No, not if your current stick uses 288 pins. The 260 pin RAM is mainly for laptops. Most newer alienware desktops use desktop ram (288 pin connectors).
Danm, so i need to refund these? Also how can i check the number of pins on new and installed ram?
Pretty much most Dell desktops from the last 5 or 6 years are on DDR4 desktop RAM. It's a standardized format, but if you are worried yeah, crucial is a good place to check. Non-standard RAM will be marketed as such in the title (e.g., "laptop memory" or "for iMac", "260 PIN" etc.). You can also usually tell from the photo if it's laptop RAM.
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April 15th, 2020 14:00
No, not if your current stick uses 288 pins. The 260 pin RAM is mainly for laptops. Most newer alienware desktops use desktop ram (288 pin connectors).
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April 15th, 2020 15:00
Danm, so i need to refund these? Also how can i check the number of pins on new and installed ram?
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April 15th, 2020 20:00
Pretty much most Dell desktops from the last 5 or 6 years are on DDR4 desktop RAM. It's a standardized format, but if you are worried yeah, crucial is a good place to check. Non-standard RAM will be marketed as such in the title (e.g., "laptop memory" or "for iMac", "260 PIN" etc.). You can also usually tell from the photo if it's laptop RAM.
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April 15th, 2020 23:00
The Alienware Area-51 R1 (circa 2010) has the Intel-x58 chipset and uses tri-channel dimms (240-pin DDR3 in matched sets of 3).
Try grabbing the PDF manuals for your system.
Yes, crucial.com is good.