Question for XPS 630i owner with Corsair Dominator memory

Item No. 311-8298

Description: 4GB Corsair Dominator DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz - 4 DIMMs

Part No. GX814

 

- XPS 630i (Red) (4/16/08)
- MS Windows Vista Home Premium, SP1
- Intel Core 2 E8400 (Wolfdale), 3.0GHz
- BIOS 1.0.8
- 4GB Corsair Dominator DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz
- 160GB Western Digital Raptor Internal HD
- 500GB Hitachi Deskstar Internal HD
- 500GB LaCie External HD
- nVidia 8800GT 512MB Video Card
- 24in Dell Ultra Sharp 2408WFP Monitor
- MS Wireless Laser Keyboard 7000
- MS Wireless Laser Mouse 7000
- Philips/BenQ DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive, DH-48C2S
- Toshiba/Samsung DVD ±RW/±R Drive, TS-H653B
- Altec Lansing 745 4.1 Speakers
- Motorola Surfboard 5100 Cable Modem

Hope you didn't order it yet from Dell. Here are a couple of links to save you a lot of money, each with $40 rebates. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145197 or this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145173 and don't worry about the speed difference, if your PC's top speed is 800 MHZ it will automatically revert the ram back to that speed, not an issue.

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Hi Again,

 

The numbers are from my invoice.

 

I wonder if Dell uses different numbers for different deals even though the thing is the same.  For example, when I purchased my 630 PC, the upgrade to the Corsair Dominator memory was free.  

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@cd60 wrote:
Hope you didn't order it yet from Dell. Here are a couple of links to save you a lot of money, each with $40 rebates. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145197 or this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145173 and don't worry about the speed difference, if your PC's top speed is 800 MHZ it will automatically revert the ram back to that speed, not an issue.

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CD60,

 

Thanks, but the memory in your links is 1066mhz speed, I'm looking for the 800mhz Dominator memory that Dell installs.

 

I know you said not to worry about the speed and that the memory will revert to 800mhz, but I have heard that if you put 1066mhz memory in a system designed for 800mhz, the memory will actually run slower due to slower timings.

 

I'm starting to think that Dell is using some special OEM memory designed by Corsair that you can only get from Dell because I cannot find 800mhz "Dominator" memory anywhere.

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@Justin_Palmisan wrote:

Item No. 311-8298

Description: 4GB Corsair Dominator DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz - 4 DIMMs

Part No. GX814

 

- XPS 630i (Red) (4/16/08)
- MS Windows Vista Home Premium, SP1
- Intel Core 2 E8400 (Wolfdale), 3.0GHz
- BIOS 1.0.8
- 4GB Corsair Dominator DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz
- 160GB Western Digital Raptor Internal HD
- 500GB Hitachi Deskstar Internal HD
- 500GB LaCie External HD
- nVidia 8800GT 512MB Video Card
- 24in Dell Ultra Sharp 2408WFP Monitor
- MS Wireless Laser Keyboard 7000
- MS Wireless Laser Mouse 7000
- Philips/BenQ DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive, DH-48C2S
- Toshiba/Samsung DVD ±RW/±R Drive, TS-H653B
- Altec Lansing 745 4.1 Speakers
- Motorola Surfboard 5100 Cable Modem

Message Edited by Justin_Palmisan on 08-24-2008 08:06 PM

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Justin,

 

Thank you for checking.  I'm still not sure though because when I enter the item# or the part# you show, at Dell, they both come up as not found.

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@TDOGS630I wrote:

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@cd60 wrote:
Hope you didn't order it yet from Dell. Here are a couple of links to save you a lot of money, each with $40 rebates. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145197 or this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145173 and don't worry about the speed difference, if your PC's top speed is 800 MHZ it will automatically revert the ram back to that speed, not an issue.

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CD60,

 

Thanks, but the memory in your links is 1066mhz speed, I'm looking for the 800mhz Dominator memory that Dell installs.

 

I know you said not to worry about the speed and that the memory will revert to 800mhz, but I have heard that if you put 1066mhz memory in a system designed for 800mhz, the memory will actually run slower due to slower timings.

 

I'm starting to think that Dell is using some special OEM memory designed by Corsair that you can only get from Dell because I cannot find 800mhz "Dominator" memory anywhere.

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No problem. I actually had not heard that before, not saying it isn't true. But keep in mind you will be able to overclock that memory easily (that's what it's made for). Anyway just trying to save you some money. And I can tell you that it's not slowing my system any. It outright flies :smileywink:

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@cd60 wrote:

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@TDOGS630I wrote:

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@cd60 wrote:
Hope you didn't order it yet from Dell. Here are a couple of links to save you a lot of money, each with $40 rebates. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145197 or this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145173 and don't worry about the speed difference, if your PC's top speed is 800 MHZ it will automatically revert the ram back to that speed, not an issue.

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CD60,

 

Thanks, but the memory in your links is 1066mhz speed, I'm looking for the 800mhz Dominator memory that Dell installs.

 

I know you said not to worry about the speed and that the memory will revert to 800mhz, but I have heard that if you put 1066mhz memory in a system designed for 800mhz, the memory will actually run slower due to slower timings.

 

I'm starting to think that Dell is using some special OEM memory designed by Corsair that you can only get from Dell because I cannot find 800mhz "Dominator" memory anywhere.

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No problem. I actually had not heard that before, not saying it isn't true. But keep in mind you will be able to overclock that memory easily (that's what it's made for). Anyway just trying to save you some money. And I can tell you that it's not slowing my system any. It outright flies :smileywink:

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CD60,

 

The 1066mhz memory is great for your XPS 720 system, I've only got the XPS 630i, totally different motherboard.