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Dell XPS 8700 RAM upgrade
Hi everyone, I am newbie here. Recently I need to upgrade my ram on XPS8700. And I went to Best Buy and bought a "PNY - 2-Pack 8GB PC3-12800 DDR3 DIMM Unbuffered Non-ECC Desktop Memory Kit". It does not work, computer can not power on with flashing orange lights.
So I went to Crucial website, it recommends me to use a DDR3L RAM. I saw all the DDR3Ls are for laptops. Could it be used in my desktop? And my current RAM is Hyundai. Could it be mixed with other brand like Crucial or Kingston?
My pc specs:
i7 4770
GTX 645
8GB RAM
Dell Inc. 0KWVT8 mobo
1TB HHD
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August 4th, 2016 13:00
Laptops first started using DDR3L which is why the market is flooded with it, however you just need to look for the desktop version for your computer. If you go to crucial they should have an auto test that will detect the correct ram for your machine and give you the list of options you can pick from.