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    Want to buy Arctic silver and memory for m9700

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by tangent, Oct 9, 2008.

  1. tangent

    tangent Notebook Evangelist

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    I am getting an alienware m9700 and want to buy some arctic silver 5 for it, i want to spread it on both gpu's and the CPU. Can anyone recomend which one (or how much) to get from newegg? there are alot of choices! http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Description=Arctic+Silver&x=0&y=0
    Also, i want to buy some memory, could someone just verify that this memory will work? Is it worth getting the more expensive ones, or should i just go for the cheapest ones where i have heard the brand? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...81 1309221122 1309121113&name=1GB&Order=PRICE
    thanks,
    Tangent
     
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    AS5 would be the safest bet. One tube should be enough for both your GPUs and CPU.
    Any of those ram would work. You probably won't find any performance differences between any of them.
     
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    i dont Artic Silver is a bit too over rated. I would use OCZ Freeze since it has no curing time and its just as effective as Artic Silver.
     
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    allright i'll check those out, thanks.
    And about the memory, is the pc3200 the correct kind? is 2.5 or 3 CAS latency better?
     
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    that memory is way too slow. get DDR2 667. it is PC 5300 i believe.
     
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