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    Kingston Hyperx 8gb kit upgrade

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by mark_taba85, Jun 2, 2012.

  1. mark_taba85

    mark_taba85 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Currently have the R2 running 6gb 1600MHZ. I am a casual user with a few gaming here and there but I like to have nice and fast things.

    I have already upgraded and added a SSD and placed the 500gb HD in a drive caddy.

    Should I upgrade the memory? Would I notice a slight difference?

    I can get a kit on amazon for $67 shipped.

    thanks in advance
     
    mark_taba85, Jun 2, 2012
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  2. M11xDude

    M11xDude Notebook Consultant

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    If you don't run multiple programs at the same time, I would say that 6GB should be more than enough. But then again $67 isn't a bad deal for an 8GB kit. Memory is cheap these days. If you've got a hole burning in your pocket, go for it! hehe

    If I were to upgrade though, I would probably go the distance and up my M14x RAM to 16GB. This is for when I may run VM instances on the laptop.
     
    M11xDude, Jun 2, 2012
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  3. mark_taba85

    mark_taba85 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yeah I don't run any resource heavy programs. I guess I was being greedy. I'll stick with the 6gb.

    Going to save the money for a new shotgun! haha
     
    mark_taba85, Jun 2, 2012
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    ZACK02 Notebook Consultant

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    Ey dude, which is the model of the HyperX pnp? I've 4gb at 1600 and I want to go for 8gb but I dunno exactly which hyperX pnp model is a doc to my m14x r1, thnaks
     
    ZACK02, Jun 4, 2012
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