Gaming Laptop memory upgrade

[DwarfAdigginAhole]

Ok, I have my awesome Alienware m17x and it came with 4GB of 1600mhz ram, I am wondering if I should upgrade it with one two of these 4gb(2x2GB Sticks) kit http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104159 or One of these 8Gb kits http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104230

Which one of these should I go for?

 

[ruthless_villain]

laptops have two sodimm slots so if you buy the 4gb kit it is not worth it so the 8gb would be my choice

 

[DwarfAdigginAhole]

laptops have two sodimm slots so if you buy the 4gb kit it is not worth it so the 8gb would be my choice

Where do you get your information from? My Alienware m17x and most other gaming laptops have Four slots for ram.

 

[ruthless_villain]

Where do you get your information from? My Alienware m17x and most other gaming laptops have Four slots for ram.

really? i have never seen a laptop with 4 slots

oops sorry just realised they are under the keyboard but i personally wouldnt be comfortable going under the keyboard and everything

 

[DwarfAdigginAhole]

really? i have never seen a laptop with 4 slots

oops sorry just realised they are under the keyboard but i personally wouldnt be comfortable going under the keyboard and everything

It is quite easily actually .____. I mean, if you can build your own system, you can do this.

 

[FragTek]

Either one is a viable option Diggy.

This is just me personally, but I absolutely can not stand mixing RAM brands. In most cases it's perfectly acceptable as if there are any differences in timing etc, the machine will default to the slowest timings etc and run all sticks at that speed.

There's just something nice about knowing all of your memory is exactly the same though, I guess I'm OCD like that, haha.

If it were me I'd go with the 8gb kit or 2 of the 4gb kits and just take the other memory out completely. DDR3 is so dirt-cheap it's worthwhile in my opinion to make it all match.

 

[DwarfAdigginAhole]

Either one is a viable option Diggy.

This is just me personally, but I absolutely can not stand mixing RAM brands. In most cases it's perfectly acceptable as if there are any differences in timing etc, the machine will default to the slowest timings etc and run all sticks at that speed.

There's just something nice about knowing all of your memory is exactly the same though, I guess I'm OCD like that, haha.

If it were me I'd go with the 8gb kit or 2 of the 4gb kits and just take the other memory out completely. DDR3 is so dirt-cheap it's worthwhile in my opinion to make it all match.

I was gonna do that but, I found out that ALienware uses Kingston's Plug and Play Hyper X version's of those I posted links too XD Seems like Alienware finally learned that Quality parts mean something. But I was gonna just take them out anyway. I just need to know, which upgrade option would be better.

 

[FragTek]

In that case I'd go with the 2x4 kit as it leaves you room to expand further in the future if you ever want to. That is if its expandable past 8gb, which I'm sure it is if it has 4 slots.

 

[DwarfAdigginAhole]

In that case I'd go with the 2x4 kit as it leaves you room to expand further in the future if you ever want to. That is if its expandable past 8gb, which I'm sure it is if it has 4 slots.

Thanks mate

I was really only concerned that there timings may make a bit of difference in there performance.