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October 13th, 2016 20:00

Small RAM upgrade question for Alienware Aurora R5

Hi! I currently have an Alienware Aurora R5 with 2 x 4GB 2133MHz RAM sticks and am really happy with it so far!

But I would like to add another 8GB 2133MHz stick to bring it up to 16GB, thing is, I'm not entirely sure if I can just slot another 8GB stick into the XMM3 slot and have it work,

partly because i couldnt find any documentation on what the voltages/timings/cas latency are on the 2 4gb ram sticks in the pc currently are, and I think those are important to upgrading ram,

And because of this thing i found in the online manual for the R5


Seems to say that there are only  5 configuration's I can have, is that set in stone or is it just what they've tested?

Thanks, Saucybagel

P.S. I moved it here instead of the "Desktop computer Forums (Audio, General Hardware, Video" as advised.

P.P.S. Well, Copied it over anyway, dont know if i can move posts, heh [^o)]

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October 14th, 2016 13:00

Hi,

Yes, the 8GB will work on the XMM3 slot.

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October 14th, 2016 16:00

Oh, Does it matter what brand it is or anything?

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October 14th, 2016 16:00

Sweet! Thanks a bunch for the answer! :)

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October 17th, 2016 15:00

This should be the memory type:

Dual Channel DDR4 2133MHz

Up to 2400 MHz with XMP (optional)

Supports 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB, and 64 GB DIMMS

And we usually recommend Kingston, Toshiba or Samsung.

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