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    Best Ram for an i5-2410

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by britpilot, May 9, 2012.

  1. britpilot

    britpilot Newbie

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    Hello

    Im a little confused about what ram upgrade works best with an i5-2410 M14x R1.

    The ram I have now is 4GB of stock dell 1333. I've read the thread on ram upgrades and I see that some m14xs can take advantage of 1600 ram, but Im not sure if I will or if that only works with i7's.

    Also if I can take advamtage of 1600 ram what kind should I get, Should I get? Should I get a plug n play one or should I just get a regular type and select xmp 1 or 2 in bios.

    I know 4GB is usually enough for gaming but I am playing civ 5 on a huge map and I run out of ram when I get to higher turn counts, so I want to upgrade to 8GB and I just want to know what type of RAM will work best.
     
    britpilot, May 9, 2012
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    Any ideas guys.
     
    britpilot, May 10, 2012
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    smokeydogsmokey Notebook Consultant

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    well 8gb of 1333 will defo work im cureeently runnning 16gb of 1600mhz in my i7 and according to intel the processor will only go to 1333mhz however i have full 1600 mhz speed :S
     
    smokeydogsmokey, May 11, 2012
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    thanks for the info. What 1600 ram kit would you suggest? I dont know if I should get a plug n play type or if I should get a xmp type of ram.
     
    britpilot, May 11, 2012
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    smokeydogsmokey Notebook Consultant

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    kingston hyper x :) its shiny
     
    smokeydogsmokey, May 12, 2012
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