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    can you overclock the ram?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by chris0101, Jun 23, 2011.

  1. chris0101

    chris0101 Notebook Enthusiast

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    So I was just wondering someone said it could be oced to 1600.. anyone done that, if si is there much benifit?
     
    chris0101, Jun 23, 2011
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    Jdpurvis Notebook Evangelist

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    In general, increasing ram speed is of little, if any benefit in real world (and gaming) applications - and it is not that easy even to see a difference in benchmarking tests. The main reason is that ram clock speed is generally not a limiting factor.

    Joe
     
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    Thanks for the reply, won't bother with it then
     
    chris0101, Jun 23, 2011
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    miahsoul Notebook Deity

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    No you can't. The max ram speed a 1st gen i7 can handle is 1333mhz, that is unless you oc the FSB which OCs both ram and CPU, but that is somewhat unstable and has minimal gains in gaming for the most part.
     
    miahsoul, Jun 23, 2011
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