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XPS 8920 - 64GB RAM - caution
Anyone taken this system to 64GB yet? I'm having a hard time finding 16GB DIMMs that will fit without the heat sinks touching. I guess the designers didn't' realize that heat sinks were being added to allot of DIMMs these days. So they just put the slots as close together as physically possible. They should get out of the office more often and look at what's being sold in stores.
ok, no heat sinks, this should work. Not sure why all the models with heat sinks. Last longer? Gamers? Overclockers? Still, Dell should have left room for those who "want" that style of memory.
rh310
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July 3rd, 2017 17:00
Bought the ram I posted above. With no heat sink on it, fits and works fine.
DELL-Jesse L
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June 30th, 2017 06:00
rh310,
Below are the memory specs for the system.
Memory specifications Slots Four DIMM slots
Type UDIMM, DDR4
Speed 2400 MHz
Configurations supported 8 GB, 16 GB, 24 GB, 32 and 64 GB
Memory
The XPS 8920 has four DIMM slots. Your computer supports 8 GB, 16 GB, 24 GB, 32 GB, and 64 GB UDIMM DDR4 memory (up to 2400 MHz).
NOTE: Use slots DIMM1 and DMM3 if you need to use two memory modules.
The following table lists the available memory configuration matrix:
Table 1. Memory configuration matrix Configuration Slot
DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4
8 GB 4 GB 4 GB
16 GB 8 GB 8 GB
24 GB 4 GB 8GB 4 GB 8 GB
32 GB 8 GB 8 GB 8 GB 8 GB
64 GB 16 GB 16 GB 16 GB 16 GB
vtoy116
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July 3rd, 2017 18:00
Although this is the configuration matrix listed in the service manual in my opinion it is incomplete. It has been reported in another thread that 48 GB works fine.
Dan-H
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July 3rd, 2017 19:00
they look "sexy" for the windowed cases.
Problem is it gets in the way of lots of builds, even custom builds the tall memory fights for space with big CPU coolers.
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July 4th, 2017 15:00
If I want to add 2x 16gb on my Dell 8900 (currently had 2x 4gb), is the correct configuration:
16GB 4GB 16GB 4GB?
Also, is it possible to use 2400 MHz for my XPS 8900? I believe the factory installed 4gb sticks are 2133 MHz. Do I have to match the speed, or will the motherboard downclock the 2400 MHz sticks to 2133?
Thanks!