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    Kingston Hyper X 8GB blue (XMP) or Silver PlugnPlay?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Charismaztex, Jun 23, 2011.

  1. Charismaztex

    Charismaztex Notebook Consultant

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  2. TitanGod

    TitanGod Notebook Evangelist

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    One supports XMP (blue) and the other one does not (Silver)

    XMP memory is mostly used for overclocking or if you are going to be changing the clocks, timings, etc of the memory.

    The other one is just PnP (self explanatory) , everything is set for you so you don't have to do anything.
     
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    Red Line Notebook Deity

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    I use 1866Mhz PnP memory and it's easy as pie to install and it runs at the advertised speeds with no bios manipulations. Like it and it runs perfect)

    Here is my results with an old 4gb 1333Mhz stick (single channel):

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    and 2x4GB 1866Mhz PnP (dual channel):

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