mw86 Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 If you wait Inap it wont be long before we see 1tb ssd drives! otherwise if you can sell at $500 for the Intel 320 or better yet sell the 320 series and buy the 510 at almost the same price! otherwise the running price for the 600gb 320 series isn't too bad at a little over $1000. The 320 series will not use the new sata though so it depends how much performance or space you need. 2 510 series 250Gb hardrives isn't badly priced compared to the 600gb sata 2 320 series! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveb00bs Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 planning on buying a slightly used drive for $650, it an awesome deal just wished i had enough money just to grab it but i need to sell the 300gb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 In that case the 600gb of SSD is well worth it... but if you want Sata 3 it doesn't have it... so if thats no big deal... the $1per GB is great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 (edited) Hey guys just bought these for $90 Amazon.com: Corsair Vengeance 8 GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1866MHz PC3 204 Pin 15000 SODIMM Laptop Memory CMSX8GX3M2A1866C10: Computers & Accessories or here Newegg.com - CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1866 Laptop Memory Model CMSX8GX3M2A1866C10 for my M18x to replace 16gb of Hyperx 1600mhz. I sold them for the cost of these corsair. i originally paid $100 per 8gb 1600mhz but I sold to family so my Mother and Brother could have their laptops upgraded from 4gb to 8gb each So I just recieved my Corsair 8gb and I'll be ordering another 8gb in a few days. I benched the Kingston and Corsair. Here are the results and for the time I ordered... these were $10 cheaper than I had paid for my Hyperx... but now I have a feeling the hyperX can be had at nearly $60 for 8gb of that model. maxxmem Kinston Hyperx 8gb dual channel 1600mhz 1.65v 9-9-9-27 cpu 4.2ghz (They are native 1333 chips Kingston overclocked to 1600mhz and requires 1.65v though some things show 1.5v for it... most of the time 1.55v was fine and 1.6v on a overclocked baseclock on 1600mhz and 1.5v seemed plenty for the 1333mhz profile) maxxmem Corsair Vengeance 8gb dual channel 1866mhz 1.50v 10-10-10-27 cpu 4.2ghz HyperX uses XMP 1 as 1333 7-7-7-20 and XMP2 as 1600mhz 9-9-9-27 Corsair uses plug and play @ 1866 10-10-10-27 Thanks to Thaiphoon burner they can be flashed to 9-9-9-27 on XMP1 @ 1866 and 2133 on XMP2 was shown as able to flash not sure on timings at that speed Thaiphoon Burner - Official Support Website -Thanks @GeoCake for showing me their video etc now I need $20 to buy Thaiphoon Burner I'll get further benches up once I do that these are the original hyperx i replaced, they are 1600mhz only using XMP profiles 8gb DC $70 for 2-4gb chips Newegg.com - Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Laptop Memory Model KHX1600C9S3K2/8GX these are 1600mhz 8gb DC Hyperx that are plug and play 9-9-9-27 1.5v $70 for 2-4gb chips Newegg.com - Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1600 HyperX Plug n Play Laptop Memory Model KHX1600C9S3P1K2/8G these are Hyperx 8gb DC at 1866mhz 1.5v plug and play but CL11 Latencies for 11-11-11-30 $80 for 2-4gb chips Newegg.com - Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1866 HyperX Plug n Play Laptop Memory Model KHX1866C11S3P1K2/8G Corsair Vengeance 8gb DC 1600mhz 1.5v plug and play 9-9-9-24 latency $48 for 2-4gb chips Newegg.com - CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Laptop Memory Model CMSX8GX3M2A1600C9 Corsair Vengeance 16gb DC 1600mhz 1.5v plug and play 9-9-9-24 latency $150 for 2-8gb chips Newegg.com - CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8G) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Laptop Memory Model CMSX16GX3M2A1600C10 Edited April 10, 2012 by mw86 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 (edited) thanks for the support This isnt really a guide there are tutorials... this is what I learned so far. I bought Thaiphoon Burner now but by the way in the supplied link to the Tutorials I encourage you to familiarize yourself thoroughly first with their guides before attempting anything I've mentioned. Its a funny thing but i am buying a second license tonight. I didn't realize a step in buying it which when I ordered the software on a different computer than the M18x and ended up the registration code before you even start to enter your info is unique to your computer so be sure not to purchase on a different computer. So download