The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    2630qm and ram question

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by ganzonomy, Aug 28, 2011.

  1. ganzonomy

    ganzonomy Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    1,169
    Messages:
    919
    Likes Received:
    50
    Trophy Points:
    41
    For those of you with a 2630qm in your 8130 / 8150s, does the 1600mhz DDR3 ram play nicely with the cpu, and if so, does the bios read the memory as 1333mhz (clocked down), or give it its full 1600mhz? I'm asking because it's the big thing that is stopping me from decidin on final spec for my laptop.

    Also, would it be wiser to buy 8gb to start with and make a request that those 8gb are placed under the keyboard so that the other 8 i can simply put in myself without having to poke / prod?

    Jason
     
    ganzonomy, Aug 28, 2011
    #1
  2. Xerloq

    Xerloq Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    31
    Messages:
    416
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Dont have 1600mhz ram myself, so I can't answer the first question.

    My 8gb ram came under the keyboard without a special request. The CPU plays nice with 16gb ram.
     
    Xerloq, Aug 28, 2011
    #2
  3. lazard

    lazard Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    112
    Messages:
    701
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    31
    it will run 1333MHz downclocked.
     
    lazard, Aug 28, 2011
    #3
  4. ganzonomy

    ganzonomy Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    1,169
    Messages:
    919
    Likes Received:
    50
    Trophy Points:
    41
    yours downclocks i gather?
     
    ganzonomy, Aug 28, 2011
    #4
  5. Eldaren

    Eldaren Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    132
    Messages:
    514
    Likes Received:
    13
    Trophy Points:
    31
    If it's PNP ram it will run at 1600mhz. My buddies m18x with the i7-2630qm has 1866 pnp ram and it runs at 1866. Just make sure its in the right dims. I believe it needs to be under the keyboard in order to run above 1333mhz. I think Kingston makes the only PNP ram above 1333mhz. Not 100% sure though.
     
    Eldaren, Aug 28, 2011
    #5
  6. ganzonomy

    ganzonomy Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    1,169
    Messages:
    919
    Likes Received:
    50
    Trophy Points:
    41
    I just wondered since they both have the same CAS (9) but one is higher frequency than the other.
     
    ganzonomy, Aug 28, 2011
    #6
  7. ganzonomy

    ganzonomy Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    1,169
    Messages:
    919
    Likes Received:
    50
    Trophy Points:
    41
    that's the m18x, its bios may upclock straightaway. I wonder about the np8130 / 8150. As for kingston, they're the only one making pnp over 1333. and that's what makes them great.
     
    ganzonomy, Aug 28, 2011
    #7
  8. lazard

    lazard Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    112
    Messages:
    701
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    31
    you are correct, that only works with alienware (via bios).
     
    lazard, Aug 28, 2011
    #8