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    Replacing stock RAM with Kingston Hyper X?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by mittens14x, Jul 23, 2011.

  1. mittens14x

    mittens14x Notebook Consultant

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    If you already have 8GB ram, you will not notice any difference if you replace the 8GB with 8GB of HyperX. RAM speed really does not matter much.

    You cant sell the stock ram. You need it for replacement issues with Dell if you ever need a system replacement.
     
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    your saying 8gb kingston hyper x 1866mhz is the same quality and speed as the 8gb hynix 1600mhz?
     
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    The HyperX is a bit faster, but you will not notice it while gaming. Only in benchmarks you will be able to see a very small difference between the RAM types.
     
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    I have to agree. Now if you were going from 4GB Hynix to 8GB Kingston it would make a difference. If you already have 8GB of RAM you aren't going to see the difference. I'm not saying it makes no difference, but not a difference you are going to notice.