demo> copy registration code from demo on your main system the ram is being modified from. 2133Mhz ram Plug and Play for Samsung low volt 1600mhz modules 4gb sticks I used two in dual channel. -Start with one of two sticks in a good scenario... load both ram sticks in if your adding them... and in the next steps only start off flashing one of your ram modules so you can confirm it works... in the event you cant boot your M18x at 2133mhz ram into your OS... then where i say to confirm timings are all present still be sure to before turning off the computer so you can flash lower speeds and timings to the ram. Plus as I said go through the tutorials to learn to backup your stock ram EEPROm SPD etc. I had trouble getting this to work learning the steps... but the videos here helped me along. I made a mistake or two along way and made bad decision of flashing the Corsair with missing SPD profiles but leaving the overclocked value... well I was working from the computer it was now registered to. I am lucky it too was DDR3 based SoDIMM So on a Core2quad based machine I worked on swapping memory into the other laptop and working on trying tighter timings and 2133Mhz since now I had tried the Corsair stock at their fairly low latency 1866mhz and at 1.5v. So I found after I tested a couple times I booted 2133Mhz in windows and it worked on Corsair but soon after just a maxxmem test crashed. so I used varying ram voltage and it was little more stable at 1.55/1.6 than it was 1.65v but since crashing it did on all the volts so I concluded maybe looser timings would help but I found the core2quad system didn't work with the chips now and only the m18X as is. So I am biting the bullet and buying the software on the M18x so I can fix the chips and try to do it right as I set them aside till then. For now I had just the Core2quad system to run from and still had my original Dell ram which just so happens to be low volt Samsung 1600mhz ram and defaults some of the timings at some fairly competitive latency by default. on some not as tight timings as the Corsair... but close. I repeat follow the procedure to backup an entire profile of your ram as is before you hit anything in Thaiphoon Burner and use it in "Protected Mode" until your ready to flash your ram. So more carefully I decided to try the Samsung Modules at 2133Mhz So this time from start I am using 1.65v for the ram until I know i can drop it lower. Make sure your in Protected mode. Read the current ram by pressing the "read" button and for me I see "Read SPD for SMBus0 for 50H" and another with"52H" at the end each ram module will be one of those. your going to read the one of them its up to you but stick with it... through this process for the first stick. I back up my the entire dump file and its as simple as now that you loaded the stock ram by hitting read hit he "Save Dump" button and save it in a safe location. Now its backed up. Disable protect mode. I selected the Timing Table Editor button that says Editor or select Tools > Timing Table Editor. Under the heading "Auto Settings" it says "DDR3 Speed bins" select the profile that says "DDR3-2133K" to get the timing in the screen shots. This seemed to boot no prob this way. Hit "Next" and in the next screen check "Reprogram SPD EEPROM with new SPD data" (we have everything we need backed up" now you should see in the main screen it says under the "Dump" tab that speed grade is 2133K referring to the speed and K is on of the JeDEC standard speeds and timings. So now click Protected mode and read the ram again just to see if main screen says 2133K again. Press "Report" and scroll and confirm the info on the ram. Check pic the ram should still have the Jedec timings for 1067,1333,1600,1867 and 2133Mhz. I see 400 533 Mhz 667mhz 800 933 1067. These are needed for setting them manually in the bios when you want any of the other speeds manually overriding them in the bios will work and not use the plug and play info. Now press"Dump" again. If everything is still listed in "report" that was before but with additions of 2133 your on the right track. Now press in the top menu "correct checksum". hit okay as it fixed the checksum for the new ram flash. So turn of "protected mode" Press "Write" and select from the top menu the entire All ram range of bytes. Select the option to only flash a specific EEPROm device(ram module) and slect the same number you did before for me it was "50H" was after the name and the other module was "52H" now hit next and write to the ram chip "read" the same chip again and look on main screen it