Monty M18

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March 14th, 2019 02:00

Area-51m R1, memory upgrade 128GB?

Hi,

Just ordered Area-51m i9-9900K RTX 2080. Has anyone tried to upgrade the RAM to 128GB? What is the maximum I can reach here? If Yes, what RAM manufacturer should I go with?

Thanks, Monty

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Alienware-Eimy

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March 14th, 2019 13:00

Hi @Monty M18,

Memory specifications

Description		Values
Slots		Four SoDIMM slots
Type		DDR4
Speed		2400 MHz
Maximum memory		64 GB
Minimum memory		8 GB
Memory size per slot		4 GB, 8 GB, and 16 GB
Configurations supported		8 GB DDR4 at 2400 MHz (1 x 8 GB) 16 GB DDR4 at 2400 MHz (2 x 8 GB) 32 GB DDR4 at 2400 MHz (2 x 16 GB) 64 GB DDR4 at 2400 MHz (4 x 16 GB) NOTE: The computer is shipped with these default configurations. You can also configure the memory according to the supported memory per slot.

So, 64GB is the maximum validated RAM for your system. Regarding manufacturers, you can use: Kingston, Toshiba or Samsung.

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Ultra Male

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March 17th, 2019 19:00

HIDevolution who is an authorized Alienware reseller in Los Angeles has tested 128GB DDR4 2666MHz of RAM and it works albeit at 2400MHz. speeds for now. They had trouble getting it to boot at first but when they installed the RAM Modules one at a time and booting up after every module install, they got all 4 to work properly. That's how I've ordered my system hopefully Dell might give us a BIOS update to support 2666MHz. RAM

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ArchyGamer

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May 11th, 2019 17:00

64GB is the maximum, right? ok... can i configure up to 48GB with this configuration (16GB DDR4 at 2400MHz (2 x 8 GB) + 32 GB DDR4 at 2400MHz (2 x 16 GB)) ? how i can do it?

Alienware-Eimy

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May 13th, 2019 10:00

Hi @ArchyGamer

Can be done but is not something that we recommend since it can present issues.

If you want to try it, you'll need to take this into consideration when purchasing the RAM: same brand, same size, same speed, same specs.

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Fit_yannick

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May 29th, 2019 11:00

When can we expect to go higher than 2400mhz?

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mikeventrone

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August 18th, 2019 06:00

Hi buddy, thank you for the trick. I'm gonna buy This laptop and as you said it works with 128gigs i'll buy separately. Which memory did you buy CRUCIAL? SAMSUNG? Thank you again.

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HATtm

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November 8th, 2019 05:00

Good day, why that powerful system support only up to 2400mhz? its bottlenecking cpu performance, also my old aw15 r3 supported up to 2667mhz, and you can imagine my reaction when i realised that z390 chip can only handle 2400...

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baggh

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March 25th, 2020 09:00

Would Corsair sticks work within my Area 51 R2 (purchased in 2015)? Yesterday I purchased 4X8gb sticks to give me 32GB of ram only to find out that they will not work with my default setup. Stick configuration and 3600 MHz apparently are off.

If I purchase 2x16GB DDR4 2400 Corsair sticks this should work if I am not mistaken. Plug and play. I am following the specs that you shared. Only difference is the manufacturer (not Kingston, Samsung, or Toshiba).

Also... if these work does the slot I snap them into matter? I have 4 slots which I will place these 2 in.

This thread has been very helpful! Thanks

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WiCheSTeR

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April 20th, 2020 13:00

I was able to install 128gb on my alienware area-51m following the Hidevolution instructions 1 dim restart second dim restart, until all 4 are recognized... I added a screenshot!