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    1600Mhz DDR3 Laptop Memory

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by BNHabs, Apr 17, 2011.

  1. BNHabs

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    What companies sell 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) memory?

    The only I've found is Kingston and Patriot.

    It's for my future Alienware M14x.
     
    BNHabs, Apr 17, 2011
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  2. James D

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    That's all which exists on Newegg. I would buy Hyper X of course
     
    James D, Apr 17, 2011
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    There is zero real life performance benefit with 1600MHz memory from even 1066MHz memory for your laptop (which I assume uses a discrete GPU).
     
    sgogeta4, Apr 17, 2011
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    It should give benefits in computational power if processor is Intel 2-nd gen or other one which works on 1600Mhz. Especially if you have not much of RAM (up to 4GB). I heard much about too tiny performance that you can't even see but every man has it's own understanding of it. For example I am sure that rendering 20 GB movie from 24fps to 60fps would give many hours benefits (if not days).
     
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    The bandwidth of the 8GB DDR3-1066 will never be the bottleneck to a system, hence 8GB DDR3-1600 will not have any appreciable real life benefit - even with the newest Intel CPUs.
     
    sgogeta4, Apr 17, 2011
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    Well, i use 2x 4gb Kingston 1600Mhz DDR3 but the real reason i bought it is because i fell "safer" with better quality ram than some no name random stuff. xD

    Also i dident really pay that much anyways because ram prices are pretty much the same in Norway unless you choose the "gaming" brand stuff.
    (Thats not worth the premium. lawl)
     
    DEagleson, Apr 17, 2011
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    We don't have much of that nameless brands either, do we? :D
     
    tuηay, Apr 17, 2011
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    If prices are the same then sure, go for the higher specced ones, but generally it's hard to tell where memory comes from without the memory itself. I've seen some value sticks come from the same company as some non-value ones.

    Most companies that sell memory (ie. OCZ, G.Skill, Kingston, Patriot, etc.) don't make memory but basically just repackage memory from the few manufacturers (Hynix, Micron, Samsung, etc.), so just because you get a "gaming memory" doesn't mean that it's going to be any better than the "value memory" from a reputable reseller.
     
    sgogeta4, Apr 18, 2011
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    1066MHZ CL7 > 7/1066=6.566 nanoseconds access with bandwidth about 17Gb/sec.
    1333MHZ CL9 > 9/1333=6.751 nanosec access with bandwidth about 21.3 Gb/sec.
    1600MHZ CL9 > 9/1600=5.625 nanosec access with bandwidth about 25.6 Gb/sec.
    So depending on what you are doing in the exact time Hyper X is faster more or less and noticeable more or less.
     
    James D, Apr 19, 2011
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    I know that when the Dolphin emulator uses "cache to RAM" instead of "texture (GPU)" it can benefit slightly from higher speed ram. But we're talking like... a single FPS between very large gaps.

    Still, RAM is cheap, I'd certainly prefer to have 1600mhz.
     
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    I got the kingston hyper-x stuff and then tweaked the ram timings.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Apr 19, 2011
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    Could you post cpu-z screenshots? spd and memory menus?
     
    James D, Apr 19, 2011
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    There are two different Kingston Hyper X models: one with XMP and one without?

    Should I get XMP? Is it useful?
     
    BNHabs, Apr 21, 2011
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    Only if your bios supports XMP.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Apr 21, 2011
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