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    RAM OC'ing!!?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by Ashtrix, May 6, 2011.

  1. Ashtrix

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    hello!!

    guys, iv'e noticed (from m17x forums/.) that the sandy bridge cores and new Mobo's offers a great Upgrading like we can get a Kingston Hyper x ram @1866MHz 11-11-11-34 clocks.. :eek: )Tooooooooooooo fast!..sad that we cant get it.. :( :(

    while , our Clarksfield i7's and previous generations support upto 1600Mhz...and i had observed in Bios (on m15x) ..we can change the voltage from 1.4~1.6v :confused: and frequency too @Auto~1600Mhz ....i had tried it 6 months ago , but no success :mad: .My m15x wasn't booting up, so i had to remove the mobo battery and place it again....!
    Any way to get this thing Done ??
     
  2. widezu69

    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    Yeah setfsb will do that. There is a setfsb thread here somewhere which guides you through increasing your fsb from 133mhz to anywhere near 140. I got just about 150. To be honest, it really isn't necessary, a 920xm will do you much better with the unlocked multi's.
     
  3. Simplified

    Simplified The Most Awesome

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    You will not benefit at all from faster ram while gaming. only in benchmarks you will see a bit of a difference.

    I advise you to get a large usb stick and use windows 7 ready boost to get even more ram instead ReadyBoost - Windows 7 features - Microsoft Windows
     
  4. Jdpurvis

    Jdpurvis Notebook Evangelist

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    I agree - pushing ram speed has little effect on applications, including games.

    With lots of ram already installed, I am not convinced that Readyboost adds much, but it's an easy experiment to do.

    Good luck,

    Joe

    Joe
     
  5. Ashtrix

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    yep!!
    as said by Jdpurvis i got 8Gig ram!!
    no use of readyboost and even readyboost doesn't have ultimate write and read speeds like of ram!!
     
  6. Sgt.

    Sgt. Notebook Consultant

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    I tried OCing the RAM from the bios once but it resulted in random restarts and a very unstable system. I put the voltage as 1.6V and clocks speed as 1666Mhz and saved the BIOS. But unfortunately, system couldn't boot and had to reset the BIOS. :D

    But like others said, what's the use of running a faster Ram when it helps only in Benching and not while playing games? Not my cup of tea that! But nothing a 940XM can't fix. :D
     
  7. CptDobey

    CptDobey Notebook Enthusiast

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    People seem to be obsessed by speed but in the specific case of ram, it is far from being so simple.

    The ram spec are composed of their speed in MHz and what is called latency. Basically, latency is the time wasted every time you're asking your ram to do something.

    Usually, the faster the ram are, the bigger the latency are. In real world application, 1066 Mhz-7-7-7-16 rams will perform as well as 1333-9-9-9-24 because what is gained with the faster MHz is lost with the slower latencies.