Silver: Newegg.com - Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1600 HyperX Plug n Play Laptop Memory Model KHX1600C9S3P1K2/8G
Blue: Newegg.com - Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Laptop Memory Model KHX1600C9S3K2/8GX
What's the difference? Does it even make a difference with XMP? Sorry if this has been asked before, if so just refer me please,
Thanks!
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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. -
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):
and 2x4GB 1866Mhz PnP (dual channel):
Kingston Hyper X 8GB blue (XMP) or Silver PlugnPlay?
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