Looking to upgrade the ram, will the CL work as intended?

[ProRules]

Hello, I own the Dell Inspiron 14 5482.

Specs are 8565U i7, MX130 2GB, 970 Evo 500GB.

The motherboard has two SODIMM slots, should support dual channel.

Speaking of the ram speeds, it supports 2400Mhz and nothing higher (it will downclock to 2400).

 

My question is: If i buy Hyperx Impact 2400Mhz CL14 ram modules.

Will they work at CL14 as intended? I mean, its very tight and the current stick is CL19 (will disconnect the current one)

Those ram sticks come with JDEC.

 

Also, are 16 gigs enough? should i get 32 gigs?

[Caennanu]

9 minutes ago, ProRules said:

Hello, I own the Dell Inspiron 14 5482.

Specs are 8565U i7, MX130 2GB, 970 Evo 500GB.

The motherboard has two SODIMM slots, should support dual channel.

Speaking of the ram speeds, it supports 2400Mhz and nothing higher (it will downclock to 2400).

 

My question is: If i buy Hyperx Impact 2400Mhz CL14 ram modules.

Will they work at CL14 as intended? I mean, its very tight and the current stick is CL19 (will disconnect the current one)

Those ram sticks come with JDEC.

 

Also, are 16 gigs enough? should i get 32 gigs?

Hi there,

 

In theory the new sticks with CL14 should work, if they will work at CL14 i do not know, i think the mainboard also needs to be able to support this? (never read much about how CL works precisely)
I'm not familiar with your system in particular, but i know prebuild machines can have very specific demands for the used memory. Such as only allowing sticks with ram on 1 side (forgot the exact specification for this, but this was the tell tale).

 

For the 16GB vs 32GB question, i would recommend 8 - 16 for gaming and every day use.

When playing early acces games or doing rendering and the likes, i would recommend 16 - 32gb.

[Caennanu]

And information on CL: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cas-latency-ram-cl-timings-glossary-definition,6011.html

[ProRules]

48 minutes ago, Caennanu said:

And information on CL: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cas-latency-ram-cl-timings-glossary-definition,6011.html

Why did you give me that link lol

[Caennanu]

1 minute ago, ProRules said:

Why did you give me that link lol

to help you decide what memory to pick and understand how CAS Latency works.

You can just ignore it if you are not interested

[ProRules]

Just now, Caennanu said:

to help you decide what memory to pick and understand how CAS Latency works.

You can just ignore it if you are not interested

Did not ignore, I have read it and well it just says what CL is, which doesn't help me answer the question.

Gives me the impression you did not read my thread 

[Caennanu]

1 minute ago, ProRules said:

Did not ignore, I have read it and well it just says what CL is, which doesn't help me answer the question.

Gives me the impression you did not read my thread 

i did read your thread, and i answered as best as i could. But i cannot give a definitive answer with the knowledge that i have.

As stated, they should work, at a max of 2400mhz. I do not know if the mainboard will support the timing or instead set it differently tho.

 

I also answered the other question:

59 minutes ago, Caennanu said:

For the 16GB vs 32GB question, i would recommend 8 - 16 for gaming and every day use.

When playing early acces games or doing rendering and the likes, i would recommend 16 - 32gb.

 

[ProRules]

1 minute ago, Caennanu said:

i did read your thread, and i answered as best as i could. But i cannot give a definitive answer with the knowledge that i have.

As stated, they should work, at a max of 2400mhz. I do not know if the mainboard will support the timing or instead set it differently tho.

 

I also answered the other question:

You did answer the second one indeed, thank you!

And for the first one, that's my main concern. because Corsair CL16 ram is much cheaper.

Yet the difference between CL16 and 14 is noticeable for the same frequency.