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    Samsung RAM upgrade for M14x R2: Yay or Nay?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by bryannn029, Jan 9, 2013.

  1. bryannn029

    bryannn029 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I was planning on upgrading my stock ram of 6gb up to 8gb. I was doing a lot of searching and I found this:

    Amazon.com: Samsung Electronics Extreme Low Voltage 30nm SODIMM 8 Dual Channel Kit DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM MV-3T4G3D/US: Electronics

    The lower amount of voltage appealed to me, and with my Samsung 830 ssd coming in, I think that the two combined would be a good power saver. Unfortunately, I couldn't find if these were tested in the M14x and I was wondering if these would work properly or not. I'm sorta a newbie when it comes to these things so hopefully I can get some opinions.

    Thanks
     
    bryannn029, Jan 9, 2013
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    struselix Notebook Consultant

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    Every SODIMM RAM with the referring Mhz should work. In your case it makes sense bcs. 4 + 2 GB RAM do not run as dual channel.
     
    struselix, Jan 9, 2013
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    M11xDude Notebook Consultant

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    They have to be DDR3 though ;)
     
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    bryannn029 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the replies. So it seems that these would work fine with the M14x r2. I'll probably end up picking these up then. So all I would have to do is pop them in and I'm good to go?
     
    bryannn029, Jan 10, 2013
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    Pretty much it :D

    M14x R2 RAM upgrade
     
    Alienware-Luis_Pardo, Jan 10, 2013
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