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With windows Vista and gaming 2GB of ram just doesn't seem like enough.
Im planning on getting another 2GB of ram but since i have an Alienware i have no idea what type of ram i have in the first place or even if my mobo (Alienware X2) supports 4GB. Heres a pic of CPU-Z showing what ram i have at the moment.



and from the looks of it this ram might work.


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Hello Broken89,

CPU-Z shows PC2-3200. That would say you have DDR2 memory and not regular DDR like the one you linked. That is a rare breed of memory.

What I would suggest is getting in touch with Alienware to find out your exact motherboard specs. Unfortunately, their support site isn't set up like Dell's to where you can look up a service tag to get your original specs.

So I would probably suggest calling Alienware and looking up your bill just to double check to make sure CPU-Z isn't posting incorrectly. At the same time you can also ask what the maximum memory supported is and how many banks you have. If it is DDR2, I would bet it will support at least 4 gigs of memory and should be dual channel, so you should have 4 memory banks. But being safe and asking is better than going through an RMA process if I'm wrong.

If you are unable to do that for some reason, show me a screenshot of the mainboard tab in CPU-Z and maybe I can look up the motherboard specs that way. Personally I would prefer calling Alienware to be 100% sure cause I can't say I would trust CPU-Z information 100%. But that would be the next thing to try.

Hope that helps!


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last time i emailed Alienware to see if i could see if i could some specs on my Motherboard they told me no :/ but i will try and give them a call later on today. PS: man do i hate my PC


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hey..
try this free software called aida32...its a software which can very accurately tel u all about the kinda software m hardware on ur system...very helpful...can even recognise the vendors etc...try it...might help
u can get the download at Free Software Downloads and Software Reviews - Download.com


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