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June 29th, 2011 05:00
Memory upgrade for Alienware Aurora R3
Hello,
I bought recently an Alienware Aurora R3 with 16 GB ram at 1333, but I can't say i'm very happy with it. The memory is Samsung, has high response time and well, it's Samsung. I'm thinking on upgrading the RAM to 8gb/12gb 1866 Mhz or 2000 Mhz, but I don't know if the motherboard supports 2000 (1866 i know it does) and also, I see on the market are different setups on double channel/triple channel and I don't know what are the advantages of either or if the motherboard supports both dual and triple channel.
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
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C_ronic
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June 29th, 2011 05:00
Im not sure if the motherboard supports that high of a speed. But I do know it does not support triple channel just dual channel. Triple channel is a little better but not a huge improvement. Samsung is a good company in my opinion. A higher speed would be better for gaming though :)
vexxy
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June 29th, 2011 07:00
are you sure that the motherboard does not support triple channel? also, need more opinions regarding the 2000Mhz issue
dongiavongie
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June 29th, 2011 08:00
The Aurora R3 uses sandy bridge CPU's which do not support triple channel RAM controllers!!!!
Gargoso
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July 4th, 2011 08:00
Isnt tri channel 8gig 1866mhz supported? Thats what i have in my r3
LeakingPan
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July 4th, 2011 09:00
I switched mine to 16Gbs of 1866, I can see a difference in my game play for sure. I don't think the Aurora supports Tri-channel, or 2000Mhz
C_ronic
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July 4th, 2011 09:00
R3's are dual channel unless you changed you motherboard to that of an R1, and yea the speed of your ram is one of the later things to upgrade. youll get a better performance increase from upgrading just about anything else.
AAA737flyer
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July 4th, 2011 09:00
You are wasting your money going from 1333 to anything else. You wont even notice any game performace difference.
To get any noticable game performance increase you need to concentrate on the CPU overclocking.
This article is a couple of years old but is still relevant. If you go to the bottom of the page you can select different game test scores with various types of ram speeds and see games benefit very little if at all from more expense ram and speeds.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/2792/13
Gargoso
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July 4th, 2011 10:00
Well i could not choose motherboard in my r3 but i hope i notice something i used 4000 kr more just because of ram speed :( its about 350-400 dollars i guess :( this makes me sad
AAA737flyer
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July 4th, 2011 10:00
If you run your graphics settings at low settings faster ram will show more of an increase in FPS. Graphics already set to higher settings will not show any noticable improvements.
It is also the minimum frame rates vs, the average fram rates that tend to benefit. So if your games are stuck at the low end fps, faster ram may make your game playable. However, if you already have average FPS that are palyable, then you wont really notice much improvement.
Here is another article that comes up with the same conclusion as the first article I posted. See pages six and seven for the results and conclusion to the testing.
techreport.com/.../15967
If you are not satisfied with a particular game performance it might be some other reason. I noticed very low fps while in cfx but when I went to a single card my fps went from 17 to 60. Some games simply do not support cfx or sli or multiple screens. Be sure it isn't you particular game that has the issue.
morblore
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July 4th, 2011 11:00
As you start to overclock your CPU you need to get faster and faster memory bandwidth. It gets to a point where you want the fastest bandwidth you can get your dirty little paws on. This is the goal for using the faster memory.
This is also why gamers will tell you that it's the speed of the memory and not the amount that matters.