Ok bear with me here. I'm not very tech savvy and I've never upgraded my RAM before. I basically want to upgrade my DELL XPS 730x system from 6GB of RAM to 12GB. The product I purchased that is listed as compatible for my system is the Ballistix Elite 12GB Kit (4GBx3) DDR3 PC3-12800 • 8-8-8-24 • Unbuffered • NON-ECC • DDR3-1600 • 1.5V • 512Meg x 64.
I've done a lot of research on how to tweak RAM timings and using XMP to get your RAM to run to it's full capacity as advertised. A lot of this stuff seems really confusing. Again, I know nothing about overclocking RAM and tweaking with timings. I just want to make sure I run the correct speeds from my new Ballistix Elite 12GB kit so I don't cause any damage to my computer.
From what I've read my system is indeed capable of running up to 12GB of RAM. My computer has the latest BIOS also. I will post my system specs below. I want to know if my computer will be able to handle speeds up to 1600Mhz. From what I know my system only supports up to 1066MHz which is what I'm using as of now. My processor is Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.7GHz. Also, the tRFC has a limit up to 100. I read that if I enable XMP through my BIOS I can get the speed to 1600MHz, even though my system only supports up to 1066MHz. Correct me if I'm wrong.
I use my DELL 730x for gaming. I figured by upgrading my RAM my system will be able to keep up with the latest games that are more demanding as far as what is required for system specs. I would appreciate any help on setting the right timings and volts or any other tweaks necessary to run my new RAM to it's fullest potential. Thank you.
System Model: DELL XPS 730x (BIOS 1.0.5)
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory: 6144MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 6134MB RAM
Page File: 3354MB used, 8913MB available
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
I've done a lot of research on how to tweak RAM timings and using XMP to get your RAM to run to it's full capacity as advertised. A lot of this stuff seems really confusing. Again, I know nothing about overclocking RAM and tweaking with timings. I just want to make sure I run the correct speeds from my new Ballistix Elite 12GB kit so I don't cause any damage to my computer.
From what I've read my system is indeed capable of running up to 12GB of RAM. My computer has the latest BIOS also. I will post my system specs below. I want to know if my computer will be able to handle speeds up to 1600Mhz. From what I know my system only supports up to 1066MHz which is what I'm using as of now. My processor is Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.7GHz. Also, the tRFC has a limit up to 100. I read that if I enable XMP through my BIOS I can get the speed to 1600MHz, even though my system only supports up to 1066MHz. Correct me if I'm wrong.
I use my DELL 730x for gaming. I figured by upgrading my RAM my system will be able to keep up with the latest games that are more demanding as far as what is required for system specs. I would appreciate any help on setting the right timings and volts or any other tweaks necessary to run my new RAM to it's fullest potential. Thank you.
System Model: DELL XPS 730x (BIOS 1.0.5)
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory: 6144MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 6134MB RAM
Page File: 3354MB used, 8913MB available
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
