Upgrading RAM and Hard Drive on Laptop

[_vaxx]

I'm looking to upgrade my Alienware 15 (2015)'s RAM from 8gb to 16gb. This is the ram I picked: http://amzn.com/B00KQCOV5C

I also want to add a SSD, I opened up my laptop and I'm pretty sure its a M.2 SATA slot. This is the SSD I picked: http://amzn.com/B00TGIVZTW

I have a fairly small budget and I would like to keep the prices around that. I am in Canada but for some reason I have a gift card balance on Amazon.com so I'm ordering from there. I just wanted to double check to make sure that the SSD and RAM was compatible with my laptop.

Thanks,
vaxx

 

[weberdarren97]

According to this link here http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/compatible-upgrade-for/Alienware/alienware-15-r2 , your laptop uses DDR4 and can run it at either 2133MHz or 2400MHz, so I would suggest the parts in this link here http://pcpartpicker.com/p/trKdjX

Please be aware that there are multiple variants of the Alienware 15, so I just assumed that you had the laptop in this link here http://www.dell.com/us/p/alienware-15-r2/pd , if I'm wrong then please post back before purchasing incompatible parts

 

[_vaxx]

According to this link here http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/compatible-upgrade-for/Alienware/alienware-15-r2 , your laptop uses DDR4 and can run it at either 2133MHz or 2400MHz, so I would suggest the parts in this link here http://pcpartpicker.com/p/trKdjX

Thats the R2. I ran a scanner and this is the results: http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/scanview/3AF655BE31D926C3
It looks like those parts should be compatible.

 

[weberdarren97]

Correction, you have the original version... I will adjust my recommendations accordingly.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qNdz8d

 

[_vaxx]

Correction, you have the original version... I will adjust my recommendations accordingly.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qNdz8d

Is the RAM I picked good? I'm really like the price, 50% off. I also kinda accidentally ordered the items I linked before I replied here.

 

[weberdarren97]

It will work fine, although it isn't what I would have recommended for maximum performance, but it won't perform poorly either

 

[_vaxx]

It will work fine, although it isn't what I would have recommended for maximum performance, but it won't perform poorly either

Probably will be better than the 8gb I currently have. The order might not go through so do you have any other recommendations (preferably on Amazon.com) that isn't too expensive?

 

[weberdarren97]

The same kit is also available on Amazon

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ybXpxr
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ybXpxr/by_merchant/

Memory: Kingston 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($79.51 @ Amazon)
Total: $79.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-26 11:57 EDT-0400

 

[_vaxx]

The same kit is also available on Amazon

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ybXpxr
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ybXpxr/by_merchant/

Memory: Kingston 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($79.51 @ Amazon)
Total: $79.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-26 11:57 EDT-0400

It looks better but unfortunately doesn't ship to Canada I think I'm going to stick with the one I picked because it ships to Canada, its 20$ cheaper and it still a step-up from my current RAM. Thanks for the help though

 

[weberdarren97]

No problem

 

[_vaxx]

No problem

I'm going to keep my options open though since I ordered with a prepaid mastercard the order could be cancelled. I also found this ram that I thought might be good as well? Anyways, if the order gets cancelled I'll probably spend the extra $20 and get faster ram. http://amzn.com/B00FMRV7R6

 

[weberdarren97]

Corsair RAM for a laptop? I don't trust their SODIMMs, I've had nothing but problems with them.

 

[_vaxx]

Corsair RAM for a laptop? I don't trust their SODIMMs, I've had nothing but problems with them.

I'll stay clear of them, don't want to have to ship it back to the US if it doesn't work.