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October 26th, 2016 15:00
AREA 51 r2 RAM
If I were going to upgrade the RAM in my AREA 51 r2(late 2014), Which of these would be a better choice. The auto settings in RAM speed would ever allow speeds to 3000? 2400 is achievable though.
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Crucial Ballistix Elite 32GB Kit (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 UDIMM
BLE4K8G
Specs: DDR4 PC4-24000 • 15-16-16 • Unbuffered • NON-ECC • DDR4-3000 • 1.35V • 1024Meg x 644D30AEEA
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Crucial Ballistix Elite 32GB Kit (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 UDIMM
CT6332646
Specs: DDR4 PC4-21300 • 16-17-17 • Unbuffered • NON-ECC • DDR4-2666 • 1.2V • 1024Meg x 64
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dbrewster
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October 27th, 2016 14:00
I'm buying the 32 gb kit. 2660. ( I've seen it done on the forums)
Eimy_B
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October 27th, 2016 15:00
Hi,
We can't recommend specific brands and being 3rd party hardware, there are many things that could interfere with compatibility. But this is the supported Memory Type: Four DDR4 slots, UDIMM, 2133 MHz.
You could also try posting this on the Notebook Review to see if another user has tried.
dbrewster
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October 28th, 2016 12:00
Well, I did it, I got the Crucial 32gb kit x 2666. Installed, typing from the machine lol. All shows 2400 cycles, 32.xxxx gigabytes. Freq in auto, no extreme xmp enabled. (should I?)
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December 4th, 2016 14:00
BTW after using Firestrike extreme/Firestrike Ultra new RAM vaulted my results by nearly 1000 points.
I have a Hall of fame for these two tests. !