Aero 15x v8 with DDR4 2400 RAM

[TLCH723]

I am getting the new Gigabyte Aero 15x v8. Waiting for it to ship.
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GDDR5 (Max-Q)
Processor: 8th Gen Intel Coffee Lake Core i7-8750H Six Core (2.2GHz-4.1GHz, 9MB Intel Smart Cache, 45W)
Memory: 16GB DDR4 2666MHz
Hard Drive: 512GB PCIe NVMe SSD

I brought these DDR4 2400 2x16GB RAM.
I was going to use them in XPS 15 but the two units I got were bad, one bad power supply and the other thermal issue.

Can I use them in the Aero 15x? How does it compare 2400 vs 2666? I usually go for faster RAM in slower MB.
Should I sell these and just get another stick of the 2666?

TIA

[genexis_x]

First, buy from reseller who provides LM repaste, the new Aero 15 runs VERY hot. Gentechpc is an example.

 

You can use 2400MHz RAM but the 2666MHz RAM will automatically downclock to 2400

[Pendragon]

4 hours ago, ZM Fong said:

You can use 2400MHz RAM but the 2666MHz RAM will automatically downclock to 2400

Depends on the laptop. It could get boosted to 2666 with the timings completely fucked. Literally up to the discretion of the bios. 

[AManWithPlan]

15 hours ago, ZM Fong said:

First, buy from reseller who provides LM repaste, the new Aero 15 runs VERY hot.

There is no chance at all that custom thermal paste, no matter how expensive, will give you any more than a degree or two in cooling improvement. Even Linus had an entire video on this.

[genexis_x]

6 hours ago, AManWithPlan said:

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When you realized that Gigabyte has bad thermal paste job...

[Pendragon]

10 hours ago, AManWithPlan said:

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What you said is so false it's ridiculous. Literally, Linus has a video on it (albeit literally 5 years late as laptop enthusiasts have known about it since CLU). Please do research. There are entire subforums that discuss which Liquid Metal to use, and how to do it, safety precautions etc etc. 

 

 

[TLCH723]

Is it possible to get back to the RAM and not talk about the thermal?

 

I will take the 2666 one out and put both 2400 into the laptop so they are match RAM

[sjb655]

They will work, I don't think you will see some noticeable difference though.

Edit- just saw its a 32gb kit. 

[AManWithPlan]

On 4/20/2018 at 8:48 PM, Pendragon said:

What you said is so false it's ridiculous. Literally, Linus has a video on it (albeit literally 5 years late as laptop enthusiasts have known about it since CLU). Please do research. There are entire subforums that discuss which Liquid Metal to use, and how to do it, safety precautions etc etc. 

 

 

Thanks for posting this, I never saw this video, only the many before it that showed various thermal pastes to close to nothing. I share Linus' surprise that this thermal conducting solution provides such a huge change.

[ILiketoMobit]

On 4/19/2018 at 3:28 PM, TLCH723 said:

I am getting the new Gigabyte Aero 15x v8. Waiting for it to ship.
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GDDR5 (Max-Q)
Processor: 8th Gen Intel Coffee Lake Core i7-8750H Six Core (2.2GHz-4.1GHz, 9MB Intel Smart Cache, 45W)
Memory: 16GB DDR4 2666MHz
Hard Drive: 512GB PCIe NVMe SSD

I brought these DDR4 2400 2x16GB RAM.
I was going to use them in XPS 15 but the two units I got were bad, one bad power supply and the other thermal issue.

Can I use them in the Aero 15x? How does it compare 2400 vs 2666? I usually go for faster RAM in slower MB.
Should I sell these and just get another stick of the 2666?

TIA

yo can you tell me whether the aero 15x has visible ghosting on games such as overwatch? thanks

[TLCH723]

So I decided to upgrade the ram after stress test the computer.

 

The original stick in either slot works fine.

Both 2400 stick only works in single channel the slot near the CPU/GPU.

Both 2400 sticks in both slot doesnt work.

One 2400 + the original in both slot doesnt work.

 

Is it the RAM problem or the computer problem?

[JakCrow]

On 4/20/2018 at 7:43 AM, AManWithPlan said:

There is no chance at all that custom thermal paste, no matter how expensive, will give you any more than a degree or two in cooling improvement. Even Linus had an entire video on this.

Speaking as someone who owns a Gigabyte P35x v6 that after a year of owning kept seeing the CPU thermal throttling whenever heavy loads were placed on it, replacing the completely dried out stock thermal paste and cheap thermal pads with high quality paste and thermal pads made all the difference in the world and the CPU stopped throttling.