Re: Max RAM for i5 CPU

webadmin@intel.com — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:43:09 GMT

Hi Alvaro,

Thanks for the speedy response. Not what I wanted to hear but needed an authoritative confirmation.

Dell are confused as to what the MB & CPU will support. Their own Dell Support Center software reports a supported max of 16 GB as have 2 TS people then I get others at TS that tell me 8 GB is the max as there is only 2 slots and they only certify 4 GB sticks and have no 8 GB sticks... hence my question here!

I guess this does put the question to bed.

Thanks

Max RAM for i5 CPU

webadmin@intel.com — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:42:01 GMT

Hi,

I have a Dell XPS L701X that I have a RAM question...

What is the Max Ram that I can put into this machine and be supported by the i5 CPU?

Dell's Support Center software reports that I have...

Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 460 @ 2.53GHz

Total Physical Memory - 4.00 GB

Maximum Supported Memory - 16.00 GB

2048 MB DDR3-SDRAM (1333 MHz)

2x RAM - SPD 2GB DDR3-SDRAM(1333 MHz) Samsung

When I purchased the machine I asked if it was upgradeable to 16 GB and I was told YES. Now Dell is telling me that they do not certify 8 GB sticks so the most I can upgrade to (certified) is 8 GB. Although I see several manufacturers selling 8 GB sticks with the same parameters as the 4 GB sticks.

I would like to purchase 2x, non Dell Certified, 8 GB sticks and install them giving me a total of 16 GB RAM.

Q. Will the CPU support 16 GB of RAM?

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