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    Aftermarket, high performance RAM for M17x?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by CSharpZealot, Aug 11, 2009.

  1. CSharpZealot

    CSharpZealot Notebook Consultant

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    Hey Guys,

    Am looking at different aspects and making note of possible upgrades..

    I was wondering if anybody knew of an aftermarket/third party high performance ram which will fit into the M17x and which they'd recommend?

    Reason for asking is that my 4Gb of 1066mhz ram got the second lowest win score (5.9) after my HDs (5.8) and i'm almost sure i can get some more oomph out of it..

    Any ideas?
     
    CSharpZealot, Aug 11, 2009
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  2. mozster

    mozster Notebook Enthusiast

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    i am assuming you rated it with windows 7? since that score goes up to 7.9 or so. vista only hits 5.9 i believe as the top score.

    curious though, why use WEI anyways, its pretty useless and those scores can be easily modified. i would rather be more interested in the 3dmark scores.

    my 2 cents....
     
    mozster, Aug 11, 2009
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  3. CSharpZealot

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    Yeah, this is on Win7 :) and you're correct in your statement about the max scores too.

    maybe i should run 3dmark on it instead and see what it says...

    regardless, still considering getting some high performance ram :) doubt the ram in these beasts are the best there is to offer these days :)
     
    CSharpZealot, Aug 11, 2009
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  4. Mandrake

    Mandrake Notebook Nobel Laureate NBR Reviewer

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    Are you looking for faster speeds or better timings?
     
    Mandrake, Aug 11, 2009
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  5. Scytus

    Scytus Notebook Deity

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    Ahh decisions

    I hate such decisions. It's like asking if you want a better top speed, or acceleration..having both would be too much of a luxury apparently. xD
     
    Scytus, Aug 11, 2009
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  6. CSharpZealot

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    trick question..especially since it's a part of hardware that i've never gotten into.

    for gaming you need good timings, right?
     
    CSharpZealot, Aug 11, 2009
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  7. Mandrake

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    depends. ;)

    I would highly doubt you see any difference unless you have some type of memory intensive application. Things like rendering video or running a high-end database application would benefit the most.
     
    Mandrake, Aug 11, 2009
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  8. CSharpZealot

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    bleh - you're no fun Mandrake :p

    i'll save the pennies then for something else..like an intercooler or turbocharger :)
     
    CSharpZealot, Aug 11, 2009
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  9. Mandrake

    Mandrake Notebook Nobel Laureate NBR Reviewer

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    sorry....I meant to say buy some of the Kingston HyperX memory....It blows away any memory out there! 5-5-5-15 timings!! Better? ;)

    (then when you figure out a good way to flash the spd of the HyperX memory to actually achieve the 5-5-5-15 timings let me know) :D
     
    Mandrake, Aug 11, 2009
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  10. Soviet Sunrise

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    It's been done already. No, we won't let you know, haha.
     
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  11. Mandrake

    Mandrake Notebook Nobel Laureate NBR Reviewer

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    Go back to your own forum Clevoboi. ;)

    I assume your talking about spd wizard or thaiphoon burner. Our system is a little too new for those programs.
     
    Mandrake, Aug 11, 2009
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  12. CSharpZealot

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    bad bad man...rep+1 for Mandrake..

    will certainly look into that :)
     
    CSharpZealot, Aug 11, 2009
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  13. dondadah88

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    wouldn't flashing it to 5 lower the speed to 800mhz. even though i know it's rated 5-5-5? @1066?
     
    dondadah88, Aug 11, 2009
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  14. Mandrake

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    It shouldn't. The point would be to keep the higher speeds with better timings. With that said if you want to lower your speed to 800 you'll get a CL of 6.
     
    Mandrake, Aug 11, 2009
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  15. kilthro

    kilthro Floating in Space

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    Yea my next upgrade will be ram myself..

    Love the sig Mandrake.. "lucky" ahaha
    what ram are you using btw? 1066 or 1333? factory sticks or aftermarket?
     
    kilthro, Aug 11, 2009
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  16. Mandrake

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    I've used both the stock Samsung 1333 and Kingston HyperX 1066 memory. I mainly use the 1333 memory.
     
    Mandrake, Aug 11, 2009
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  17. kilthro

    kilthro Floating in Space

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    kewl.. I am thinking about getting a pair of the 1333 sticks myself from newegg.. not to much for them.. then all that will be left to max this system out will be the ssd's when they come down in price..
     
    kilthro, Aug 11, 2009
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  18. BIGX333

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    All notebook ram's sucks :p
     
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  19. Mandrake

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    lol, thanks for you expert opinion. So what timings are two and three times worse what they are in desktops, big deal. ;)
     
    Mandrake, Aug 11, 2009
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  20. BIGX333

    BIGX333 Brazillian Overclocker

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    [​IMG]

    9 FPS IS A BIG DEAL!!!!!!!11111

    :rolleyes:

    And remember that when you don't have FSB the difference matters:

    [​IMG]

    Drake, drake, drake... :D
     
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  21. Mandrake

    Mandrake Notebook Nobel Laureate NBR Reviewer

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    I was being sarcastic. Sorry if that didn't come through. I added the " ;)" to help show the sarcasm.
     
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  22. BIGX333

    BIGX333 Brazillian Overclocker

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    I was being sarcastic too :p
     
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  23. Soviet Sunrise

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    Me three. 10char
     
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    All internet sarcasm's sucks. ;þ


    I'm still planning on trying Micron's low voltage notebook RAM for Nvidia chipsets.
     
    Phinagle, Aug 11, 2009
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  25. Mandrake

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    Are there any other advantages besides the reduction in power?
     
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  26. Phinagle

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    I'll let you know. ;)
     
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  27. Mandrake

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    Do you know the specs beside 1.35v?
     
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  29. Mandrake

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    Looks the same but it will run cooler, ideal for notebooks. Looks like a better solution for datacenters when there's hundreds of sticks involved.
     
    Mandrake, Aug 11, 2009
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  30. BIGX333

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    Notebook ram for datacenters? :eek:
     
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  31. Mandrake

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    Samsung released them for servers....but yes I know you were kidding.
     
    Mandrake, Aug 11, 2009
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