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    More efficient DDR3 ram coming

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Jayayess1190, Oct 16, 2009.

  1. Jayayess1190

    Jayayess1190 Waiting on Intel Cannonlake

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    Link Runs at 1.35V instead of the current 1.5V.
     
    Jayayess1190, Oct 16, 2009
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    JWnFL Notebook Evangelist

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    Thanks for the read..

    about your signature.. can I have an oct core fanless? at 6ghz? :p

    Be well, JW
     
    JWnFL, Oct 16, 2009
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    Mr. Wonderful Notebook Evangelist

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    So I wouldn't be able to put this in my current laptop to increase battery life, right?
     
    Mr. Wonderful, Oct 16, 2009
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    Jayayess1190 Waiting on Intel Cannonlake

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    Only if it uses DDR3 ram.
     
    Jayayess1190, Oct 16, 2009
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    Mr. Wonderful Notebook Evangelist

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    Didn't quite understand what I was asking.

    So any existing DDR3 motherboard will run the RAM at 1.35V? It wouldn't require a BIOS update, for example, or a new MB?
     
    Mr. Wonderful, Oct 16, 2009
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    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    Your mobo or laptop have to be chipset, socket, electrical, and bios compatible with DDR3 memory.

    Also remember that lower voltage does not automatically mean lowered power consumption. Often, yes, but not always. And in laptops, the screens take something like 50% of your battery followed by the cpu and hard drive. The power drain of memory modules is single digit percentage points in the overall scheme of things.

    DDR3 is still a work in progress. Compared to DDR2 it's no faster, usually more expensive, and requires more expensive mobo circuits to support.

    As so many people here say, the *potential* is there for DDR3 to be 'better' than DDR2. But not today. Or tomorrow. Or even next week.
     
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  7. Mr. Wonderful

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    Well, a LED backlit screen, a SSD, a low-voltage Core 2 Duo and now potentially low-voltage memory in my laptop would be a pretty solid system as far as battery life goes. And if I could get the RAM at (dare I dream) lower latency, I'd be sitting pretty.
     
    Mr. Wonderful, Oct 16, 2009
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    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    It depends more on screen size. If your configuration was for a 15", DDR2 memory wouldn't be different than the lower voltage DDR3. But for a 12", you will see a difference.
     
    sgogeta4, Oct 16, 2009
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