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November 3rd, 2020 14:00

Welcome to the Dell Community @PPEETTEERR 

Yes it does.

But it will run at the memory bus speed of 2666 MHz

Alienware 17 R5 Setup and Specifications:

https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/alienware-17-r5/alienware-17-r5-setupspecs/memory?guid=guid-e6d32a39-92c0-49ca-900d-2e51c535d7cb&lang=en-us

Alienware 17 R5 Compatible upgrades:

https://www.crucial.com/compatible-upgrade-for/alienware/alienware-17-r5

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U2

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Thx

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November 3rd, 2020 14:00

So is there any chance I can run up to 3200Mhz

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November 3rd, 2020 15:00

@PPEETTEERR 

On some systems you are able to "Tweak" the memory.

Then having a higher Mhz memory would be an advantage.

Any increase in the memories Mhz would not exceed the memory specs.

Maybe one of the AW experts will chime in as I have limited experience with AW.

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U2

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November 4th, 2020 04:00

It depends entirely on the CPU you have - which is that?

(i.e., i7-8750H, etc.)

 

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i9

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Yes it is

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November 4th, 2020 06:00

@PPEETTEERR 

Is it the i9-8950HK ???

Regards,

U2

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Thx bro

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October 14th, 2021 07:00

Hi,

sorry for my necroposting but I have a problem. I replace my RAM, on my 17 R5, with Crucial Ballistix 2666 MHz (now I have Samsung 2666). Now my AWCC report 2400 MHz (base clock on Ballistix). How I can setup the frequency?

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October 14th, 2021 12:00

Well its probably XMP ram you got if the Base speed is 2400 but it can go up to 2666.

If you CPU is an HK series then you'll be using XMP to Overclock the Memory.
If its not that Speed it may not support XMP to make it run faster.

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