Hi all,
I have a Dell Inspiron e1505 that is a couple of years old. I just bought it from a guy at work and it seems to be working pretty good. I do a lot of photo editing and while I realize this is not a top machine for this, it works better than what I had. It now has 1G of memory in it and I think that I can up that to 2G max. What should I be looking for and where is the best place to get it? I would like to buy local, but that may not be the best option as far as price goes.
Also, should I be able to tell a difference between 1G and 2G? Is it worth the expense?
Your input is appreciated.
Thanks, Ron
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Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?
You can use any speed of DDR2 notebook memory. DIMMs of the same speed as yours are preferable, but faster sticks will downclock and slower sticks will just run at a lower frequency.
Depending on what you do, you may or may not notice much of a speed boost, but DDR2 memory is still so cheap that the upgrade is probably worth your while. Don't worry too much about the speed; the amount of memory affects performance far more than the frequency of the memory.
Newegg's probably a good place to buy your memory; just make sure you get something with a lifetime warranty. You can also go for eBay, but i don't think prices will be that much cheaper. -
Thanks for the info Commander Wolf!
Ron -
Would this work well then?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148086
Thanks, Ron -
Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?
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Cool!! I looked today at lunch at Best Buy. They wanted $65 for about the same configuration of PNY memory. OUCH!! I have used Crucial in the past and have been very happy with it.
Thanks much, Ron -
You may be able to go up to ~3GB(with 4GB of memory physically installed)...there is some mixed results(see here) so you may have to make sure that the BIOS is updated to the most recent version(note: if done improperly, it will render the machine useless)...
Depending on the level of photo editing you do, you may also benefit from a new faster HDD ...it should accept any sata 2.5" notebook harddrive(9.5mm thick) should work. Also, you will notice a little more snappiness in regular tasks(as well as boot up times).
What HDD should I buy info thread -
Thanks for the info Kdawgca!
Another question, I am kind of an impatient soul. If I get the Crucial memory, it will be next week until it gets here. I see that Staples has some PNY memory that looks to be about the same thing. http://www.staples.com/PNY-2GB-PC2-5300-667MHz-DDR2-Laptop-Memory/product_713418?cmArea=SEARCH
I can pick this up on my way home. How would it compare with the Crucial memory?
Thanks, Ron -
It should work fine, consider though that your system would support upto 4GB RAM without hiccups. My E1705 is said to only support 2GB but it's running with 4GB just fine; anything modern (mean past 5-6 years) should work with 4GB. If you're running a 32-bit OS some memory will be unacceptable due to address limitations, so you'll only get about 3.25GB depending on configuration. 4GB is cheap as hell though so who cares, and if you ever upgrade to 64-bit OS you'll be able to use it all.
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the crucial would work fine,,,might also look at corsair,,,it would work nicely too...both same price-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145157
Memory for my Dell Inspiron e1505
Discussion in 'Dell' started by ront, Sep 25, 2009.