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  7. circuit

    circuit Notebook Evangelist

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    920xm FTW :D :D
     
    circuit, Nov 30, 2011
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