Futurelooks Reviews the Kingston HyperX Plug and Play 8GB DDR3 1866MHz Notebook Memory Kit

[wweundertakerfan92]

wold the kingston hyperx plug n play ram 4x4gb 1866mhz work properly in a dell xps 17 l702x 3d properly

[Futurelooksdotcom]

@wweundertakerfan92 4x4GB at 1866MHz is unsupported. But I believe 1600MHz is. It might work great or it might be unstable. If you are doing mission critical work, I wouldn't chance it. If you're just playing games, it would probably be OK, but it's a bit of a waste since no games use that much memory.

[wweundertakerfan92]

@Futurelooksdotcom wuould there be are perfomance gain between the ram i already have in my xps 1333mhz and the hyper x 1600 or 1866 mhz

[Futurelooksdotcom]

@wweundertakerfan92 Depends entirely on the application. If it's a game, it makes no difference. Unless you are using onboard graphics with shared memory. If you are using a discrete graphics card, then there is ZERO performance increase in games. There may be a slight increase in performance if the application uses a large amount of memory. In the video, we demonstrated one such application through Cinebench.

[poust5]

hey will it work for i3 2330m?

[Futurelooksdotcom]

@poust5 Core i3 2330m is Sandy Bridge so it should. The other requirement is a 67 series chipset.

[xkambing]

@Futurelooksdotcom owh..thxQ so much for the information..today, i upgraded my laptop to 8gb..it just up 6-10% speed..(not format yet):).. thx again

[xkambing]

@xkambing so any suggestion that i can upgrade my laptop ram??

[Futurelooksdotcom]

@xXKingofEv3rythingXx These modules work best in a Sandy Bridge notebook. In anything else, they will run at 1333MHz (or less depending on the system) and you will be wasting you money.

[FilmAdventureRomance]

Hello, I have a question, I have a i7-2630QM notebook, using it for  Adobe CS5 Premiere Pro and After Effects. I am able to put in max 16GB 4x4GB

----Will i get enough benefit from these

'Kingston HyperX PnP 8GB DDR3 1866MHz (4x4GB) over the 1333MHz 4x4GB Kingston Value RAM which I use right now..?

I want to know if it is worth the upgrade...

--Thanks in advance

[Futurelooksdotcom]

@FilmAdventureRomance Kingston only officially supports 2 modules at 1866MHz. While I'm sure they will work in quad at 1866MHz, there might be stability issues at those clock speeds. For missions critical work and video editing, I wouldn't risk it.

[ganzonomy]

I have an NP8130 like the one that made a cameo in the review. What did the HyperX do for your NP8130 (besides just go faster). Was there any improvement at all?

Jason

[Futurelooksdotcom]

@ganzonomy It helps with memory intensive tasks. Video editing with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 did seem to benefit when we were using above 10GBs on some test renders. So basically anything you do that uses a ton of memory, it will help. How much will depend on the app. Does not help gaming at all if you have a discrete GPU.

[ganzonomy]

@Futurelooksdotcom Ah, so if I have the NP8130 (as is the one in your video that DIDNT get the upgrade, but was used for a reference "discrete GPU"), then I won't get any real boost in gaming.

[Futurelooksdotcom]

@ganzonomy Correct. The GPU is doing most of the work. Not a worthwhile upgrade if gaming only.

[keyzin]

should just get the best ssd ... u only need a good 8gb -16gb 1333 ram u will increase more significant than this ram ;)

[manfreak456]

would this work with my g74sx-xr1

[nimajneb02]

Assuming it would work with an i7-620m, which is the one just before the sandy bridge processor line, the processors memory type is 800/1066. Does that mean anything higher than 1066 would not improve my system?

[Futurelooksdotcom]

@nimajneb02 Doesn't work with that chipset. This is only for Sandy Bridge. It'll just run at a lower clock speed in anything else and it'll be a waste of money.

[SimonBearSr02]

I was wondering, does anyone out there know how well the plug and play memory, especially the 8gb 1866, works on laptops running AMD dual core processors?

[Futurelooksdotcom]

@SimonBearSr02 This is not supposed to work with AMD based notebooks, but if AMD Overdrive will run on it (have not tried) then you should be able to manually adjust timing, voltage, and dividers to reach the speed. It'd work best on an APU based machine because there would be an increase in graphics performance as well.

[iiToXiCiiTy]

i think saving about $75 is worth 2fps loss

[AgentHydra]

time for a Kingston advert yay

[Chump014]

Isn't this a little over the top for most laptops as most wont have the power to use this ram properly anyway.

[craigcrawford1988]

@Chump014 DDR3 is more power efficient than DDR2.

[MeakerSE]

@Chump014 Actually for the light gamers without a dedicated graphics card and using the integrated chip these modules would offer the largest benefit. Ofc spending that money initially on a better system might make more sense, but if you have to make do then these will help get higher fps.

[stovnergutt]

Not worth it for laptops..

[654357]

first

just a qq, wouldn't adding extra high performance ram eat up heaps of battery?

[Futurelooksdotcom]

@654357 They run at 1.5 volts at all memory speeds all the way up to the maximum 1866MHz frequency. Same as a regular 1333MHz module. The only downside is price, but they do perform and they really are plug and play.

[Futurelooksdotcom]

@Getvityz You will only get the lowest speed. So your money is wasted.