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    alienware m15x ram upgrade help needed

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Sir Travis D, Apr 12, 2008.

  1. Sir Travis D

    Sir Travis D Notebook Deity

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    my alienware area-51 m15x comes with 1gb default. I am upgrading to 4gb's later.. this is the processor it will come with
    Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T8300 2.4GHz (3MB Cache 800MHz FSB)
    -it says 800mhz

    from crucial i can get

    Part #: CT776409 • DDR2 PC2-6400 • CL=6 • Unbuffered • NON-ECC • DDR2-800 • 1.8V • for $10 more than

    Part #: CT776426 • DDR2 PC2-5300 • CL=5 • Unbuffered • NON-ECC • DDR2-667 • 1.8V •

    Ignore the price. Will the ddr2 pc2-6400 be downclocked? or since it's 800mhz will it stay like it is?
    So if my laptop had 667mhz, anything higher would be downclocked?
     
    Sir Travis D, Apr 12, 2008
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    No laptop on the market can utilize 800mhz memory, as of now.
    Your laptop will automatcally downclock the 800mhz memory to 667Mhz.

    Their is a benefit of higher frequency memory. When the memory downclocks, its timings are lowered. Usually they are lowered to less than the standard timings of standard 667Mhz memory.
    If their is only a $10 difference, I would still get the pc6400, cause the timings will be quicker than standard pc5300.

    K-TRON
     
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    thank yous
     
    Sir Travis D, Apr 12, 2008
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