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    Recommended Ram for xps 15

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by shibbyiu, Jan 19, 2012.

  1. shibbyiu

    shibbyiu Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys, my xps 15 is coming on monday, however it has only 2gb ram lol. didn't fancy paying 70quid for dell to put 4gb in, so what choices do i have for ram? i don't really understand much about it other than the dell ram will definatly be ok in my laptop, except its 55pounds, isnt that expensive?

    i have a 1 gb stick lying around but i think the speed of it is slower than the 2gb already in the laptop.
     
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    shibbyiu, Jan 19, 2012
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    thanks, i bought some ram, just 1 4gb stick to put in with the 2gb already in there. i believe the stick is 1600 but i may be wrong, treated myself to a gaming mouse as well since my genius mouse has so much dirt and dna embedded into it that it makes my mates gag on sight.
     
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    That wont work. As you ordered the laptop with 2 GB RAM, likely it came with two 1 GB sticks, so you can't add 4 GB in addition to the 2 GB as both slots are in use.
     
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    Ram speed has no real world performance gains, even with HD 3000 gpu. Whatever is cheapest with a lifetime warranty that is a brand name and you get no BSOD and it passes memtest.


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    You can get 4GB sticks from corsair for about £15 or so on ebuyer. They have a pretty decent warranty and I've never heard of anyone having problems with them.

    I'd stay away from the ultra cheap no-name stuff though. To save a pound or two you do without the lifetime warranty you get from people like corsair.
     
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    I checked before I ordered and laptop should have 1x2gb stick in

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    shibbyiu, Jan 20, 2012
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