RAM MEMORY SPEED UPGRADE Predator Helios 500 PH517-61

pileee
pileee Member Posts: 11

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edited January 2019 in Predator Laptops
Hello guys i really need help if some can tell me the answer.
I want to buy Acer Predator Helios 500 PH517-61 AMD RYZEN 2700 CPU . It comes with 2x8gb ram with 2133 mhz. My question is can i transform or upgrade or remove this ram and put 2x8gb 2666mhz?
thank you
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  • Yes you can! Look:

    However I think the speed will be limited to 2400mhz, see:


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  • bobzdar
    bobzdar Member Posts: 42 Devotee WiFi Icon
    FYI, you can o/c the memory to 2400mhz using the included Ryzen Master - I'm running mine at 2400mhz cl15.  You can set it above that but it won't hold settings at anything over 2400mhz, not entirely sure why.  It may need the XMP profile to be modified using typhoon burner or similar (or ram rated at that speed).  Or, bios may be limited to 2400mhz max, but the included ram runs at 2400mhz without issue.  I would certainly try that first before buying new ram.
  • Almivito
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    Yes you can! Look:

    However I think the speed will be limited to 2400mhz, see:



    Hello! So I have been looking everywhere for that PH517-61.pdf with all of the specs on it; would you happen to have a weblink for where you got it from? Or did Acer support give it to you?

  • @Almivito Unfortunately Acer does not allow or provide downloadable service guides for users, except for ACE users! We can publish some parts of the service guides to help other users!
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  • xapim
    xapim ACE Posts: 7,253 Pathfinder
    edited July 2019
    pileee said:
    Hello guys i really need help if some can tell me the answer.
    I want to buy Acer Predator Helios 500 PH517-61 AMD RYZEN 2700 CPU . It comes with 2x8gb ram with 2133 mhz. My question is can i transform or upgrade or remove this ram and put 2x8gb 2666mhz?
    thank you
    pileee You can upgrade up to 64gb 2666 if you wanted and because you have a beast i recommend to get hyperx even if youre only upgrading to 16gb  but be aware its not cheap :)


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    HDD: WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB - 93.7%
    RAM: Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 2x16GB - 76.8%
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  • JordanB
    JordanB ACE Posts: 3,729 Pathfinder
    edited July 2019


    Deleted to hopefully prevent confusion.
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  • xapim
    xapim ACE Posts: 7,253 Pathfinder
    edited July 2019
    JordanB said:
    <<<It would appear by this link that 2666 clocks down to 2400 and there is no performance gain to be had by installing 2666 ram......granted a small sample size.>>>

     My hyperx its working at over 2666 apart from windows only recognizing it at 2400 this is why any benchmarks done with windows will always show up as clocked at 2400 only because windows will not recognize more but in reality its working at 2666 in background this is as i mentioned in another thread a windows issue same as the old windows xp sp3 x32 wouldnt support more than 4gb ram i patched it to support 16gb or more on my 7745G still working with it today with multiple boot xp/7  it doesnt matter its still working at 2666 cpu-z wont lie on the real time clocks :) so this said i wouldnt take in consideration any benchmarks done through windows regarding the ram over 2666 because its not accurate 


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    HDD: WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB - 93.7%
    RAM: Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 2x16GB - 76.8%
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  • JordanB
    JordanB ACE Posts: 3,729 Pathfinder
    xapim said:
    JordanB said:
    <<<It would appear by this link that 2666 clocks down to 2400 and there is no performance gain to be had by installing 2666 ram......granted a small sample size.>>>

     My hyperx its working at over 2666 apart from windows only recognizing it at 2400 this is why any benchmarks done with windows will always show up as clocked at 2400 only because windows will not recognize more but in reality its working at 2666 in background this is as i mentioned in another thread a windows issue same as the old windows xp sp3 x32 wouldnt support more than 4gb ram i patched it to support 16gb or more on my 7745G still working with it today with multiple boot xp/7  it doesnt matter its still working at 2666 cpu-z wont lie on the real time clocks :) so this said i wouldnt take in consideration any benchmarks done through windows regarding the ram over 2666 because its not accurate 
    Ok, thanks for clearing that up.  I noticed that over on Amazon, there's questions/comments, and there is some confusion about this issue.  So I'm going to go ahead and delete my post because it will only add to the confusion if someone were to read my post.

    https://www.amazon.com/ask/questions/asin/B07GWX5X26/1/ref=ask_ql_psf_ql_hza?isAnswered=true
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  • Almivito
    Almivito Member Posts: 9

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    xapim said:
    pileee said:
    Hello guys i really need help if some can tell me the answer.
    I want to buy Acer Predator Helios 500 PH517-61 AMD RYZEN 2700 CPU . It comes with 2x8gb ram with 2133 mhz. My question is can i transform or upgrade or remove this ram and put 2x8gb 2666mhz?
    thank you
    pileee You can upgrade up to 64gb 2666 if you wanted and because you have a beast i recommend to get hyperx even if youre only upgrading to 16gb  but be aware its not cheap :)
    Haha Hopefully I'm responding to the right part here; I recently bought that hyperx ram (2x16gb), which I think another thread pointed out would work because it contains both the correct xmp profiles and 2666 jedec (?), but I'm currently only able to get it to run at 2133 atm... hmmmm.

