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    New ram for my 6860?!

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by idiotpilot, Mar 19, 2009.

  1. idiotpilot

    idiotpilot Notebook Evangelist

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    Would it be a waste of money to buy some 800 speed ram to match with my cpu? What about DDR3? Am i able to stick it in this thing?
     
    idiotpilot, Mar 19, 2009
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    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I believe your chipset only takes DDR2-667 at the max. So if you buy DDR2-800 then it will downclock and DDR3 won't physically fit.
     
    sgogeta4, Mar 19, 2009
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