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Aurora R8, memory upgrade, #2
Hi All,
Sorry if this question has been asked already but as others mentioned, i am not getting any clear answers..
Got my system last week and my PC came with 4 slots and two are filled with
(2 x 8GB ) 16GB Dual Channel HyperX(FM) FURY DDR4 XMP at 2933MHz
I want to add 16GB more to bring the total memory to 32gb. Can the below work ?
They are matching exactly close to OEM but sadly one of the reviews had some issues as posted below in the review
May 9, 2019
My wife bought these for me as a birthday present as I just got an AlienWare Aurora R8 with 2x8 HyperX Fury sticks in it. I read about how the R7 needed to be loaded 1 stick at a time to get the machine to recognize the additional ram and thought this could be carried over to my R8. IT DOESN'T WORK!
These sticks of RAM are great. I was able to get my computer to boot using either these two sticks, or the two sticks that came with my R8, but not in any configuration where I had both in any slot simultaneously. 2x OEM works as that was the configuration I got, 2x this item works if you put in 1 stick at a time and it is recognized as 16GB, putting in 1 of each, even 1 at a time, the computer doesn't post. Putting in an additional different stick with 2x of the same stick in fails to post as well. I read about older AlienWare setups seemingly locking up the ability to run 4x8 but the R8 doesn't even seem to run 3x8 for 24GB.
If you want more than 16GB of ram in your R8, you're going to have to buy it with a 16GB stick from AlienWare for your original configuration then add another 16GB stick, or buy 2x 16GB sticks from Amazon."
These sticks of RAM are great. I was able to get my computer to boot using either these two sticks, or the two sticks that came with my R8, but not in any configuration where I had both in any slot simultaneously. 2x OEM works as that was the configuration I got, 2x this item works if you put in 1 stick at a time and it is recognized as 16GB, putting in 1 of each, even 1 at a time, the computer doesn't post. Putting in an additional different stick with 2x of the same stick in fails to post as well. I read about older AlienWare setups seemingly locking up the ability to run 4x8 but the R8 doesn't even seem to run 3x8 for 24GB.
If you want more than 16GB of ram in your R8, you're going to have to buy it with a 16GB stick from AlienWare for your original configuration then add another 16GB stick, or buy 2x 16GB sticks from Amazon."
I am getting nervous after reading this review. the DELL store ones are so costly ..
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Posted October 26th, 2019 21:00
Thanks
Can you share your amazon link please ?
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Posted October 27th, 2019 08:00
Additionally, there's an inherent problem with the R7, R8, and possibly R9 boards that prevent the usage of 4x8GB DIMMs. Stupid I know, but everyone's that tried using 4 matched 8GB sticks has run into POST issues. I doubt that you adding 2 more potentially unmatched sticks would be successful where others have failed.
Ok, I must have missed this one. How about 4x16GB? Doesn't work? Or is that a totally different horror story?
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Posted December 16th, 2019 23:00
Just bought 32GB DDR4 3200Mhz for $120 bucks from amazon today and installed it right after getting it, works like a charm with my existing 16GB of 2666 Mhz, now I have 48 GB of ram!! simply plug and play
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Posted December 16th, 2019 23:00
Is your computer running all 48GB at 2666MHz? Or is it able to do 3200MHz for 32GB and 2666MHz for the earlier 16GB?
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Posted January 4th, 2020 20:00
Thank you for posting this. After many try’s and fails this configuration worked. Bought on amazon.
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Posted June 7th, 2020 21:00
This is ridiculous. I bought an R8 last year with 16G via two 8G sticks. I bought two more Dell certified 8G sticks that are OEM so I can upgrade. I get the same post issue. The manual says it can handle 8x4. I am running the latest bio version of 1.0.12. Does anyone from Dell acknowledge our concerns? These are not cheap boxes. Will it be fixed or did I just eat memory? Telling me to buy 2 16G sticks doesn't cut it. If anyone here can tell me a workaround it would be much appreciated. Dell, a rep responding to my query would be very beneficial.
Thank You.
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Posted June 7th, 2020 21:00
Actually, if you read page 61 of the service manual, 8gb x 4 = 32gb is not listed as a supported configuration. I know this makes no logical sense, but it was well documented / confirmed in this forum on the R7 that this is in fact not supported (which fyi the r7 also has that pegatron z370 board, just like the r8, only real difference is bios update). I thought they had patched this by now via bios update for the r8. Why don't you try clearing CMOS?
amstel78
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Posted September 8th, 2019 03:00
Word on the street is that the HyperX DIMMs used by Dell have slightly different SPD settings than the ones sold by Kingston to the general public.
Additionally, there's an inherent problem with the R7, R8, and possibly R9 boards that prevent the usage of 4x8GB DIMMs. Stupid I know, but everyone's that tried using 4 matched 8GB sticks has run into POST issues. I doubt that you adding 2 more potentially unmatched sticks would be successful where others have failed.
If you want to bump system RAM up to 32 GB, the best course of action is to pull the 2x8GB DIMMs you have now, sell them or stick them in a drawer somewhere, and purchase 2x16GB HyperX 2933 sticks. That's what I ended up doing. I bought a used pair of 2933 HyperX RAM modules with red heat spreaders from the Amazon warehouse for $120. Popped them in after removing the OEM 2666 modules and haven't had a single issue. Been running XMP1 with a slight CPU overclock with no stability issues at all.