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    ram or blu-ray?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by flea, Nov 25, 2009.

  1. flea

    flea Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey folks im still tweaking things on my order and was wondering what i should go with... i can get 6 gb of ddr3 1066Mhz ram and NO blu-ray drive or 4 gb or ddr3 1333Mhz ram and a blu-ray drive. which do you think i should go with? higher amount of ram or a blu-ray drive? thx! :D
     
    flea, Nov 25, 2009
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  2. Avengement

    Avengement Notebook Consultant

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    I'm assuming you're getting the 1080p screen, get the 4GB and Blu Ray reader
     
    Avengement, Nov 25, 2009
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  3. flea

    flea Notebook Enthusiast

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    yeah im getting the 1200p upgrade and im also using it for gaming.
     
    flea, Nov 25, 2009
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    kevblah Notebook Consultant

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    i would get neither and spend the money where it counts, like a ssd
     
    kevblah, Nov 25, 2009
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    Blaine_Shadowrider Notebook Guru

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    I'm assuming that he has to choose because of price so he can't get both. If I were you I'd go with the blu-ray unless you have a ps3 because the difference between 4 gigs of ram and 6 gigs isn't going to be that noticeable while having a way to watch blu-ray movies is going to be more important especially since movies are leaning more towards blu-ray than regular dvd.
     
    Blaine_Shadowrider, Nov 25, 2009
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  6. flea

    flea Notebook Enthusiast

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    haha i do have a ps3 so i think im gonna drop the blu-ray and focus on more powerful hardware :)
     
    flea, Nov 25, 2009
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    In term of performance I would choose a SSD rather than an additional 2GB of memory.
     
    SillyHoney, Nov 25, 2009
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    lgsshedden Notebook Consultant

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    1. ssd
    2. blu ray
    3. 6gb ram
    if each is roughly the same price, I'd add them in this order in terms of performance gain to value and additional cost
     
    lgsshedden, Nov 25, 2009
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    Stinger61786 Notebook Consultant

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    SSD of course first as others have said.
    Blue ray is my second wil be using alot
    Meh i have always belived that 6GB of memory is overkill (My task manager never goes above 3.2 GBS under full same load.)
     
    Stinger61786, Nov 26, 2009
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    nodeffect Notebook Evangelist

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    you can easily upgrade the RAM in the future and furthermore, the price might be cheaper if you upgrade the RAM yourself.
     
    nodeffect, Nov 26, 2009
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    1080p screen + Blu-Ray because this isn't something that can be changed in the future.

    Upgrade your RAM later, it's cheaper to do it yourself anyway...
     
    DrGerm, Nov 28, 2009
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