should now say 2133K in the Speed Grade. Go to report and confirm that the timings still are all listed and that the new 1067mhz profile is now in the tables. Shutdown your computer. Remove one module and hopefully it the one that's 2133k... Enter the bios and confirm it loaded and select 2133K at the voltage you will use for now I am using 1.65v until i know lower is stable. Attempt to boot windows... and test and confirm with cpuz etc then see if maxxmem reports the gains properly... if it will not work at 2133 when you check the bios a second time it will say a lower speed if it is not the right module. not the right ram module but the same speed it was before it take that one out and use just the other ram stick. If it doesn't boot to windows put it back and and force it to a lower speed profile like 1067,1333,1600 etc and boot with both modules in which should help make it run at the lower speed not 2133k... go ahead and reflash the stock chip you backed up or set lower timings in "timing table editor" in the above steps. If it worked completely thats great news. Now if its working in single channel now flash your other ram module using same steps and just use the one ram module so you know your flashing the right module but as you read the ram stick in Thaiphoon Burner. you'll know which stick it is too. Try that stick alone in windows and test.... if that works too load both in and youll be in dual channel and test again.. see pics I'll update after sometime goes by as is to see if their stable I can throw on some ram tests to see how long its stable if anyone requests. the tests were done with the i7 2960Xm at 42multiplier. So you can compare the Maxxmem results to my last post for a comparison of 1600mhz/1867/2133 Edited April 14, 2012 by mw86 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sargent Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Hey guys just bought these for $90 Amazon.com: Corsair Vengeance 8 GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1866MHz PC3 204 Pin 15000 SODIMM Laptop Memory CMSX8GX3M2A1866C10: Computers & Accessories or here Newegg.com - CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1866 Laptop Memory Model CMSX8GX3M2A1866C10 for my M18x I bought these same chips but only paid 50 bucks. Amazon didn't have them in stock at the time and not sure where i went but got em for less and want to replace the Samsung ones i have still in the system. I also need to sell off the ones that came out to put towards buying more Veng chips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 You bought the 1866mhz chips? I thought yo got the 1600mhz... cool either way and thats an awesome price you got them for I am going to be fixing them probably tommorow and seeing if they can run like the ones i posted above my friend. Its crazy I am typing now on them in 8gb dual channel at 2133mhz on the Samsung ones... ill be seeing if the Corsair can be flashed to that to now I learned how to do this right. If not i'll buy another set of these Samsung 30nm low volt they are running great but the corsair at all other speeds beat anything else ive benched stock :0 they have the best latency in all ranges even on a system i tried them on the system is a older mobo and only runs 1067mhz ram and when these are in that system they Corsair ran 6-6-6-16 @ 533mhz better than the others ive seen most 533@ 7-7-7-20 the lower those tail numbers the better Yeah will be awesome when you have 16gb 1600mhz or 1867mhz whichever chips you bought I waited forever for 2133mhz ram and still none so I figured I'll make them with that Thaiphoon Burner app and as Geocake suggested the app is awesome and the samsung are running without breaking a sweat at 2133mhz something not even available to consumers Sill will be posting results on if the Corsair can rach the 2133mhz I got it once but i was as mentioned above made a mistake ... now I know full procedure correctly... I may end up still flashing the Corsair to lower latencies at the same 1867mhz rating they are low volt to as youve noticed running 1867mhz at 1.5v using tighter timings at 1867mhz may need 1.55v on ram which is still low Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 what I had to do it after my Samsung ram proved to be very stable at 1.55v 12-12-12-36 on 2133mhz I had to try to tighten now I got em stable at 1.65v (may go lower but needs plenty testing) on 10-10-10-28 and for the H of it here is 12-12-12-36 at about 2278mhz ram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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