    Still seeing minor performance boost, but maybe that's more to do with background CPU usage. Not sure why it's running at 2133 and not 2400 though.
     - https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/18581439
     - https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/18612603

    I'll respond if I can find a solution, but until then I guess I'm on the 30 day return clock
  • Khelgar
    Khelgar Member Posts: 44 Devotee WiFi Icon
    Mine also came with 2400mhz instead of the advertised 2666mhz. How come you got 2133mhz? Is this a lottery?
  • xapim
    xapim ACE Posts: 7,253 Pathfinder
    edited August 2019
    Almivito said:
    xapim said:
    pileee said:
    Hello guys i really need help if some can tell me the answer.
    I want to buy Acer Predator Helios 500 PH517-61 AMD RYZEN 2700 CPU . It comes with 2x8gb ram with 2133 mhz. My question is can i transform or upgrade or remove this ram and put 2x8gb 2666mhz?
    thank you
    pileee You can upgrade up to 64gb 2666 if you wanted and because you have a beast i recommend to get hyperx even if youre only upgrading to 16gb  but be aware its not cheap :)
    Haha Hopefully I'm responding to the right part here; I recently bought that hyperx ram (2x16gb), which I think another thread pointed out would work because it contains both the correct xmp profiles and 2666 jedec (?), but I'm currently only able to get it to run at 2133 atm... hmmmm.

    Still seeing minor performance boost, but maybe that's more to do with background CPU usage. Not sure why it's running at 2133 and not 2400 though.
     - https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/18581439
     - https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/18612603

    I'll respond if I can find a solution, but until then I guess I'm on the 30 day return clock
    Almivito Check what you have on cpuz not what windows reports  the real speed its whats is reported on cpuz because userbenchmark uses what windows reports for ex my userbenchmark you can see that it reports my 32gb at 2400 (32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz) which its not true this its just what windows reports to the software my real speeds are well over 2666 mine clocks at almost 2900 so dont thrust any benchmarks when it comes to ram clocks because windows reports the wrong speeds



     


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    HDD: WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB - 93.7%
    RAM: Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 2x16GB - 76.8%
    MBD: Acer Predator G3-572

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  • bobzdar
    bobzdar Member Posts: 42 Devotee WiFi Icon
    Almivito said:
    xapim said:
    pileee said:
    Hello guys i really need help if some can tell me the answer.
    I want to buy Acer Predator Helios 500 PH517-61 AMD RYZEN 2700 CPU . It comes with 2x8gb ram with 2133 mhz. My question is can i transform or upgrade or remove this ram and put 2x8gb 2666mhz?
    thank you
    pileee You can upgrade up to 64gb 2666 if you wanted and because you have a beast i recommend to get hyperx even if youre only upgrading to 16gb  but be aware its not cheap :)
    Haha Hopefully I'm responding to the right part here; I recently bought that hyperx ram (2x16gb), which I think another thread pointed out would work because it contains both the correct xmp profiles and 2666 jedec (?), but I'm currently only able to get it to run at 2133 atm... hmmmm.

    Still seeing minor performance boost, but maybe that's more to do with background CPU usage. Not sure why it's running at 2133 and not 2400 though.
     - https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/18581439
     - https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/18612603

    I'll respond if I can find a solution, but until then I guess I'm on the 30 day return clock
    Try using ryzen master to up the speed - it's not available in the bios but is adjustable (along with major timings) via ryzen master.  It'll ask to reboot and will set the timings at the bios level.
  • Almivito
    Almivito Member Posts: 9

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    bobzdar said:
    Try using ryzen master to up the speed - it's not available in the bios but is adjustable (along with major timings) via ryzen master.  It'll ask to reboot and will set the timings at the bios level.
    I know you can do that in ryzen master (really sad the bios isn't better :c ), but I read somewhere that doing that counts as "overclocking" to 2666, as opposed to having a base frequency of 2666? Not sure what the difference is. Also I think that affects warranty then or whatever? Haha idk lol. While I'm sure that the RAM could handle it, I'm not sure if that would cause stability / overheating issues with the board (especially if it refuses to get up to 2666 normally; I have the Ryzen variant and as egydiocoelho said:)
    However I think the speed will be limited to 2400mhz, see:


