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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)]
Alienware-Eimy
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October 14th, 2016 13:00
Hi,
Yes, the 8GB will work on the XMM3 slot.
Saucybagel
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October 14th, 2016 16:00
Oh, Does it matter what brand it is or anything?
Saucybagel
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October 14th, 2016 16:00
Sweet! Thanks a bunch for the answer! :)
Alienware-Eimy
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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.