M18x Memory Discussion Thread

[steviejones133]

Has anyone seen 1600mhz CL7 8gb or 16gb on the market? All the laptop memory i have found has been CL9 at 1600mhz, nothing lower, which for me means there is no point in getting 1600mhz memory, may as well stick with 1333 at CL7 in terms of performance.

When I was shopping for ram, I also wanted to find CAS 7 stuff at 1600mhz but couldnt find anyone who did it in the size sticks I wanted. From recollection, I think 2x2gb was the biggest kit I saw but obviously, not much use.....

[azza21]

The only other option would be to buy the 1800 stuff, down clock it too 1600mhz and then push for as tight timing as poss. Anyone on here tried that with 204-pin, if so what have lowest they've managed to get cas wise?

[Aikimox]

Has anyone with 2630QM tried the 1600Mhz memory yet?

[steviejones133]

Has anyone with 2630QM tried the 1600Mhz memory yet?

According to Intel, doesnt it only support max 1333?

[Aikimox]

Intel is not always spot on. Sager owners report that it in fact works at 1600 MHz. I have yet to see it with my own eyes though. Anyway, since I'm gonna upgrade the CPU down the road, might as well grab HyperX now.

[steviejones133]

Intel is not always spot on. Sager owners report that it in fact works at 1600 MHz. I have yet to see it with my own eyes though. Anyway, since I'm gonna upgrade the CPU down the road, might as well grab HyperX now.

Yeah, I heard that too.....for the small price difference, even if it does get downclocked, its a no brainer, IMHO.

[Aikimox]

Has anyone tried OC'ing the 1600MHz RAM to 1866?

[Nicholaus.rossi]

Does the M18x bios allow for timing adjustments? I would love to test my HyperX 1600 at 8-8-8-24 or 7-7-7-21

[SOS4DELL]

Sorry for the dummiest question but... are those Kingston HyperX (1600 and 1866) PnP double chanel or triple chanel?
and... why the 1886 has CL11 and the 1600 CL9?
There is a so big variety that's like mandarin for me...

[Nicholaus.rossi]

Sorry for the dummiest question but... are those Kingston HyperX (1600 and 1866) PnP double chanel or triple chanel?
and... why the 1886 has CL11 and the 1600 CL9?
There is a so big variety that's like mandarin for me...

They're dual channel. Triple channel memory only works on the X58 chipset with the original core i7 desktop chips as far as I know.
As for the timings, they tend to be more 'loose' as the speed increases. Price/performance wise, the 1600 would be a nice happy medium. Higher timings mean larger latency, but the performance differences are generally negligible.