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    Ram Upgrades

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by SpideRMaN-17, Oct 24, 2010.

  1. SpideRMaN-17

    SpideRMaN-17 Notebook Consultant

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    faiz23 Macbook FTW

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    why ram you would me much better off moving your HD into the second slot and installing and SSD. Ram is only for bragging rights, VM, CAD, Rendering or something that would actually use that ram. 8gb will have no effect on gaming and can have a negative effect if you choose 8gb of slower memory. If you need ram you would have already known about it but please let us know why you want 8gb of ram.


    Buy this and you will be much happier

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    Freddiz Notebook Enthusiast

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    As faiz23 says, go for a SSD, that is a huge improvement.
    And second I recomend another ATI 5870 if you are a gamer. CPU and RAM are the highest cost and lowest improvement.
     
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    SpideRMaN-17 Notebook Consultant

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    yes you are correct, I am going for aan ssd too but I am to the limit with 4gb, Adobe premier and cad work use plenty of ram, I know this is a gaming laptop but I used it to work too :)


    I already ordered the 2nd 5870
    am looking at the 940 from laptopmonkey
    ram
    ssd
    wifi
     
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