Latitude E6510 Memory Upgrades

I ordered my e6510 with just a stick of ram to save $$ and plan on upgrading the ram after it arrives asap.

I am looking for real life experience from others (or some seriously solid info) who have put in either 2 sticks of 2gig 1066 or 1333, or 2 sticks of 4gig 1066 or 1333.

What Ram worked just fine ??? and what Ram didn't ?

Mushkin ? Kingston ? G-skill ? or ????

Changes to the BIOS ??

any voltages not good or are mandatory ?

any tips or info would be greatly appreciated !

(i do know that my cpu caps out at 1066 but also that 1333 will downclock)

bonus if you know particulars of the HM57 chipset and how it plays out with Ram lol

 

The only words you need are DDR3 SODIMM.

I put 2 x 4GB OCZ3M13334GK into my E6410 (it was the best deal I could find for this type of RAM in UK). It's running at CL=8 at 1066MHz.

John

 

thanx m8

 

fyi - i went with OCZ3M13334G

2 sticks of 4gig 1333 matched

great deal from newegg - Newegg.com - OCZ 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Laptop Memory Model OCZ3M13338GK

installed just fine and has been blazing since

 

I have 4gb (1dimm) in my e6510 already. Would it work alright if I added a another 4gb dimm from a different brand? I have the i5 so any 1066 vs 1333mhz discrepancy wouldn't matter. This is what I am thinking of picking up Newegg.com - AllComponents 4GB 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Laptop Memory Model AC3/SO1066X64/4096

 

I don't think that will work, it's PC3 8500.

 

if it was PC3-10600 do you think it would?

 

Save money and get 1066, G. skill is very reliable. Any brand on newegg that has good marks will work though. Go with 2x2, likely you wont need more than 4GB in the lifetime of that notebook.

 

The dual core i series only supports up to DDR3-1067 (PC3-8500), getting any faster memory will downclock the memory.

 

It will work fine and so will PC3 10600. As already noted, Intel have, for reasons unclear to me, fixed a speed limit of 1066MHz if running a dual core CPU. However, memory modules contain timing data for several different speeds and the BIOS figures out the fastest speed supported by all modules.

I would also note that close integration of the memory controller with the CPU results in much improved memory bandwidth compared to the previous generation.

John