    So it's not 100% clear if the system would run properly that way. I think I have a week left before I have to return these 2666 sticks, so I've got to  figure out what risks I'm willing to take at this point.


    xapim said:
    Almivito Check what you have on cpuz not what windows reports  the real speed its whats is reported on cpuz because userbenchmark uses what windows reports for ex my userbenchmark you can see that it reports my 32gb at 2400 (32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz) which its not true this its just what windows reports to the software my real speeds are well over 2666 mine clocks at almost 2900 so dont thrust any benchmarks when it comes to ram clocks because windows reports the wrong speeds
    Here's what mine says:

    I'm going to try reinstalling an older version, and if that doesn't work, re-seating the ram again >.>
  • deksman2
    deksman2 Member Posts: 47 Devotee WiFi Icon
    Hey guys...
    I tried upgrading the RAM in my Helios 500 (PH517-61 Ryzen 2700/Vega 56) with 2x16GB HyperX 2666MhZ CL15...
    The unit itself came pre-installed with 2x8GB 2400MhZ (I think cas latency was 17).

    Anyway, after putting in the HyperX RAM into the laptop to have 48GB total, my RAM speed ended up dropping to 1866MhZ (or 933MhZ x2).

    I don't know what happened.
    Apart from inserting the new RAM, I hadn't touched/done anything else.

    I was under the impression the memory speed on this laptop wouldn't drop below 2100MhZ... but for me it went down further down.

    The Hyper X 2666MhZ CL15 RAM has JEDEC spec of 2666MhZ at that cas latency (C15)... 
    So, even if I had the 2400MhZ stock ram in the unit, why didn't the Hyper X ram default to the stock/slower RAM latency and speed (aka 1200Mhz x2, or 2400MhZ total and c17) but instead it dropped bellow 2000MhZ.

    CPU-Z screenshot is included.

  • What happens when you install only hyper-x memories?
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  • xapim
    xapim ACE Posts: 7,253 Pathfinder
    edited June 2020
    deksman2 48gb its not dual channel you either have 16//32/64 it will downclock to the lowest you have on the system or even lower due to incompatibility of the sodimms the mobo cannot auto adjust the timings properly thats the issue youre having now  do not mix sodimms from different sizes/frequency/CL always get ready dual channel sets 2x8 2x16 hyperx of vengeance also never use the stock ram you will not be able to match it unless you buy a used sodimm from someone else they are oem manufacturers proprietary only they arent available for public sale anywhere good luck

    PS: ryzen cpus on laptops only support 2400mhz only intel 8th gen up support 2666


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    HDD: WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB - 93.7%
    RAM: Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 2x16GB - 76.8%
    MBD: Acer Predator G3-572

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  • deksman2
    deksman2 Member Posts: 47 Devotee WiFi Icon
    edited June 2020
    xapim said:
    deksman2 48gb its not dual channel you either have 16//32/64 it will downclock to the lowest you have on the system or even lower due to incompatibility of the sodimms the mobo cannot auto adjust the timings properly thats the issue youre having now  do not mix sodimms from different sizes/frequency/CL always get ready dual channel sets 2x8 2x16 hyperx of vengeance also never use the stock ram you will not be able to match it unless you buy a used sodimm from someone else they are oem manufacturers proprietary only they arent available for public sale anywhere good luck

    PS: ryzen cpus on laptops only support 2400mhz only intel 8th gen up support 2666
    Yes well, my stock RAM is 2x8GB 2400MhZ CL17 (I've included the screenshot of CPU-Z with that).
    I can probably match it with a 2x8GB Crucial sticks which are supposedly 'guaranteed' to work in PH517-61
    My Ryzen CPU is a full blown desktop Ryzen 2700 with B450 grade motherboard... so basically, if Acer bothered to upgrade the BIOS and integrate XMP profiles, it would have supported up to 2900MhZ max (because right now, if all 4 DIMM slots are populated it would only go up to 2400MhZ).

    The thing is, it seems that the so-dimms are actually compatible because another person who has the same machine uses these same sticks, but because I'm also using pre-installed stock RAM (which is behind the keyboard and impossible to access because it requires full laptop disassembly), its apparently mismatching. 
    I'm just wondering why the HyperX didn't downclock instead to the 2400MhZ and went down even lower.

    What happens when you install only hyper-x memories?
    I haven't tried that.
    The problem with stock RAM is that I cannot remove it as it requires the whole laptop to be disassembled to reach it (in short, its too much hassle and something could go wrong).

    Right, so, it seems I'll just have to return the HyperX 2x16GB I bought, and get myself a Crucial or other guaranteed compatible 2400MhZ RAM with 2x8GB and max out at 32GB (or I could try disassembling the laptop and removing the stock sticks to replace them with HyperX instead - but since I'm not brave enough to disassemble this beast as of yet because something could go wrong, I don't think I'll be doing that).


