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Aurora R12, compatible 3200MHz ram?

Can someone list me compatible 3200MHz cl 16 ram?

  • Vanadiel

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    Posted June 12th, 2021 10:00

    The only guaranteed by Dell compatible RAM for the R12 is:

    Validated OEM memory =
    Four slots
    128GB maximum
    6TCK6 32GB HyperX Fury XMP DDR4, 3400MHz, Unbuffered, 288 pin, Dual Rank, 1.25V, Non-ECC, Kingston X6TCK6-MIE, X6TCK6-HYA
    VTW4H 32GB HyperX Fury XMP DDR4, 3200MHz, Unbuffered, 288 pin, Dual Rank, 1.25V, Non-ECC, Kingston XVTW4H-MIE
    JV223 16GB HyperX Fury XMP DDR4, 3400MHz, Unbuffered, 288 pin, Single Rank, 1.35V, Non-ECC, Kingston XJV223-HYA, XJV223-MIE
    K2M26 16GB HyperX Fury XMP DDR4, 3400MHz, Unbuffered, 288 pin, Single Rank, 1.35V, Non-ECC, Kingston XK2M26-MIE

    2YH1K 16GB HyperX Fury XMP DDR4, 3200MHz, Unbuffered, 288 pin, Single Rank, 1.25V, Non-ECC, Kingston X2YH1K-HYA, X2YH1K-MIE
    W21KG 8GB HyperX Fury XMP DDR4, 3200MHz, Unbuffered, 288 pin, Single Rank, 1.25V, Non-ECC, Kingston XW21KG-HYD2, XW21KG-MIE, XW21KG-MIE2

     

    Any other RAM might or might not work. These systems are very picky when it comes to aftermarket memory module support.

    Also, the most recent bios update for the R12 seems to have broken compatibility with some aftermarket RAM that worked for other users.

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    Posted June 12th, 2021 08:00

  • Leo07

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    Posted June 12th, 2021 11:00

    Wait sooo this ram and ssd compatible with Alienware aurora r12

     

     

    https://www.crucial.com/memory/ddr4/bl2k8g36c16u4b/ct20302037

     

    https://www.crucial.com/ssd/p5/ct2000p5ssd8

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    Posted June 12th, 2021 13:00

    The RAM might or might not work. There's no way to guarantee it will work.

     

    The M2 drive will work, but the R12 only has 1 M2 drive slot.

    If you ordered it with an M2 drive from the factory, you would have to remove that drive and install this one, and reinstall windows and everything else.

    By default the factory drives are partitioned with a recovery environment, a hardware testing environment etc....

    Typically 4 partitions. If you do not clone the drive first, you will not have those available anymore if you install the regular windows from the Microsoft installation media.

    Pending on how you ordered it, you could loose software you paid extra for.

     

    My suggestion would be to wait until you have the computer, use it for a while and see if you really need to upgrade those components or not. It's very possible you will be satisfied with the performance and find no need to spend all this extra money on upgrading components.

     

  • Vanadiel

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    Posted June 13th, 2021 15:00

    But before you do that I would dig up the thread where someone tested this.

    If I am not mistaken the R12 manual does not specifically list the second full mechanical length PCIe slot as PCIe 4.0, but I think they tried it and it did work at PCIe 4.0 speeds.

    Wish I could remember the thread...

     

  • Wardski1974

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    Posted June 13th, 2021 15:00

    My recommendation is to leave the SSD in the M2 slot, grab yourself a PCIe to M2 adaptor and use the 2nd full size PCIe slot on the motherboard.  Grab a Samsung 980 Pro as they are a cracking Nvme drive!

  • r72019

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    Posted June 13th, 2021 21:00

    There was someone saying the bottom x8 PCiE slot on the R10 v2 ran at 4.0.  I'm still dubious of that.., and it also conflicts with the service manual for the R10 and what other users (of the R10 v1 anyway) reported. 

    The service manual lists the bottom x8 slot on the aurora R12 as 4.0, and someone else separately confirmed that in a different thread. 

    R12 manual.png

  • r72019

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    Posted June 13th, 2021 21:00

    I was going to say that's expensive for what you're getting, but then I noticed the crucial P5 2TB is $75 cheaper on amazon. 

  • Leo07

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    Posted June 14th, 2021 02:00

    so can I clone everything I don’t want to lose the data in the ssd nvme

    any video with cloning should help

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    Posted June 14th, 2021 15:00

    I can confirm that the bottom PCIe slot is PCIe 4.0.  CPU-Z also indicates so

    The big issue is the lack of PCIe Gen 4 to NVME riser cards.  Asus, Gigabyte and a few others make them, but they are extremely hard to come by.  

    Just remember that the Dell R11/R12 motherboard PCIe slots do not support "Bifurcation", so you will need a riser with a RAID controller onboard if you were wanting to use 2 NVME drives in RAID off the PCIe slot 

    Another point to note too, you cannot RAID the M.2 slot SSD with the PCIe slot SSD..