  • xapim
    xapim ACE Posts: 7,253 Pathfinder
    edited June 2020
    eksman2 personally i would use hyperx or vengeance only and i would disassemble it to get it properly upgraded  if you can without voiding your warranty (i know its a pain but ask anyone else here who upgraded it properly even up to 64gb well worth it) i wouldnt trust crucial they just want to sell and they always say they guarantee compatibility but i have seen many issues with their statements but its your choice u have the best ram u can get for a laptop even not clocking at 2666 u already spent the money on it i would keep it and would remove the stock as i already stated anyway good luck  on whatever option u follow but you will never be able to match exactly the stock ram as i already said its proprietary 


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    UserBenchmarks: Game 43%, Desk 61%, Work 40%
    CPU: Intel Core i5-7300HQ - 63.5%
    GPU: Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile) - 41.9%
    SSD: WDC WDS200T2B0B-00YS70 2TB - 71.4%
    HDD: WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB - 93.7%
    RAM: Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 2x16GB - 76.8%
    MBD: Acer Predator G3-572

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    If my answer fixed you issue please accept it for any other users who search for it would find it quickly thanks :)
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  • deksman2
    deksman2 Member Posts: 47 Devotee WiFi Icon
    xapim said:
    eksman2 personally i would use hyperx or vengeance only and i would disassemble it to get it properly upgraded  if you can without voiding your warranty (i know its a pain but ask anyone else here who upgraded it properly even up to 64gb well worth it) i wouldnt trust crucial they just want to sell and they always say they guarantee compatibility but i have seen many issues with their statements but its your choice u have the best ram u can get for a laptop even not clocking at 2666 u already spent the money on it i would keep it and would remove the stock as i already stated anyway good luck  on whatever option u follow but you will never be able to match exactly the stock ram as i already said its proprietary 
    I'm not a stranger to disassembly... however, this is a brand new beast which has (literally) ridiculous amount of connections to keep track of, and I am usually struggling keeping track of them all in a simpler laptop, nevermind something like this.
    Yes, all of the units I re-assembled before worked, but I DID end up missing a screw or two... and on an occasion or two, I completely forgot to re-connect the audio... or another wire (despite thinking I connected it all properly - and this was with a disassembly guide).

    What's worse,]there is no disassembly guide for PH517-61 to help me keep track of everything.
    Bottom line: its not worth it if I mess something up (and I already had a PH517-61 which ended up going back to Acer for BIOS recovery because their 1.09 version ended up breaking my BIOS - for which they decided to replace the entire motherboard instead [which never arrived, forcing me at the time to get a refund and be without a laptop for over 6 months - which also impeded my studies]).

    Since this (PH517-61) unit is a 'refurbished' unit I got from a seller off e-bay (refurbished in a sense it was never used - just something someone bought initially but decided to return after realizing immediately its not something they wanted or they changed their mind), I (probably) couldn't get a refund if something goes wrong... and I'm not willing to send this thing to Acer (who knows where) and wait for ridiculous amount of time before they do something (delivery of the unit I'd need to pay for myself).

    I'm just not comfortable with doing anything too drastic on this thing as it's too new and expensive, and I'm not willing to risk a malfunction that could destroy the laptop.
    I already had a bad BIOS flash on my previous PH517-61... on this one, I decided to leave stock BIOS (1.07) intact and not risk updating it (because nothing in the 1.08 or 1.09 versions is crucial to the functionality of this unit - and those updates don't include any faster RAM support or ZEn 2 or Zen 3 support) - so you can imagine my trepidation about disassembling it (at some point down the line I may do it... but I cannot bring myself to do it NOW).

  • xapim
    xapim ACE Posts: 7,253 Pathfinder
    edited June 2020
    deksman2 i completely understand your fear but its funny all my old aspires 5740G and 7745G i would always had either a missing screw of spare after disassembling and assembling and when u forget to connect the fan power cable after repasting it and having everything assembled lol good old times (repasted my 7745G i7 940qm 2nd gen just a few months ago with kryonaut) in the end its your choice to do it or not but i can tell you disassembling any predator/nitro/triton even with inverted mobos its way easier and faster than any of my old aspires for sure easiest laptops i have ever disassembled  :) 


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    UserBenchmarks: Game 43%, Desk 61%, Work 40%
    CPU: Intel Core i5-7300HQ - 63.5%
    GPU: Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile) - 41.9%
    SSD: WDC WDS200T2B0B-00YS70 2TB - 71.4%
    HDD: WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB - 93.7%
    RAM: Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 2x16GB - 76.8%
    MBD: Acer Predator G3-572

    I'm not an Acer employee. (just here to help in the best way i can)
    If my answer fixed you issue please accept it for any other users who search for it would find it quickly thanks :)
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